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Live for Lily is now registered with Everyday Hero, one of the worlds leading and secure fundraising platforms. • • Supporters of ours who participate in various fundraising events that use Everyday Hero as their fundraising platform are now able to set up a fundraising page at their favourite event to raise money for Live for Lily and to help us in our mission to see an end to childhood cancer. • • Some of the major events in Australia that use Everday Hero as their fundraising platform are the Melbourne Marathon Festival, Gold Coast Marathon, Tough Mudder, City to Surf, the Colour Run and many more fabulous events. You can see the full list of events here https://www.everydayhero.com/au/fundraising-events-to-participate-in/. • • Our fabulous friends at @airport_toyota have entered a team in this year’s Melbourne Half Marathon and have set a goal of raising $3,000 for Live for Lily. So if you would like to support the runners in this year event which is taking place in October, you can donate at https://melbournemarathon2020.everydayhero.com/au/airport-toyota. • • So if you’re thinking of entering the Melbourne Marathon or half marathon or other event in the future, check to see if they use Everyday Hero and set up a fundraising page to raise money for Live for Lily. • • #LiveforLily #melbournemarathon
Childhood Cancer personalised medicine program (ZERO) Update • This is wonderful news....😃 ⬇️⬇️ With the support of the Federal Government and the @minderoofoundation, the ZERO program will now extend genetic testing to ALL Australian children diagnosed with cancer, by 2023. • Until now, ZERO was only available to children across Australia who were diagnosed with the most aggressive cancers, or who had relapsed with less than 30% chance of survival. This new funding announcement will now mean that every child at the time of diagnosis will have access to this ground breaking program, bringing hope to thousands children who have been diagnosed with cancer and their families. • More information on this funding announcement can be found here https://ccia.org.au/67m-funding-collaboration-all-australian-children-with-cancer-to-access-world-class-personalised-medicine/ • Live for Lily is a proud supporter of the @childrenscancerinstitute and the ZERO program, having to date donated $1,010,000 towards funding research into personalised medicine. • And even though we have had to postpone our two major fundraising events this year, the Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic and Butterfly Ball due to the COIVID-19 pandemic, this week, Live for Lily has made a further $20,000 donation to continue our support of this vital program. This will go some way to assisting researchers and helping fund one or two children through this program to give them the best chance at survival. • As a Foundation, we are now starting to turn our attention to a massive 2021 with the Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic locked in to begin on April 11th and the Butterfly Ball back at Crown Palladium on the 19th June 2021. • Rider registrations for the re-run of the Alpine Epic will soon be open to new riders at www.liveforlily.org.au so if you are keen to make a difference, you can start your training today and sign up when registrations open. • And for those supporters who, like us, will be sad not to be getting all dressed up this year for the Butterfly Ball, lock in 19th June 2021 as the key date for next year and help us make the 2021 Butterfly Ball the biggest yet! #LiveforLily #RideforLily #ButterflyBall
Continuing to create awareness. • • Thank you to Mark Tognon and the fantastic committee at Keilor East Rotary Club for inviting Philip Martins from Live for Lily to speak at their club meeting via Zoom this evening. • • We appreciate the opportunity to continue to raise awareness for our Ride for Lily and Butterfly Ball fundraising events and for childhood cancer research in general. • • 3 children die every week in Australia from childhood cancer and that is 3 too many, so any opportunity that will increase awareness of the work of our foundation, which can hopefully result in more funds for childhood cancer research is truely appreciated. • • #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall
Well this weekend should have seen the start of the 2020 Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic, our 5th Ride for Lily, riding to find a cure for childhood cancer. Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis put an end our plans this year. • • We want to thank all our riders who trained and fundraised so hard for the event over the past 6 months - including these three guys - @menamespanda, @harv32silver and @mash289, our Bendigo contingent of the 21 riders who signed up to help us raise vital funds for childhood cancer research. • • Whilst we know all the riders are disappointed not be rolling out of Canberra on Sunday morning bright and early, you can all be super proud of your efforts to get to this point and can look forward to being even stronger in 12 months time when we run it back!! • • We were fortunate enough to get the @bendigomagazine to run a fantastic story on the Foundation featuring our dedicated riders from Bendigo this year. You can view the link online at https://issuu.com/bendigomagazine/docs/bgomag58?fr=sYWFkMzEwNjc2ODY (starting at page 107) or read from the images below. • • #RideforLily #LiveforLily @childrenscancerinstitute @airport_toyota
