Anderson Lloyd Relay For Life Team

Cancer affects one in three New Zealanders at some stage in their lives. Despite the massive improvements in detection and treatment, it remains the leading cause of death in NZ. Because so many of us have seen a friend or family member affected by cancer, we know what a devastating impact the illness can have.

Fortunately the Cancer Society is there to help – from day one. The Cancer Society provides information when it is so desperately needed as written books, pamphlets, online, and person-to-person. The Cancer Society helps people attend treatments and appointments by providing drivers when people just can’t face it themselves. They provide accommodation for people who live out of town but need to stay in Dunedin for weeks on end for long treatments.

The Cancer Society runs workshops like “look good feel better” to lessen the impact that an illness or treatment can have on the body. They run workshops to help people get back to normal again once their intensive treatment phase is over. And of course they invest incredibly heavily in home-grown research to push the frontiers of medical research and supportive care.

All of this is done through the support of the community and through charitable support – not large corporate grants or government hand-outs.

The Cancer Society needs our help so they can keep going with their mission, which is to serve our community and lessen the impact of this major illness today, tomorrow, and for the future.