National & International

One World – One Hope!

One person can make a difference.  Nowhere is that more evident than with the story of Dr Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon, who wanted to enhance the income of his local American Cancer Society office and to show support for all of his patients who had battled cancer.  

In May 1985, Dr Klatt spent a gruelling 24 hours running and walking around a local oval raising awareness and over $27,000.  This is how Relay For Life began.  Since then, the event has spread across the USA and then across the globe.   Relay For Life events are now held in more than 600 communities spanning 20 countries. 

Relay For Life began in Australia in 1999, when the Victorian community of Murrumbeena raised over $75,000, for Cancer Council.  Relay For Life is now in every state, and raises over $14 million each year for the cancer fight.