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8 July, 2024
Lighting up relay
BARLOW PARK will be filled with purple and yellow next Saturday, July 13, as Relay for Life kicks off, with Mitzi Hardaker as the face of the event.
A Cancer Council Queensland initiative, Relay for Life brings together communities across Queensland to support those who have been impacted by cancer, while celebrating cancer survivorship and honouring lost ones.
Chosen as this year’s face for the event, cancer survivor Mitzi Hardaker was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma ER/PR+ in December 2015.
After completing her treatment, she made the decision to live life to the fullest and is not letting any opportunity pass her by, still living by it almost a decade later.
Ms Hardaker said she was extremely grateful to have had treatment close-by but empathised greatly for those who don’t.
“I can only imagine how challenging it must be,” she said.
“It’s organisations like Cancer Council Queensland who provide crucial support throughout.”
Ms Hardaker said she was extremely grateful for the support services, alongside her friends and family.
“The support services available, along with my friends and family, really helped me.”
Ms Hardaker’s team ‘Mitzi’s Mischievous Minions’ has raised more than $3000.
Aiming to raise $100,000 this year, the Far North Queensland Relay for Life Committee has already passed the halfway mark at $63,607. St Augustine’s Catholic College is leading the charge with $12,183, followed by St Monica’s Catholic College ($9343), Team Vitalia ($7484), Sister Act ($4415) and Redlynch State College ($4029). With participants keeping a baton in motion for almost nine hours, Cairns can expect an action-packed day where teams of people will walk, run or roll to support those touched by cancer. Thirty four teams and 490 participants are taking part.
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