It was a day of large figures at the Wyndham athletics track on Saturday when it hosted the Cancer Council’s annual Relay For Life fundraising event.
More than 400 people from 33 teams spent 10 hours running, walking and even being pushed around the track as part of what is the world’s largest cancer fundraiser.
The Wyndham event raised $54,000, with the team from Crossroads Uniting Church topping the leaderboard, achieving a total of $6663, well above its original target of $5000.
Alamanda College, Mortgage Choice Marvels, Specsavers Werribee and JJ’s Army rounded out the top five, with donations still being accepted in the hope the fundraising goal of $65,000 can still be reached.
Beginning at 10am on March 23, the relayers circumnavigated the track at Victoria University, Werribee until 10pm that night, with live music and dance performances keeping them entertained between stints and a candlelight ceremony providing a moment of reflection and remembrance for loved ones lost to cancer.
Nationwide, the 2024 Relay For Life has so far raised nearly $10 million for the Cancer Council, with all proceeds going towards research, prevention and support programs.
