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One of the great new features of our recent website refresh is the ability to now host community led initiatives wishing to raise money for Live for Lily. We value every community fundraising event that is run on our behalf, whether it be large or small, because every dollar raised for Live for Lily means we are hopefully one step closer to finding a cure for childhood cancer. • “Let’s Walk for Lily” is a very special community led walkathon, set up and organised by two beautiful sisters, Chloe (10yrs) and Racquel (8 yrs) to raise money and awareness for our Foundation. They are aiming to walk 3 laps of the Botanical Gardens (a whopping 11.4kms!) in under 2 hours with all funds raised being donated to Live for Lily so that all childhood cancers can be eradicated forever. • The walkathon will take place on Sunday 17th November from 12pm to 2pm and everyone is invited to participate and join in and walk with the girls. A picnic will take place in the Botanic Gardens at the conclusion of the walkathon. If you would like to join the girls you can register your interest here - https://www.facebook.com/events/373771080196751/. • Chloe and Raquel would love for you to sponsor them on their epic walkathon which you can do so via their event page https://liveforlily.org.au/walk-2020/. They have set a target of raising $2,000 for their challenge and are already nearly a third of the way there, so we would love to see them smash their goal! • Thank you girls. Your dedication at such a young age to help us find a cure for childhood cancer is inspirational and shows true leadership. • If anyone is planning on holding a fundraising event on behalf of Live for Lily, please get in touch with us and we will be only too happy to give it a shout out and assist you in promoting it on our website and our social channels. • • #LiveforLily #fundraising #curekidscancer ...

We are proud to officially launch our brand new website 😁 • Thank you to our very good friends at JMAdvertising and the House of Dev for working with us over many months to bring this to life. • We are extremely proud of the fact that we have built an amazing partnership with the @childrenscancerinstitute, which has seen us donate $1M towards their #ZeroChildhoodCancer program in just over 3 years. Check out the Why Donate section https://liveforlily.org.au/why-donate/ for some very special videos and more information on why your donation is so valuable. • We have made it easier for people to donate towards our specific events or by way of general donations. All donations over $2 are tax deductible so we welcome all contributions, no matter how big or small 🙏 • As a not-for-profit, we are only as strong as the support we receive from individuals, businesses and the wider community and as such we were very keen to ensure that we acknowledge all of our business sponsors and partners on our new website that continue to support us on our journey, because without this support, the Foundation simply would not exist. If there are other businesses out there that would like to jump on board and help us in our mission to find a cure for childhood cancer, please reach out to us via our new Partner with Us page https://liveforlily.org.au/partner-with-us/ to see how you can become involved. • Finally, as part of the new website, we have officially launched our 2020 #RideforLily – Alpine Epic page including rider profiles showcasing the 21 amazing cyclists who will take on the 1,000km journey from Canberra to Melbourne beginning 29 March next year, all in the name of raising valuable awareness and funds for childhood cancer research. This annual event is quickly becoming one of Australia’s biggest charity endurance cycling events, last year raising over $265,000 so we are all very humbled that we have another amazing bunch of riders who are prepared to give up their time and go the distance next year all in the name of childhood cancer awareness. Check out their profiles and donate towards your favourite rider today at https://liveforlily.org.au/ride-2020/ • #LiveforLily ...

Want to have an amazing experience riding through the countryside of Victoria, with great people for a great cause? Sign up to the LFL Alpine Epic to challenge yourself and ride alongside other like minded people who want to see an end to childhood cancer, and will ride however far it takes to see that happen! Registrations close at the end of August - so sign up now on the link below! https://liveforlily.org.au/product/ride-for-lily-2020-registration/ #ride forlily2020 ...

2019 Butterfly Ball - Official Photos are now available for viewing. . . Head over to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/liveforlily to check them out. . . Thank you to Adam Elwood and @kris_reichl_photography for capturing such fantastic memories from the evening. . . #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall @childrenscancerinstitute @airport_toyota @bradtealrealestate @nelsonalexanderrealestate ...