We regretfully announce that due to the current COVID-19 pandemic health emergency, both our 2020 Ride for Lily – Alpine Epic and 2020 Butterfly Ball are to be postponed until 2021. • • The Ride for Lily – Alpine Epic will now take place from April 11th to 17th 2021, whilst our Butterfly Ball will now be held on Saturday 19th June 2021 at Crown Palladium. • • As our supporters know, our Ride for Lily and Butterfly Ball are our two premier fundraising events organised to assist in finding a cure for childhood cancer, so that no parent has to endure the loss of a child. In keeping with our purpose, we felt that it is our responsibility as a childhood cancer foundation to do everything we can to minimise the spread of COVID-19, and to ensure the health and safety of our volunteers, riders, guests and the broader community who would have played a part in both of these events. • • Childhood cancer does not discriminate and will continue to affect many children during this uncertain period ahead. We will continue to work tirelessly on our fundraising efforts in line with our mission to find a cure for childhood cancer and towards staging an even more epic Ride for Lily and bigger and better Butterfly Ball in 2021. Thank you to everyone who has supported us, and who continue to support us during this challenging time. • • We hope this health crisis passes soon, and all of our supporters and their loved ones remain safe. • • #LiveforLily #RideforLily #ButterflyBall
2020 Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic riders Daniel Mundy and Paul Layzell recently held a Comedy Gala fundraising event with the evening being a great success raising over $10k! • • This couldn't have happened without the generosity of many and we would like to thank all those who attended on the night and the wonderful comedians, who were incredibly entertaining; Bradford Oakes, Christine Basil and @daniel_connell_comedy. A big thank you also goes to the @nelsontwinscomedy, who couldn't be there on the night, but who were instrumental in putting together this very funny line up. • • We would also like to thank the following generous donors; ⬇️ @airoldifinewines Anytime Locksmiths (www.anytimelocksmiths.com) @barelaserandskin Black Rock Cellars @foxeyshangout Instant Stages (www.melbournestagehire.com.au) @kingston_heath Leighton IT (www.leightonit.com.au) @starsbbl Matt & Kim Nunn @28bysamwood @sabuki_salon @theskinboutique Tony Noonan @true_south • • #LiveforLily #RideforLily
Tables to the 2020 Butterfly Ball at Palladium at Crown, proudly sponsored by @airport_toyota, will go on sale at 9am Monday April 6th. • • The Butterfly Ball is Live for Lily's annual signature black-tie gala ball. Now in its 5th year, the Butterfly Ball has helped raise over half a million dollars in the fight against childhood cancer. Last year the Butterfly Ball raised over $130,000 and we hope to go even higher this year. • • The evening is an opportunity for all partners and supporters of Live for Lily to come together for an amazing night of fun, entertainment and most importantly raising vital funds to help cure childhood cancer. All proceeds from the evening will go directly to the @childrenscancerinstitute Zero Childhood Cancer program. • • The Butterfly Ball promises to be an extraordinary night. It will boast an impressive culinary experience, boutique wines, rocking live music from the @samludeman Band, DJ tunes from Melbourne based and internationally renowned @djclaireelliott, other special guests and unique auction items but more than that, it promises to be a night you will never forget. • • So start your planning now and get your friends, family and work colleagues and be ready to book a table when they go on sale at 9am on Monday 6th April. • • #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall @realjostanley #samludemanband
💰Ride for Lily 2020 Fundraising Update💰 • • The participants in this years Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic have not only been busy out training but they also have been very busy fundraising for childhood cancer research. • • ✅ We have now achieved over 50% of our goal of raising over $105,000 and with six weeks to go until our riders cycle out of Canberra to ride 1,000 in seven days, we are really excited to get closer every day to our fundraising target. • • Each rider has committed to raise $5,000 for the Foundation through various fundraising initiatives. • • Our only female rider in this years Alpine Epic, and 2nd time participant in the Ride for Lily, Sam Harrison, is almost at her $5k goal and she has set up an online raffle with various cool prizes for grabs 🤘 • • So if you would like to help support childhood cancer research, and potentially win a very cool prize, go online at https://www.rafflelink.com.au/2020alpineepic and pick up some tickets today. • • @airport_toyota #LiveforLily #RideforLily2020
