Corporate giving in QLD comes alive on the sporting field! Posted on May 21, 2012February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit The 13th annual QLD Corporate Games will finish with a bang this evening after a weekend of sporting enthusiasm, friendly competition, and of course, cancer fundraising for the ACRF. As the Games’ official charity, the ACRF is delighted to be attending the Corporate Games Cocktail party tonight (and speaking more personally with the many staff and company representatives now that they’ve hung up their runners and football boots). The QLD Corporate Games was a fantastic success! The ACRF would like to congratulate Walt Hiltner and Ellen Goff for such seamless organisation and for generating a fantastic community spirit. We also thank the Queensland government and the other major sponsors Canon, Marriot Brisbane, 4BC Radio, Scody and OKI. It was a pleasure to visit the sporting grounds at the University of Queensland over the weekend (a location in which we are particularly proud to have two ACRF-funded cancer research facilities) and watch the 5000 staff from the finance, mining, retail, tourism and government sectors going head-to-head for their health, fitness, and a fantastic cause. Continue reading “Corporate giving in QLD comes alive on the sporting field!”
Run Melbourne 2010 Posted on July 19, 2010August 10, 2020 by Carly du Toit Run Melbourne is a huge community fitness event drawing competitors from all across Victoria, and even some from other states, to take part in the 5km, 10km or half marathon through Melbourne. A staggering 17,665 runners turned out on Sunday 18th July to a beautifully sunny day ready to race in the “fitness event for everyone”. More than 400 of those competitors were taking part in support of cancer research, the biggest group we’ve ever had supporting the Foundation, and together they raised more than $34,000! The participants supporting cancer research in the 2010 Run Melbourne came from a wide variety of ages, backgrounds & fitness levels, each with different stories about why they chose to run the event and support cancer research. Some were survivors of cancer themselves or currently fighting their cancer, while others wanted to celebrate the remission of those close to them or to show support for family/friends currently fighting the disease. A number of participants work in the cancer support industry, while others just wanted to raise awareness and do their bit for a good cause. And, of course, there were a large number running to honour the memory of loved ones who had sadly lost their battle. Continue reading “Run Melbourne 2010”