#ButterflyBall #LiveforLily #SilentAuction #ChildrensCancerResearch . . @childrenscancerinstitute @airport_toyota @bradtealrealestate @nelsonalexanderrealestate @realjostanley ...

2019 @airport_toyota - Live for Lily Butterfly Ball - Pre Event Information It's amazing how quick a year goes! We are now only 8 sleeps away until the 4th Annual #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall being held at Palladium at Crown. The event is a sell out for the 4th year in a row, with this year a record number of 700 people attending in what promises to be a spectacular evening. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our major sponsors and partners for helping us put this amazing evening together and helping us in the fight to cure #childhoodcancer. Our goal is to raise $200,000 at this year’s Butterfly Ball for childhood cancer research at the @childrenscancerinstitute and with everyone's help, we think we can do it!! Our silent auction for this event will go live online next Tuesday 11th June and will be open to everyone, even if you are not able to attend the Butterfly Ball in person. We once again have some fabulous items in our silent auction and information on how to register and bid for our silent auction items will be posted next week so stay tuned. The craziness of the Treasure Chest is back again on the night where someone will walk away with a whopping $10k. Only 200 keys are available so you will have to be quick to secure your chance at winning the cash! 🔐 And our Golden Raffle is also back, with some amazing prizes, where someone will win and drive away with a brand new 2019 Toyota Yaris! 🚗 Our Live Auction is always the highlight of the night, which this year will be conducted by @nelsonalexanderrealestate and @bradtealrealestate. We have 4 magnificent items up for sale this year including our now famous Chef Riccardo Momesso dinner experience, which this year has to be seen to be believed. Thank you to all the businesses and people who have donated items for our live and silent auction and for our golden raffle. We are so appreciative and without your support this event would simply not happen. Time: Arrive at 6:00pm for pre dinner drinks for a 6:45pm start. Dress Code: Black Tie. Entertainment: The Matt Hetherington Band and DJ David. Host: @realjostanley ...

We recently received a lovely note from very good friends of the Live for Lily Foundation, whose daughter recently held a fundraiser at her school with proceeds going towards Live for Lily. We love it when children take it upon themselves to help our Foundation raise money for childhood cancer research, because after all, at Live for Lily, we are all about helping seriously ill children suffering from cancer 🌈 🔹 If your child is doing any fundraising for Live for Lily at school, their sporting club or in the community, we would love to hear about it and would only be too happy to share their story. . . 🔹My daughter attended St Therese's with Lily and is now in Year 8 at Melbourne Girls Grammar. Each Year 8 class nominates a charity to raise money over the course of the year and she applied for her class to raise money for Live for Lily. Her application was the winner in a class vote and the first fundraiser was this Tuesday with a bake sale at school. 🔹 All goods were made by the girls in her class and their teacher and cups of Milo were also sold. In total just over $560 was raised for the Foundation, a great result! There will be the opportunity for other fundraising events later this year and we are so happy to have a charity so close to our hearts promoted by our daughter to her friends and her school. 🔹 Sianne did not want Lily to be forgotten - she never will be and we continue the fundraising work of the foundation in Lily's memory. . . #community #kidshelpingkids #LiveforLily ...

Who has seen our fantastic 2019 Butterfly Ball artwork created by our friends at JMAdvertising around Melbourne lately? . . Comment below if you have seen Live for Lily on the #Melbourne bus network and signage across the city! . . Thank you to @bradtealrealestate and @moovemedia for your support in helping us spread the word to the people of Melbourne about our mission to find a cure for #childhoodcancer. . #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall #Media #Artwork ...

