Blog Topic: Volunteering

After cancer touched the tightknit community at Newport Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC), Shiralee Hamm (the club’s Marketing and Events Coordinator) got in touch with Cancer Council to see what they could do to give back. “Newport SLSC is more than just a surf club, it’s a family. And as a family we have sadly […]

Warren Wright   Photo courtesy The Northern Daily Leader  If you have taken part in Relay For Life, you may have crossed paths with Warren Wright – one of our amazing community supporters and a keen marathoner. A familiar friendly face in the Tamworth community, Warren is also a regular at Cancer Council’s Relay For Life […]

Ballina local hero Doug Stinson, pictured with his wife Lesley, is out to inspire you to volunteer. 8th – 14th May is National Volunteer Week so this week we are featuring stories about some of the amazing people who help Cancer Council NSW beat cancer. After a long and rewarding career in hospital management Doug Stinson […]

Liz Hing

Cancer advocate and volunteer Liz Hing is out to make a difference. 5th December is International Volunteers Day so this month we are featuring stories about some of the amazing people who help Cancer Council NSW beat cancer. Liz Hing’s friendly face is not only familiar at Cancer Council, where she is a consultant for […]

Every day, over 350 Australians are diagnosed with cancer. As well as funding vital research, Cancer Council provides support services, education and prevention programs. This Daffodil Day you can support Cancer Council and someone you know affected by cancer by dedicating a daffodil. Make a donation to Cancer Council NSW and dedicate a Daffodil to […]

  Cancer Council volunteers Margaret and Linda Bunting For Cancer Council volunteer Linda Bunting this year’s Daffodil Day theme, For Someone I Know has a special meaning. On Friday 26 August Linda will be dedicating a daffodil to her biggest inspiration, her mother in law Margaret, who volunteered for Cancer Council NSW for 24 years. […]

UPDATE: GOLD! As of 9th August 2016. Congratulations to the Australian Women’s Rugby 7s Team for winning Gold at Rio. They did it! We were absolutely honoured when the Australian Women’s Rugby Sevens squad approached us with a fundraising idea for Cancer Council NSW. The women’s team took out the HSBC Sevens World Series title in Clermont, France, […]

When cancer has touched your life with such ferocity, it can be hard to find a reason to get out of bed in the morning. For Jennifer Lock, volunteering for Cancer Council became that reason. 71-year-old Jennifer has been affected by cancer more than most.  Her father had bladder cancer, her mother uterine cancer which […]

When Tricia Vermuyten, 44, found out she had breast cancer eleven years ago she reacted with the same shock and disbelief that is common to anyone finding out they have this terrible disease. “I remember sitting at home on the couch with my husband watching TV when I got the call,” she says. “It was […]

When Camilla Gunn’s colleague at Westpac was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, Camilla realised the experience for him and for other staff would have been easier if there were some guidelines for coping with cancer in the workplace. “I’m a proud Westpac employee and I really believe in the company credo of helping […]