Mingara Relay For Life is set to be held on November 12 and 13 to raise funds for the Cancer Council.
Teams of friends, families and colleagues will raise money in the lead up to the overnight event, during which team members can take turns walking around a track to signify that cancer never rests, so neither do we.
Organised by volunteers, Mingara Relay For Life, is a chance for the community to recognise and celebrate local cancer survivors and those going through a cancer experience and their carers and to honour and remember loved ones lost as money is raised to help save more lives.
With one in two Australians diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, Mingara Relay For Life Volunteer Committee member, Ray Davidson, hopes the Community can embrace the importance of the event.
“Relay for Life was initially important to me to honour and remember a family member who succumbed to cancer,” Davidson said.
“It was then to raise awareness and funds for research and then it was important for me as someone who was diagnosed with cancer to be around others who were also going through what I was.”
Relay For Life events are held across Australia, with more than 134,000 participants raising over $14M each year.
Every dollar raised goes towards funding Cancer Council’s vital research, prevention, and support programs.
Research shows that 61,000 Australian lives have been saved by improvements in cancer prevention, screening and treatment over the past 20 years.
But with an estimated 134,000 new cases of cancer expected to be diagnosed in Australia this year, the vital work needs to continue.
To find out more or to register or donate go to https://www.relayforlife.org.au/event/mingara-2022/home.
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Media release, Nov 3
Mingara Relay For Life