Mums'
bare necessity - 3rd December 2004
(Credit:
The Sydney Morning Herald)

A group of mothers has launched a nude calendar to
raise funds for a new kindergarten in their coastal
Queensland town.
The
Yummie Mummies Bear All calendar hit the streets of
Airlie Beach in Queensland's Whitsundays region today.
Project
leader Fiona Van Blarcom said the region was going
through a population boom and desperately needed a
new kindergarten.
The
calender concept was inspired by Mrs Van Blarcom hearing
about a group of older Tasmanian women who successfully
raised funds for a new hall by posing nude.
Former
Melburnian Mrs Van Blarcom said 13 mothers aged between
30 and 46, including herself, agreed to bare all with
teddy bears in a picture shoot at the kindergarten.
Mrs
Van Blarcom is no stranger to controversy.
Her
husband Dan gained national fame this year when disendorsed
as a Queensland election candidate by the Nationals
for the seat of Whitsunday because of alleged links
with the Nazi Party in his youth in the 1970s.
Mr
Van Blarcom, a well known Whitsundays identity and
community worker, had claimed he was working as an
undercover operative for the Australian government.
Mrs
Van Blarcom said some of the calendar participants
were reluctant to pose at first but realised it was
for a worthy cause and made them feel good about themselves.
Husbands
and partners were consulted about the photos but Mrs
Van Blarcom said the calendar was being pitched at
women.
"It's
not for the mechanic's wall, we're hoping other mums
will want to buy it," the mother of two small
boys said.
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