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We’ve struck gold! Here’s what our fundraisers got up to for Pirate Day 2025

17/06/2025
Coinciding with Brain Cancer Awareness Month, The Kids’ Cancer Project’s 2025 edition of Pirate Day has seen over $87,000 raised for vital kids’ brain cancer research.
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National Cancer Survivors Month: The clinical researcher putting stock in better outcomes

13/06/2025
June is National Cancer Survivors Month, a month-long event that seeks to honour and acknowledge the journey of individuals who have survived cancer.
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Inside Fall’s commitment to help find a cure

12/06/2025
For Andrea Cooper, Assistant Director at Fall Real Estate, a single social media post was all it took to spark a deep connection with The Kids’ Cancer Project.
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Despite her challenges, Ash believes she’s better for it

03/06/2025
For Ash Thomas, the gym has always been a place of solitude, a place to shut out all distractions. But to even be able to walk into the building is something she doesn’t take for granted.
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Why Tim Blair runs towards the challenge of nurturing generation next

02/06/2025
In a world run by profit margins and liquid assets, Tim Blair believes one precious resource is the most valuable of all.
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Brain Cancer Awareness Month: Does CAR-T cell therapy hold the key to treating DMG?

30/05/2025
A review written by Col Reynolds Fellow Bryce Thomas in 2023 details how CAR-T cells could potentially alter tragic survival rates for diffuse midline glioma, better known as DMG.
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A definitive wrap-up of The $100k Celebration

21/05/2025
At the top of this fundraiser a month ago I was celebrating 10 years at The Kids’ Cancer Project.
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A Long Lunch with a big heart: NSW event rallies support for Brain Cancer Awareness Month

20/05/2025
The Kids’ Cancer Project is celebrating the success of its 2025 NSW Long Lunch, hosted by media personality Renee Gartner at Sydney’s iconic Woollahra Hotel.
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Ten highlights for ten years: Families

14/05/2025
Owen's tenth and final highlight features a few families who are our 'why'.
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Tangalooma’s pledge to make waves on shores both near and far for kids with cancer

12/05/2025
The beautiful slice of beachfront that is Tangalooma Island Resort is one loved by many. The tropical oasis on Moreton Island looks like an idyllic place to drop the anchor and come ashore for some much-needed downtime.
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Ten highlights for ten years: Campaigns

09/05/2025
Campaigns are on the agenda for Owen's next highlight!
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The numbers behind Australia’s biggest childhood cancer

06/05/2025
May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Recognised as the world’s deadliest paediatric cancer, it can often be a ruthless, tragic disease.
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Ten highlights for ten years: Fundraise Your Way

05/05/2025
The power of community and doing things your way makes up CEO Owen Finegan's next highlight for his ten year tenure!
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The supermarket chain leading the charge on the high seas for brain cancer research

03/05/2025
The SS Pirate Day is just one of many ships in a fleet that’s set a course for a world without brain cancer. Early learning centres, offices and retail stores across Australia sign up their crews and help us raise money for vital brain cancer research.
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Ten highlights for ten years: Corporate Partners

02/05/2025
CEO Owen Finegan's next highlight for his ten year tenure discusses our incredible corporate partners.
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Write a Book in a Day opens for business on first day of Brain Cancer Awareness Month

01/05/2025
Registrations for The Kids’ Cancer Project’s 'Write a Book in a Day’ 2025 are now OPEN, with schools and writing groups across the nation encouraged to team up and help raise funds for childhood cancer research.
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How Angelia’s band of bears helped her through her toughest battle

30/04/2025
If you were wanting to witness the effect a bear from The Kids’ Cancer Project has on a child with cancer, look no further than five-year-old Perth local, Angelia.
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Ten highlights for ten years: Community Champions

29/04/2025
It’s an honour to be the CEO of The Kids’ Cancer Project for many reasons, but I am eternally grateful to have met the many, many people that help us via their own fundraisers.
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Ten highlights for ten years: Kokoda

25/04/2025
I don’t think anything can prepare you for the Kokoda Trail. A 96-kilometre walking track situated through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea.
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Ten highlights for ten years: The Bus Trip

23/04/2025
The opportunity to join our Founder, Col Reynolds, on a one-month bus journey from Townsville to Tasmania and back to Sydney as CEO was an amazing experience.
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Ten highlights for ten years: Advocacy and awareness

18/04/2025
The Kids’ Cancer Project was founded on a promise made by one man who vowed to never give up until every child survives cancer with minimal or no long-term effects. Col Reynolds OAM is that man.
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Why Tim Blair runs towards the challenge of nurturing generation next

02/06/2025
In a world run by profit margins and liquid assets, Tim Blair believes one precious resource is the most valuable of all.

Despite her challenges, Ash believes she’s better for it

03/06/2025
For Ash Thomas, the gym has always been a place of solitude, a place to shut out all distractions. But to even be able to walk into the building is something she doesn’t take for granted.

Inside Fall’s commitment to help find a cure

12/06/2025
For Andrea Cooper, Assistant Director at Fall Real Estate, a single social media post was all it took to spark a deep connection with The Kids’ Cancer Project.

National Cancer Survivors Month: The clinical researcher putting stock in better outcomes

13/06/2025
June is National Cancer Survivors Month, a month-long event that seeks to honour and acknowledge the journey of individuals who have survived cancer.

We’ve struck gold! Here’s what our fundraisers got up to for Pirate Day 2025

17/06/2025
Coinciding with Brain Cancer Awareness Month, The Kids’ Cancer Project’s 2025 edition of Pirate Day has seen over $87,000 raised for vital kids’ brain cancer research.

The supermarket chain leading the charge on the high seas for brain cancer research

03/05/2025
The SS Pirate Day is just one of many ships in a fleet that’s set a course for a world without brain cancer. Early learning centres, offices and retail stores across Australia sign up their crews and help us raise money for vital brain cancer research.