In March, Ivo Sartor found out his cancer had come back.
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"In February, I went to my doctor and he said 'oh no all your blood tests are fine'," Mr Sartor said.
"Four weeks later I felt this pain in my side... I let it go and let it go like a regular male for about three weeks, then said I better go and check the doctor.
"They did a colonoscopy and gastro and found it there again, it had come back."
Mr Sartor, who is heading into his 50th year at McWilliam's, said while the return of his cancer had lead to him becoming more tired regularly, it had not impacted his work as the winery's site service officer and McWilliam's maintenance manager Mitch Bagiante said if anything, Mr Sartor had been working harder since the diagnosis.
"I actually have to tell him to slow down sometimes," Mr Bagiante said.
"But I've been keeping an eye on him, just asking him if he's feeling alright."
While Mr Sartor is about to enter his third cycle of treatment, he has been looking for ways to give back in thanks for the support he had been shown.
So when McWilliam's put the call out for ideas to ways to give back to the community, Mr Sartor suggested some of the crops grown by the winery to help recycle water be sold and the proceeds donated to Griffith Can Assist.
"We grow a bit of crop across the road [from the winery] which is wheat and lucerne and I came up with the idea we donate some bales of hay," Mr Sartor said.
"We're going to strip the wheat this week and bale it, and we've already got it sold.
"Cancer is a big thing in this town and this is my second lot around, I've had it once before... and I think there's a lot of other people out there that need help too."
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Griffith Can Assist president Olga Forner said she was grateful for the support being shown by the winery.
"To us it means a great deal and we were just ecstatic that Ivo decided to do something for us," Mrs Forner said.
"It's something that will go directly to support people in our community suffering with cancer, not just people but families.
"There's just an outstanding thought that hay and lucerne can come in and do something to help people that aren't well, it's just amazing."
Mr Sartor said the winery are expecting about 30 bales of hay to be produced for the donation, which will be collected within the next two weeks.
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