The 2020 Ride for Lily sponsored by @airport_toyota is only just over 7 weeks away! • • January was a huge month for our riding team who collectively completed almost 10,000km of training in readiness for the Alpine Epic which begins from Canberra on the 29th March. • • If you would like to sponsor a rider this year you can go to the link https://liveforlily.org.au/ride-2020/. Our goal is to raise $105,000 from this year’s event so every little bit counts!! All money raised will go towards supporting the Zero Childhood Cancer Program at the @childrenscancerinstitute Cancer. • • Off the bike, the ride organising committee have been busy finalising logistics for the event which will see the team make their way to Melbourne from the Nation’s capital through the magnificent NSW and Victorian high country. • • Like all Australians, everyone involved at Live for Lily has been devastated to see the effect the recent bushfires have had on communities, towns, wildlife and our natural environment across Australia, in particular the communities and towns along the route for this year’s Ride for Lily. • • We are very proud to be able to support these communities through the 2020 Ride for Lily event and very much look forward to spending time in these areas and promoting these great country towns which we will cycle through on this years Alpine Epic. • • #RideforLily2020 #LiveforLily
Two of this years riders in the 2020 Ride for Lily Alpine Epic, Daniel Mundy (@booffa01) and Paul Layzell are hosting a Comedy Gala evening featuring Bradford Oaks, Christine Basil and the Nelson Twins, all to support the Live for Lily Foundation. • • The night will include a raffle, live auction, a mini treasure chest and finger food included. • • Get along to enjoy a lot of laughs and have a great night out with friends and support the boys in their fundraising efforts to raise money for childhood cancer awareness and research. • • Tickets can be purchased at www.trybooking.com/BHFJN • • #RideforLily2020 #AlpineEpic
2/2 • Our 2020 Ride for Lily – Alpine Epic kicks off on March 29 from Canberra, and will see 21 riders, some new and some old, make their way back to Melbourne over 7 days through some of the most gruelling (but spectacular) road cycling taking into account Mt. Kosciuszko, the Victorian Alps and King Lake. Our riding team have been out on the road already training for this massive challenge since the beginning of October and have already raised over $31,000. Don’t forget, you can sponsor any of our riders by jumping onto https://liveforlily.org.au/ride-2020/ and selecting on your favourite rider. Every rider has committed to raise a minimum of $5,000 to be part of the Alpine Epic so they would love to get the support from their family and friends to help them achieve their fundraising goals. • The 2020 Butterfly Ball is going down on the 13th June next year – get the date firmly locked in your calendar and start to organise your tables again for what will be another amazing Butterfly Ball evening. We have all the favourites returning again this year – the golden raffle where a car will be won, the frenetic live auction with some amazing prizes and experiences and an even BIGGER treasure chest! We also have some surprise guests on the night and an entertainment and music line up that will no doubt have everyone up and dancing. So if you only go to one charity ball next year, the 2020 Butterfly Ball will be the place to be! • Thank you to all our amazing partners who are on the journey with us to find a cure for childhood cancer. Without your support we simply would not exist. • Finally, thank you to everyone who has contributed to our cause this year – so many wonderful people ready to dig deep through making donations, donating prizes, holding fund-raising events and giving up their time, all with one mission in mind – to one day see an end to childhood cancer. • Lily would have been turning 15 on the 1st of January. The legacy she has left behind is profound and we will continue to honour that legacy, and indeed of that of her mother Sianne, in doing what we can to ensure no more children have to suffer at the hands of cancer. ~~ #LiveforLily
1/2 • The Live for Lily Foundation would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our followers, supporters and partners a very Merry Christmas, and a safe and festive and holiday season. • 2019 was another big year for us at Live for Lily. In April, we held our biggest and most successful Ride for Lily – The Tour of Tassie where 28 amazing cyclists cycled over 1,000km in 7 days and raised an astonishing $265,000. It was a truly memorable event, and one our group of inspirational riders and volunteer support team will look back on fondly in the years to come. Everyone involved in the Tour of Tassie should be extremely proud of the contribution you have made to the Foundation, and indeed to helping us find a cure for childhood cancer. • The Tour of Tassie was followed up in June with our biggest Butterfly Ball to date. Over 700 guests packed the Crown Palladium for an amazing evening raising over $136,000. On the same night, we made our largest ever donation to the @childrenscancerinstitute, half a million dollars, taking us to over $1M donated in just over 3 years. This money is being used to fund what we believe to be life-saving childhood cancer research at the Children’s Cancer Institute, and we look forward to continuing our association with this amazing research organisation and their team of incredible researchers into the future. • We also launched our brand new website, which is bringing us closer to all our supporters and partners and provides us with a much improved experience for visitors to our website. We are also now able to communicate and promote our key fundraising events and broader community activities more effectively and in the process make it easier for the general public to support us in our fundraising efforts. • We say it each year, but next year is shaping up to be even bigger - if that’s possible! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
