Town strips for jaw-dropping naked calendar to raise money for cancer-hit resident

Cancer sufferer Ally Jaffrey said she was “overwhelmed” to discover 145 of her neighbours in the town of Crookwell, Australia were posing for a naked calendar in her honour.

Almost an entire town stripped off to pose for a racy naked calendar to raise funds for a local woman who relapsed with cancer.

Scores of locals in Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia stripped off for community stalwart Ally Jaffrey after her myelofibrosis, a rare type of bone marrow cancer, came back. The 32-year-old has had 80 blood transfusions in recent years keeping the disease at bay.

Ally said she was “overwhelmed” to discover 145 of her neighbours were posing for a naked calendar in her honour.

(Ally said she was 'overwhelmed' to discover 145 of her neighbours posed (Image: Credit: Crookwell Bares All via Pen News)

I feel very humbled and overwhelmed by the community support shown to us,” she said.

“It’s a beautiful thing to be part of a community that cares so much – to be on the receiving end of it is hard to put into words." The calendar was conceived, shot and printed within four weeks with the help of a local photographer.

('I feel very humbled and overwhelmed by the community support shown to us,' Ally said (Image: Credit: Crookwell Bares All via Pen News)

In a series of cheeky images, community members are seen protecting their modesty with a range of cleverly-placed items.

The ladies of the Upper Lachlan Gazette made a splash, hiding their chests with some eye-catching headlines.The bar staff at Crookwell Hotel Motel and The Criterion Hotel worked up a thirst with their carefully-coordinated poses.

(Ayeisha Jones and Scott Butz who organised the calendar, said they had to do something after learning Ally’s news (Image: Credit: Crookwell Bares All via Pen News)

In one shot, 21 tradespeople are pictured in the frame of a building, looking even more bare than the structure that surrounds them. Newsagents, grocers, farmers, footballers and personal trainers were among of the dozens of businesses and clubs that stripped off.

Ayeisha Jones, 29, and Scott Butz, 30, who organised the calendar, said they had to do something after learning Ally’s devastating news.

Jones said: “When we found out about our close friend’s relapse, we were devastated.

(Husband Cody and Ally, who has had dozens of blood transfusions (Image: Credit: Ally Jaffrey via Pen News)

We didn’t know what to do but we knew we had to do something; that’s when our friend Butzy called and suggested we do a nude calendar. “Within 48 hours, we had 56 local businesses on board, and around 145 people volunteering to get their gear off for a great cause."

She added: “With ages ranging from 18 to 75, it is a real snapshot of our community.”

The funds raised will support Ally and her family. Donations can be made and the calendar purchased online at crookwell-bares-all.myshopify.com.

Ref: Town strips for jaw-dropping naked calendar to raise money for cancer-hit resident (dailystar)