Final Day, Day 7 - 2019 @airport_toyota Ride for Lily - Tour of Tassie 40km Hobart Loop - Mt. Wellington Ascent. 110km | 2,032m Elevation So after 7 days cycling, covering 1,000km and 13,000m vertical elevation gain, our inspirational team of 28 cyclists have completed their journey to the top of Mt. Wellington in Hobart to conclude this year’s Tour of Tassie. The morning session consisted of a 40km Loop to the North West of Hobart before the entire team regrouped for a coffee (sponsored by Tassie Hydro - thank you very much!) and made the gruelling trip up the mountain. The Mt. Wellington climb would be a test of any cyclist’s physical and mental capacity on any given day, and to complete it after already having covered over 900km the previous 6 days truely was an amazing effort. On the descent, the team headed back to the Riverfront Motel & Villas to a rousing reception by all the Ride for Lily support staff who have assisted the riders all week and families who have traveled with the team and made the trip over to Hobart to welcome their loved ones home. It was an emotional end to what really was a fantastic week. We are so pleased to announce that this year’s Tour of Tassie has now raised over $250,000 for childhood cancer research. An absolutely remarkable effort and the largest amount raised by the Foundation for any one event in our short 3 year existence. But this could not have been achieved without all the fantastic support of our supporters, sponsors, friends and family out their who are with us on the journey to cure childhood cancer. Thank you so much for your donations, likes and shares that has helped us spread the word and bring more and more people on board. So until next year......🚲 #LiveforLily #RideforLily ...

Day 6 - 2019 @airport_toyota Ride for Lily - Tour of Tassie Orford - Richmond - Hobart. 115km | 1,500m Elevation The team have made it to Hobart!! It was a grinding day after all the kilometres they have covered the previous 5 days, but all have made it safely, albeit with sore legs and backsides! The day started out with staggered starts again for various riding groups with the earliest setting off at just after 6am. And just when we thought it couldn’t get any colder, this morning was the coldest with temperatures at around minus 4 deg. It was literally freezing and a couple of the first descents proved this with ice forming on riders arm warmers, helmets and even their face! It was also very foggy as the riders snaked their way along the very picturesque Prosser River and into the hills of the Tasman Highway which was a very decent climb. The sun finally broke through after a couple of hours of riding which was a blessing and the riders made their way into Richmond (across Australia’s oldest stone span bridge!) and stopped for brunch at the famous @richmondbakery. Thank you for the very yummy sausage rolls, pies and treats you made for the riders and support staff. Today’s coffee stop was proudly sponsored by @pilotrestaurant Resturant in Canberra. Thank you very much guys. After the break, the riders set off for Hobart passing through Meehan Range State Reserve and summiting Grassytree Hill and then descending into Hobart arriving at @riverfronthobart at various stages in the afternoon. The team have thus far covered over 850 kilometres with a total elevation gain of over 11,000m, and with one day to go, the massive ascent of Mt Wellington (1,271m) awaits them tomorrow which is going to be an epic way to complete what has been a sensational Tour of Tassie. We are so close to raising over $250,000 for childhood cancer research at the Children’s Cancer Institute which we believe will save the lives of many children who are suffering from some of the worst types of cancers. If you want to help and show your support for this amazing team of riders, you can make a donation at https://liveforlily.org.au/what-we-do/ride-for-lily-2019-tour-of-tassie/ ...

Day 5 - 2019 @airport_toyota Ride for Lily - Tour of Tassie Scamander - Bicheno - Swansea - Orford. 160km | 1,615m Elevation The team have arrived in Orford on Tasmania’s Central East Coast after a gruelling 160km, the second biggest day in this year’s Tour. Tired legs and bodies are catching up with the riders and most have a few little injury niggles they are battling through, but their spirit and determination is unwavering as they can see the finish line ahead! The group headed out from Scamander at 6am and were faced head on with a 330m ascent of St Marys Pass which seemed to go on and on and on! Descending down through St Marys the team then headed South East towards the coast and climbed their way to the top of Mt Elephant Pass and through Lower Marsh Creek Forest Reserve, coming out on the A3 at the Chain of Lagoons. From there they hugged the coast and arrived at the morning tea stop in the town of Bicheno, 66km from Scamander. Morning team was at the @blueedgebakery and sponsored today by Helen Tschanz. Thank you very much! The second session of the day was a 45km hike down the coastline through the stunning Freycinet wine region where the riders were treated with fantastic views all around in brilliant sunshine. Lunch was well deserved on the waterfront of Swansea with the riders taking a well earned break in the sun. After lunch, the landscape opened up and the team were treated with uninterrupted views of Freycinet National park, Coles Bay, which was without doubt one of the nicest riding sections of this year Tour. Tomorrow the riders and support staff head into Hobart for the penultimate day of this year’s Tour of Tassie and everyone is very excited about getting to Tassie’s capital city! Thank you to everyone who is getting behind the riders this year by donating, sharing, liking and commenting on social media. Every bit counts in the fight to find a cure for childhood cancer and it is so very much appreciated. https://liveforlily.org.au/what-we-do/ride-for-lily-2019-tour-of-tassie/ ...