2020 Ride for Lily – Alpine Epic – Coffee Stop Sponsorship Opportunities ~~ We wish to sincerely thank the following businesses for coming on-board as daily Coffee Stop sponsors for the 2020 Ride for Lily – Alpine Epic. • Rad Test Australia @kelmattaustralia S&T Maintenance Services • • About the Coffee Stop…. ⬇️ Each day on the 2020 Ride for Lily, the riders will make 2 scheduled rest stops – a morning tea/coffee stop and a lunch stop. The riders and support crew will break for a coffee, tea, milkshake, or whatever drink of choice they need to get them through the next leg of the ride. We stop at a pre-arranged café that is happy to accommodate the riders, their bikes and the support crew. • • How can I contribute to the Coffee Stop? ⬇️ You can contribute to the Coffee Stop by funding the cost of a coffee and snack for each rider and support member. This year we have 21 riders and 9 official support crew, with a budget of $10.00 per person, which equates to $300 per coffee stop. • • What do I get for my sponsorship? ⬇️ - Your business logo will be printed on the take away coffee cups - A promo photo of Rider(s) with the branded coffee cup will be posted on our social media daily update - Your business will be mentioned in the social media post - A certificate of appreciation from the Live for Lily Foundation • • There are still a limited number of Coffee Stop sponsorships available for the 2020 ride so if you would like to help fuel our riders and support staff to get them through each gruelling day of next year’s Alpine Epic ride, please get in contact with us. #RideforLily2020
A BIG thank you to young Chloe and Racquel for smashing their recent Walk for Lily walk-a-thon. • • Not only did they achieve their goal of walking 3 laps of the Tan around Melbourne’s Botanical Gardens in under two hours (an hour and 45 min to be exact!), they well and truely beat their fundraising goal of $2,000, raising a fantastic $3,252 and along the way raised heaps of awareness of the Foundation and childhood cancer awareness. • • Thank you to everyone who turned out for the day and supported the girls on the day. They are real superstars 💫 • • #LiveforLily
Ride for Lily 2020 - Alpine Epic Update • • As we head into Christmas, our team of 21 riders in next years Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic, proudly sponsored by @airport_toyota, have been out and about training very hard over the past 3 months in preparation for the gruelling 1,000 kilometre ride from Canberra to Melbourne. • • They have also been very busy fundraising, having raised almost $30,000 dollars for childhood cancer research. Our goal this year is to raise $105,000 with each rider committing to raise $5k each so if you would like to support a rider this Christmas and help us in our mission to see an end to childhood cancer, go to https://liveforlily.org.au/ride-2020/ and sponsor a rider today. • • #RideforLily #AplineEpic
We would like to send a big shout out to one of our long-time sponsors, @honesty_snacks for partnering with us in our mission to see an end to childhood cancer. • • Honesty Snacks are a locally based family owned and operated business, who have been providing high quality snacks to businesses for over 30 years. Not only do they donate a % of each sale to Live for Lily, they have been instrumental in helping us broaden our reach as a Foundation to many people and through organisations who use their products. We are extremely grateful for their ongoing support as a primary partner of the Foundation. • • So if you come across an Honesty Snack box in your workplace, know that you are supporting the Live for Lily Foundation every time you purchase one of their delicious snacks. • • Check out our Partner with Us page at https://liveforlily.org.au/partner-with-us/ for more information about how your business can partner with us in fighting childhood cancer. • • #LiveforLily #HonestySnacks #Community #Partner
PARTNER WITH US • At Live for Lily, we are committed to doing all we can to raise much needed funding into targeted childhood cancer research being conducted at the @childrenscancerinstitute. Through our two main fund-raising events, the Ride for Lily and Butterfly Ball, we are also raising awareness about the scourge that is childhood cancer, and the devastating effects and impact this disease has on children and their families. • We are extremely fortunate to have a number of business supporters who are helping us in our journey, including our premier partner @airport_toyota. We are extremely proud that Live for Lily is operated and run entirely on a volunteer basis – no one involved in the Foundation is in a paid capacity – so we absolutely value the support of all our Partners which ultimately means that every dollar of we raise goes where it is needed most – into finding a cure for childhood cancer. • We are very keen to speak to other Australian businesses who are looking to align their community engagement strategy to our mission of one day finding a cure for childhood cancer. There are so many ways to get