a message from tim

Tim Cahill

 

Like many Australians I’ve had the experience of hearing that someone I care for has cancer – and it’s tough.

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Tim has established the Tim Cahill Cancer Fund for Children with the aim of raising $500,000 over the next two years. The Tim Cahill Cancer Fund for Children will support Cancer Council NSW’s work for children’s cancer by:

  • Funding research and clinical trials looking to find better ways to treat and detect cancer in children
  • Providing support services to patients and their families to ease the burden of their cancer journey
  • Helping to build ‘cancer smart’ communities – by providing information and education on cancer prevention, so our children will grow up knowing about the importance of sun safety, the risks of smoking, and lead healthy, active lives.
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Fifty years ago, only 5 per cent of children diagnosed with cancer survived. Today thanks to breakthroughs in research that Cancer Council NSW helps to fund, nearly 80 per cent of children survive. Read more
Cancer fund for kids kicks off
June 24. 2009

Leading Socceroo and international footballer, Tim Cahill, today announced the launch of a new cancer fund dedicated to raising money for children’s cancer in partnership with Cancer Council NSW.

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