Day 4 - 2019 @airport_toyota Ride for Lily - Tour of Tassie Scottsdale - Derby - St Helens - Scamander. 117km | 1,700m Elevation Another superb day of cycling today. We have been blessed with great weather the past two days. The riding team set off in 3 seperate groups this morning in below zero degrees towards Derby. It was definitely the coldest morning yet and the riders all felt it! Derby is home to some of Australia’s best mountain bike tracks and riders come from far and wide to explore the area. But today it belonged to the Live for Lily road bikes as the team rolled in for a well earned coffee or hot chocolate to warm themselves up ☕️ Thanks to @crankitcafe_derby for the hospitality and to our coffee sponsor today Flow Brothers Plumbing - it is very much appreciated. The next 66km was one of the most scenic sections yet of this year’s Tour, with fantastic views of Mount Victoria to the south as the team cycled up through Blue Tier Forest Reserve and over Weld Hill and through Weldborough, which concluded with an epic 8km descent and further rolling hills into the lunch stop on the water front at St Helens. After a relaxing break in the sunshine, the team had a short 18km ride along the coast into the destination for today, Scamander, on Tasmania’s North East Coast. Today we want to give a big shout out to all the kids and teenagers on this year’s Tour of Tassie who are out shaking the donation tins at each rest stop and spreading the word about what the Ride for Lily is all about and what we are doing to fight childhood cancer. Thank you! Tomorrow the team head south about 160km along the east coast towards Orford, which promises to be another fantastic day cycling. Thank you to everyone for all the messages of support. Keep them coming!! #LiveforLily #RideforLily https://liveforlily.org.au/what-we-do/ride-for-lily-2019-tour-of-tassie/ ...

Day 3 - 2019 @airport_toyota Ride for Lily - Tour of Tassie Ulverstone - Beaconsfield - Scottsdale. 175km | 2,700m Elevation Day 3 was touted as the biggest and longest day of this year’s Tour and it didn’t disappoint. Riders started out again at 6am from Ulverstone in extremely cold conditions and snaked their way out of town to be greeted by a gorgeous sunrise. The theme of the day was rolling hills, and unlike day 1 which subjected the riders to a couple of gruelling long and steep climbs, today the elevation kept adding up from the numerous hill climbs followed by quick descents, and then back out of the saddle again for the next hill. Tassie really brought the weather today as the riders enjoyed the best weather of the three days thus far with sunshine all day and helped along with a tailwind. It really was fantastic riding conditions. The groups paused for a quick break at around the 45km mark and then climbed steadily til about the 70km mark, and from there it was one of the biggest and quickest descents (with some riders clocking almost 80km/h!) into the mining town of Beaconsfield for morning tea. The morning coffee stop was at Moon Lily Kitchen and Cakes and was proudly sponsored today by Dean & McPherson Creative Catering Group. Thank you! Heading out of Beaconsfield the team cycled on through more beautiful farmland and rolling hills for a further 50km until they reached Lilydale Falls for lunch and a well earned break. Coming out of Lilydale falls, the team were met head on with a straight, killer 200m vertical climb and further undulating terrain for another 38km until they rolled into Scottsdale in the late afternoon. It was a very long day but very rewarding and there are some seriously tired bodies this evening 🛌 The support team were absolutely amazing today, helping the riders with everything, especially sorting and delivering everyone’s luggage at the various accomodation stays in Scottsdale (we basically have the entire town booked out!!), amongst doing all the other critical roles that makes each day run seamlessly. We can’t thank you guys enough 🙏 . . . ...