involved, including financial sponsorship, community grants, donating products for our live auction or golden raffle at the Butterfly Ball, offering logistical or other assistance for our Ride for Lily event, holding morning teas or gold coin donation days or other novel fundraisers. Being involved is a great way to bring an organisation’s community engagement agenda to life which in turn has flow on benefits by inspiring and motivating your staff, lifting customer loyalty and retention and ensuring meaning and purpose is brought to your business. • In return, we are only too happy to promote and recognise those businesses who support us through our website, our social media channels, at the Butterfly Ball and Ride for Lily events. • For more information on what it’s like to Partner with us at Live for Lily, jump onto https://liveforlily.org.au/partner-with-us/. • Alternatively, please reach out to us if your business would like to join us in seeing an end to childhood cancer. • #PartnerWithUs #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall2020 #RideforLily2020
2020 Butterfly Ball - It’s on again!! 🦋 🦋 The 5th Live for Lily Butterfly Ball, proudly sponsored by @airport_toyota, is taking place at Crown Palladium on the 13th June next year. 🦋 🦋 Lock the date in your diaries and start sounding out your friends, family and work colleagues to form a table to what promises to be another fantastic evening with the extended Live for Lily family raising money for childhood cancer research. 🦋 🦋 Tickets will go on sale in April 2020, so for now all you have to do is save the date! 🦋 🦋 #ButterflyBall #LiveforLily @childrenscancerinstitute @realjostanley
Looking for a very cool Christmas present this year for your family or friends? ~~ Pick up a copy of @pjm_photo 10th anniversary charity photographic calendar and in the process support the Live for Lily Foundation in helping find a cure for childhood cancer 🙏 ~~ Some amazing images from Melbourne to display at home with all profits from the sale being donated in the fight against childhood cancer. • • It’s a win win! Go to www.philipmartinsphotography.com/onlinestore/booksandcalendars to pick up your copy. ~~ #LiveforLily #CuringChildhoodCancer #Community
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
And so training begins for the 2020 Ride for Lily Alpine Epic. Watch the team of 21 riders put themselves through months of gruelling training to tackle the hills from Canberra to Melbourne....All to end childhood cancer. Read their stories and sponsor a rider here: https://liveforlily.org.au/ride-2020/. #rideforlily2020
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, so Live for Lily is going gold for the month to honour all children and families who have been affected by, or who are going through hardship as a result of cancer. • We value everyone’s support in our mission to find a cure for childhood cancer, so if you would like to donate to our cause, please jump online at www.liveforlily.org.au. • We have some very exciting things coming up at Live for Lily, including the launch of our brand new website so stay tuned for this! As part of the new website launch, we will also be launching the 2020 Ride for Lily – Alpine Epic rider profiles, where you will be able to start donating towards your favourite rider as they start to prepare for next year’s EPIC challenge. • Registrations for the 2020 Ride for Lily have been extended for a very short time, so if you’re a keen cyclist and want to be part of a truly amazing experience, don’t wait any longer and register today at https://liveforlily.org.au/product/ride-for-lily-2020-registration/ #LiveforLily #GoingGold #ChildhoodCancerAwareness
One week left to register! Join great people and help end childhood cancer whilst having an epic adventure! #rideforlily2020 Sign up now! https://liveforlily.org.au/product/ride-for-lily-2020-registration/
Two weeks left to register for the Ride for Lily Alpine Epic! Get in and register before August 31 and help us end childhood cancer. #rideforlily2020 https://liveforlily.org.au/product/ride-for-lily-2020-registration/
Join us for the Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic 2020 and let's ride our bikes to end childhood cancer together. #rideforlily2020 Only a few weeks left to register! Secure your spot for a fantastic ride and do your bit to help end childhood cancer. https://liveforlily.org.au/product/ride-for-lily-2020-registration/
Today marks the 5th anniversary of Lily’s passing. Lily taught everyone about life, love, friendship and family. She was incredibly courageous and faced her battle head on, always thinking of and putting others first and was a true inspiration to her family and those that were close to her. Lily will always be remembered. The Live for Lily Foundation will carry on Lily’s legacy and continue to do what we can to raise money and awareness into fighting childhood cancer so other brave little children like Lily have the best chance to beat their disease. #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
