Mary McEvoy is posing for a charity calendar after losing loved ones to cancer. The Glenroe star is joining several other incredible women in order to raise funds for cancer research via the Irish Cancer Society - organised by Olivia Purcell, the owner of the gym Body Empowerment in Athboy . The actress explained that everyone has been touched by cancer in some way and many people in her community want to get involved to help out.
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One day after a workout, someone was saying something funny and I just said, ‘We should do one of those Calendar Girl calendars.’ “Olivia Purcell, who runs the gym, her ears pricked up. I only live an eight-minute drive from the gym and by the time I got home, she had it set up.
” There is a group of incredible women getting involved in the calendar, all sharing their own story, and posing too in order to make up each month of the year. “It’s not just me, I’m just one,” she shared. “There’s so many women with amazing stories, which they will tell to go with their picture.
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