The Beginning

What inspires someone to walk 250 km from Central NSW to Sydney?Every day thousands of people find they have cancer, are treated for cancer and lose their lives to cancer. We all know someone who is having treatment and we have all lost someone we know.Each year, across NSW, thousands of people participate in The Relay for Life to raise funds for the Cancer Council of NSW to support people with cancer and to fund research to find a cure for cancer. Already funds raised by the Relay for Life have led to many discoveries that improve the treatment of cancer and will ultimately contribute to the defeat of the disease.In 2009 the Hills Relay for Life will again be organised by a voluntary committee, be supported by generous corporate sponsors and attract over a thousand volunteers who will walk during a twenty-four hour period to raise as much as they can to contribute to the fight against cancer.As a lead in to the 2009 Relay, I am walking from Orange to Castle Hill to promote the Relay and to enlist the aid of individuals and corporations in the fight against cancer.