We are back online 😃 And so are registrations to both the inaugural 2019 Family Ride for Lily and the 2020 Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic, both proudly sponsored by @airport_toyota. • • Only a limited number of places are available for each event so if you want to help us in our mission to cure childhood cancer, jump online and sign up today! • • 🔹2019 Family Ride for Lily 🚴🏻♀️🚴♂️ https://liveforlily.org.au/product/family-ride-for-lily-2019-registration/ • • 🔹2020 Ride for Lily - Alpine Epic🚵♀️🚵♂️ https://liveforlily.org.au/product/ride-for-lily-2020-registration/ • • #RideforLily2020 #FamilyRideforLily #LiveforLily • • 🙏Thank you to our supporting partners 🙏 @bradtealrealestate @frankdowlingrealestate @suntaxaustralia @ascotgroup @just_teatowels Joe Murray Advertising Print Design Australia @childrenscancerinstitute
Live for Lily’s website has had to be taken down temporarily due to it being hacked overnight ☹️ • • But don’t worry, we will be back up and running in no time 😃 • • And when we are you can jump back online and sign up for the inaugural Family Ride for Lily taking place on the 17th of November. 30km of fun cycling with the family along the beautiful Lilydale - Warburton Rail Trail. • • Or if you think you have what it takes to conquer the Alpine Region of Victoria and want to really challenge yourself, the mighty 2020 Ride for Lily Alpine Epic from Canberra to Melbourne next year might be the one for you. • • Both events, proudly sponsored by @airport_toyota and raising money for childhood cancer research still have limited numbers of places available so be ready to hop to it when we are back online 👍🏻 • • #LiveforLily #FamilyRideforLily #RideforLily2020 #AlpineEpic
Registrations for the Ride for Lily 2020 - Alpine Epic are now open!! Help us end childhood cancer by fundraising $5k and riding 1000 kms from Canberra to Melbourne through the beautiful alpine region of Victoria from 29 March to 4 April, 2020. If you're up for the distance and the hills, there's only 30 spots on this amazing ride, so sign up and start training and fundraising today! Details of the ride and full terms and conditions can be found here:https://liveforlily.org.au/…/ride-for-lily-2020-registrati…/ #RideforLily #Rideforlily2020
Registrations for the Inaugural 2019 Live for Lily Family Ride, proudly sponsored by @airport_toyota, has been delayed for one week and will now be open on Monday July 8th at www.liveforlily.org.au. . . Get your family ready for a fun day of cycling on the Warburton-Lilydale Rail Trail, Sunday 17th November to raise money for childhood cancer research and awareness. #LiveforLily #FamilyRide @bradtealrealestate @frankdowlingrealestate @suntaxaustralia
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
......So that is a wrap! Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters who helped us put the evening together. Thank you to Crown and Encore Technologies for putting together a fantastic venue once again. A very big thank you to @realjostanley for her professionalism as our MC on the night and for her continuing support hosting our Butterfly Ball each year. And thank you to everyone who attended or contributed in some way throughout our special evening, whether that be from participating in auctions, buying raffle tickets and treasure chest keys or simply just being there and having a great time. It means so much. We are now so thrilled now to announce that the final amount raised from this years Butterfly Ball was a massive $136,183.01. That is an amazing effort that will go directly to helping us in our quest to find a cure for childhood cancer. Thanks and until next year.......😀 #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall
....We watched a very heart-warming video about Ellie’s journey which was very emotional. Following Michelle, the now famous and frenetic Live for Lily auction was conducted by Brad Teal and Tony Downward from @bradtealrealestate and Andrew Johnston from @nelsonalexanderrealestate. And it didn’t disappoint, with almost $60,000 being raised from the items sold. This included a whopping $27,000 for the renowned Chef Riccardo Momesso dinner experience (another record!!) - an absolutely fantastic result. That brings the total raised by Riccardo’s dining experience auction item in the last four years to over $88,000! Thank you Riccardo for all the support you have given the Foundation, and thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s auction, including our auctioneers for their energy and professionalism. The treasure chest was in full swing by this stage with people trying their luck to unlock the chest to get their hands on the $10,000 prize money. This year it took only about 30 keys to find a winner, with Clint Pollerd being the lucky man. He had made a gentleman’s agreement with his friend Russell Evans, that they would split the prize with each other, should either of them win. Being a true gentleman he stuck to the agreement and shared his winnings with Russell. A great story, and no doubt a night they will never forget! DJ David had the dance floor pumping with his tunes leading up to the drawing of the Golden Raffle. At 9:30pm, Aaron and Pasquale drew out the winner of the Toyota Yaris and Tom Auld walked away with the keys to his brand-new Toyota Yaris. Well done Tom and well done to all our other raffle winners on the night. Then it was time to really let the hair down with Matt Hetherington and his band returning back on stage for an unforgettable live performance that had everyone begging for more. The dance floor was as packed as it’s ever been and everyone had a blast. Thank you, Matt, and to your fabulous band for your amazing performance.......