Day 2 - 2019 @airport_toyota Ride for Lily - Tour of Tassie Cradle Mountain - Burnie - Ulverstone. 141km | 1,300m Elevation Another 6am start for the riding team who were all layered up to keep themselves warm for the big descent ahead with temperature sitting at zero deg this morning! The ride out of Cradle Mountain and through Black Bluff Nature Recreation Area was very cold but the scenery made up for it. There was some low level cloud around as the sun started to rise and display the stunning views all around. Luckily the rain from the night before was nowhere to be seen so the team stayed relatively dry. The team then headed West up the Ridgley Highway and had to maintain a lot of concentration as the road was quite heavy with numerous logging trucks and large B Double prime movers that travel that route up to the North coast. A big shout out to the support car team of Sal Tringali, Vanessa McLennan and Gus Carfi who are keeping our riding team safe on the roads, sitting behind the three main groups to ensure their safety and warn other traffic of the precious cargo ahead! 🚵‍♂️ After 110km the team arrived on the North coast of Tassie for a well earned coffee stop at the chapel cafe . Thank you for your great service and amazing ham and cheese toasties! Thank you @birdsnestonline for sponsoring this morning’s coffee stop. It is very much appreciated. After a quick rest the team headed East along the beautiful coast road to Ulverstone and the Big 4 Caravan Park, where most of the riding team braved the freezing ocean for a well earned and refreshing recovery session 🌊 Tomorrow will be the biggest day on this year’s Tour and will definitely test the resolve of each and every rider. Approx 180km and 2400m elevation to Scottsdale so we hope the riders get a good rest tonight to take the challenge head on. Once again thank you to all our support staff for their assistance today. You are absolute superstars and the riders appreciate everything you do for us. And thank you to all our supporters and followers who continue to donate, share and like our posts. Every dollar counts in the fight against #childhoodcancer. https://liveforlily.org.au ...

Day 1 - 2019 @airport_toyota Ride for Lily - Tour of Tassie. Launceston - Deloraine - Cradle Mountain. 143km | 2,350 Elevation It was an epic first day in the Tour of Tassie; some saying one of the hardest in the 4 years the event has been running! The hills just kept coming but the team of 28 riders did an amazing job grinding it out til the end. Starting out at 6am from the @oldetudorhotel the group stuck together all the way through a relatively flat section to Deloraine about 45km away. Thank you to @mummabuzzofficial for a delicious morning tea and a big thank you to @anzuk.education.au for sponsoring today’s morning tea break. The group then were faced with a very steep climb, at some sections over 17% gradient which was a real killer and then into Cethana for lunch at the Round Hill Cafe. After lunch the real fun started! A very steep downhill and then basically climbing all the way for the next 30km through the stunning mountain scenery around Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park and finishing up at Discovery Park Cradle Mountain. A massive thank you to all the amazing volunteers on this years Tour Of Tassie. They are the first to get up and last to go to bed making sure all the riders are looked after and without you all this event simply would not happen 🙏 Our fundraising total is continuing to get closer to that magical $250,000 mark! If you would like to help us put an end to #childhoodcancer jump online and donte towards a rider today at https://liveforlily.org.au/what-we-do/ride-for-lily-2019-tour-of-tassie/ and SHARE and LIKE to spread the word. Thank you! #LiveforLily #RideforLily #TourofTassie ...

Thank you!! We have had some great organisations get behind our Tour of Tassie riders and their fundraising efforts. Massive thanks to the Moonee Valley Legends, Moonee Valley Racing Club, Bakers Delight Ascot Vale, Showgrounds, Macedon Square and Geelong West, Lara Quality Meats, Firefighter’s Charity Fund, Meat2U, Ascot Vale Trophies, Maribyrnong Secondary College to list just a few. Together we will end childhood cancer! #rideforlily2019 ...

Our nation’s capital has 3 Tour of Tassie riders out there raising awareness and funds for childhood cancer research! Josh, Isaac and Adrian have been hitting the streets of Canberra and beyond and will join the rest of the crew in Tassie in less than 4 weeks! See their stories and support them here: https://liveforlily.org.au/what-we-do/ride-for-lily-2019-tour-of-tassie/. #rideforlily2019 ...