TWILIGHT will shine with lanterns of support around the nation throughout
September, as people walk to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation.
The
foundation is encouraging residents of the Loddon Mallee to host a Light the
Night event in their local area.
Now in its fifth year, the event raises
money for the foundation so it can continue to fund research and support
patients and families in their journey with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and
related blood disorders.
Leukaemia Foundation marketing and communications
manager for Victoria and Tasmania Jeanette Lyons-McKinnon said events could be
as big or small as organisers desired.
“It is a celebration of people’s
journey with blood cancer and the fact that they survived and are still here, or
in remembrance of people who have died from blood cancer,” she said.
“Blue
lanterns represent those people who have supported them through their journey,
it is a very beautiful event.”
For more of this story, see Wednesday’s Guardian (August 14).