...Next up, Aaron introduced Pasquale Scaturchio, General Manager of Airport Toyota, who had the privilege of introducing the Foundation’s newest fundraising adventure, the Live for Lily Family Ride. The family ride will take place on Nov 17 this year along the Warburton - Lilydale Rail Trail. Entry will be limited to just 30 families so get in quick to register. Registrations will open on July 1st so stay tuned for more information on how you can enter and take part, and help us raise vital funds for childhood cancer research. After an absolutely delightful dinner, Michelle Haber returned to the stage and spoke specifically about the impact Zero Childhood Cancer is having on families and children who find themselves at the end of the road when it comes to treatment of their cancer – many, many children just like Lily. In the last 60 years, survival rates for childhood cancer have improved dramatically – going from almost every child dying, to one where around 80% are surviving. Whilst this is fantastic progress, there is still more to do. Live for Lily is extremely proud to be supporting the Zero Childhood Cancer program - a highly collaborative program which involves scientists from 21 leading Australian and international research organisations working together. A 3-year national clinical trial opened 20 months ago at all 8 of Australia’s children’s hospitals, meaning that every child with aggressive cancer can access this ground-breaking program, wherever they happen to live. Already, over 200 children have been enrolled in the trial. These are children with a less than 30% chance of survival, many of whom have already relapsed from their disease, and for whom the prognosis is very, very grim. Positively, the results of the trial so far show that a personalised treatment plan has been recommended for almost 75% of participating children, in a turnaround time of just 9 weeks, providing hope to families and children for the first time, when before there was none. Michelle spoke of a little girl called Ellie and how Zero program has changed her life for the good and given her and her family hope of a cancer free future..........
2019 Live for Lily Butterfly Ball proudly sponsored by @airport_toyota - Wrap Up Well what a night. Another unbelievable Butterfly Ball has come and gone in the blink of an eye. The night really is a blur with so much activity happening from start to finish, with new friends being made, and old friends and family catching up. With a record number of 700 people attending this year, along with the incredible entertainment put on by the Matt Hetherington band, we can now officially say this was our biggest and best Butterfly Ball yet! 🥳 The night kicked off with Matt Hetherington performing a solo performance of Coldplay’s Fix You, followed by a stunning duet of Shallow, with vocalist Sarah Tonner, which gave the guests goose bumps and just a little teaser of what was to come later in the evening. We then heard from the Live for Lily Foundation’s co-founder Aaron Hester who delivered a beautiful speech which included an insight into who Lily was as a person and a daughter. With so many new people attending the Butterfly Ball each year, Aaron’s honesty and willingness to share with everyone details about what a beautiful little girl Lily was, made for an extremely powerful and moving moment. Aaron then asked Michelle Haber AM, Executive Director of the @childrenscancerinstitute to the stage and presented her with a cheque for $500,000, bringing the total raised by Live for Lily to over a million dollars in just 3 short years 😲. This is something everyone involved with the Foundation is so proud of but most importantly, we are so grateful for the support of everyone out there who has helped contribute to this fund-raising milestone along the way. Aaron spoke about the 2019 Ride for Lily and acknowledged the fantastic contribution of all 28 riders, most of whom were in attendance on the night. He then went on launch the 2020 Great Alpine Epic Ride for Lily which will take place from 29th March to the 4th April next year. Another 1,000km over 7 days adventure through the Alpine region of New South Wales and Victoria which is going to be an amazing experience for those taking part. Will you be joining us next year? Stay tuned for registration details....
