With the arrival of Spring comes a fantastic initiative from the Leukaemia Foundation, with its Light the Night events set to take place across Australia.
Light the Night will bring together tens of thousands of people in twilight events across the country who will light a balloon to remember, celebrate and give hope to people living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.
The Foundation offers many different ways in which employers and individuals can contribute, such as:
- Volunteer and form a fundraising team
- Recruit friends, family and coworkers to raise funds and walk as a team
- Volunteer your time
- Help out the night of the event
- Join one of the Foundation’s committees
Every hour of every day someone in Australia is diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma
To find out more, visit the Leukaemia Foundation’s Light the Night Website or click on the following brief presentation: Light the Night.
Details of Light the Night Events in your state/territory and city are set out below:
ACT
- Canberra: 18 September, Commonwealth Park
New South Wales
- Sydney: 16 September, Paramatta Park
- Newcastle: 9 September, Foreshore Park
Northern Territory
- Darwin: 2 September, Liberty Square
Queensland
- Brisbane: 8 October, South Bank
- Cairns: 8 October, Fogarty Park
- Gold Coast: 8 October, Southport Broadwater
- Mackay: 8 October, Gooseponds
- Sunshine Coast: 8 October, TBC
- Toowoomba: 8 October, Queens Park
- Townsville: 8 October, The Strand
- Wide Bay: 8 October, Neilson Park
South Australia
- Adelaide: 16 September, Elder Park
- Mount Gambier: 30 September, Cave Gardens
- Port Lincoln: 25 September, The Foreshore
Tasmania
- Hobart: 23 September, St David’s Park
Victoria
- Melbourne: 16 September, Alexandra Gardens
- Geelong: 9 September, Steampacket Gardens
Western Australia
- Perth: 16 September, Foreshore Reserve
- Bunbury: 16 September, Bicentennial Square
Every two hours, someone loses their life to these blood cancers.