$1,000,000 has now been donated to the @childrenscancerinstitute in 3 years. . . . Thank you to everyone who is on this journey with us to find a cure for #childhoodcancer . . Full wrap up from what was an extraordinary 2019 Butterfly Ball last night to come so stay tuned. . . #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall @airport_toyota @bradtealrealestate @nelsonalexanderrealestate @realjostanley
Toot Toot 🚘 Who is going to drive away with the Toyota Yaris tomorrow night in our Golden Raffle? We can’t wait to see who the lucky winner will be!! It is on its way to Crown to be won so if you are attending make sure you get your tickets throughout the night. There are ONLY 1000 available on the night 🎫 so get in quick. Other fantastic prizes include an amazing climate controlled 38 bottle wine fridge from our friends at Fisher & Paykel, a 3 day getaway to South Stradbroke Island and a fantastic dinner experience courtesy of @pierfarm Resturant in Williamstown. #GoldenRaffle #LiveforLily #Butterflyball @airport_toyota @childrenscancerinstitute
#ButterflyBall #LiveforLily #SilentAuction #ChildrensCancerResearch . . @childrenscancerinstitute @airport_toyota @bradtealrealestate @nelsonalexanderrealestate @realjostanley
2019 @airport_toyota Live for Lily Butterfly Ball - SILENT AUCTION is now LIVE! The switch has been flicked....and we are underway! The silent auction for this year's Butterfly Ball is now live for everyone to register, view items and place bids! With over 100 amazing items on offer, there is sure to be something for everyone again this year. Holidays, experiences, gifts, vouchers, wine, sporting memorabilia and fashion accessories and much more are all on offer. We really want to thank all the individuals, families and businesses who have donated auction items for this year's Butterfly Ball. Your generosity is so valuable and your contribution of such an amazing selection of auction prizes will help us raise a significant amount of money for childhood cancer research. Our goal again is to raise $200,000 from this year’s Butterfly Ball. This money that will go directly towards helping find a cure for #childhoodcancer, through the Zero Childhood Cancer personalised medicine program at the @childrenscancerinstitute , so we hope that everyone jumps on board and supports us. We are once again using the Galabid online auction system which is really easy to use. To view the auction items please go to www.galabid.com/butterflyball. To register for the silent auction, please follow the instructions attached. You can register online, with your smart phone or via SMS. Once registered you can start bidding on your favourite items!! The silent auction will run right up until 10pm Saturday evening. The auction items 4,5,6,& 7 will form part of our live auction conducted by @nelsonalexanderrealestate and @bradtealrealestate on the night of the ball. All other items are available to all our supporters, whether you are lucky enough to be attending the Butterfly Ball or not. Please spread the word so that your friends and family can also take part in the fun! Good luck and let the bidding commence!! #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall
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
Live for Lily Butterfly Ball Suit and Tuxedo Hire @davidmarcs are once again on board supporting the Butterfly Ball this year, offering up a 15% discount on suit and tuxedo hire for our gentleman guests, and on top of this, will donate a further 15% from suit and tuxedo hire proceeds to the Foundation . . . So guys if you want to look sharp on the night, get on down to see Mark and his team in Puckle Street Moonee Ponds to get suited up in style . . . Thank you once again to Mark and all the team for your continued support of the Foundation. #ButterflyBall #LiveforLily
#SoldOut 😀 . . #ButterflyBall . . #LiveforLily 🦋
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
🦋Butterfly Ball - Individual Tickets NOW AVAILABLE 🦋 . . With the 2019 Butterfly Ball almost SOLD OUT, we are pleased to announce that we have opened up the event to individual ticket sales. . . There are ONLY 40 individual tickets available 😲. These can be purchased separately, up to a maximum of 10. Tickets are $230 each. . . Individual ticket holders will be allocated to a table of ten on the evening by the event organising committee. Where two or more tickets are purchased together, we will do our utmost to ensure that these are seated at the same table, but please be aware that due to table number restrictions and capacity this cannot always be guaranteed. . . Tickets can be purchased using the link below or at www.liveforlily.org.au. . . We appreciate that there are a lot of individuals, couples and smaller groups of people who have expressed interest in attending but cannot fill a whole table, so this is your opportunity to jump in and snap up one of the last remaining seats to what is going to be an amazing evening. . . #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall #CureChildhoodCancer
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
🦋 Butterfly Ball - UPDATE 🦋 . . There are now only a handful of tables remaining to the 2019 Butterfly Ball. The event is almost sold out with what will be our largest ever attendance! . . Table sales will close this Friday 3rd May so if you are still considering coming along to what will be our BIGGEST and BEST Butterfly Ball, organise a bunch of family and friends and jump online at www.liveforlily.org.au to secure your table today! #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall
🦋 Butterfly Ball UPDATE 🦋 There are now only less than 10 tables available to the 2019 Butterfly Ball with the event almost Sold Out! . . If you are thinking of attending what promises to be our biggest Butterfly Ball to date raising much needed funds for research into childhood cancer, we encourage you to jump online and secure your place to avoid disappointment. . Entertainment on the night will be provided by the @mattyheth Band so the dance floor is sure to be rockin’. And once again the event will be MC’d by the fabulous @realjostanley . To purchase goto www.liveforlily.org.au. #LiveforLily #ButterflyBall @childrenscancerinstitute @airport_toyota
Tables to the 2019 @airport_toyota Live for Lily Butterfly Ball are NOW ON SALE. Visit www.liveforlily.org.au to purchase. Gather your friends and family for what promises to be an amazing event. $2,300 for a table of 10 including an amazing 3 course meal, entertainment from the Matt Hetherington Band and a night of fantastic fundraising for #childhoodcancer research. #Butterflyball
