A stellar lineup of local country music stars will raise the roof at the Lion’s Club Cancer Research family fun night this March.
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Locals are encouraged to slap on their boots and get down to the Kempsey Macleay Bowling and Sports Club on March 24 from 6.30pm to 10.30pm for a jam-packed country hoedown to raise funds for cancer research.
Amos Morris
Lineup
The night will feature local country music legends:
- Amos Morris
- The Haigh Brothers, Garry and Chris
- Gus Clarke
- Merinda Kyle
- Tom and Thala Kennedy]
- Marie Wallace
- Harold Thompson (The Big H)
- Ruth Quinlan
- Glen Ford
- Mal and Greg Hunt
Meanwhile, Terry Phippen will MC the night.
The Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation (ALCCRF) was formed 17 years ago by the Lions Club and has since raised more than $9 million for childhood cancer research.
Funds raised from tickets to the event, which can be purchased at the door for $10, will go towards the cancer research foundation.
In 2016, the ALCCRF and the Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) contributed $3.2 million to start a new genome project called the Lions Kids Cancer Genome Project.
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The project is a collaborative partnership, bringing together Australia’s national personalised medicine program in childhood cancer – the Zero Childhood Cancer Program, led by Children’s Cancer Institute and the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick – and state-of-the-art capability in whole genome sequencing and analysis at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
In its first three years, the project will provide whole genome sequencing and analysis for 400 children with high-risk cancer in Australia who will be enrolled in the Zero Childhood Cancer Program – one of the most detailed genetic and biological analyses of a child’s cancer globally to date.
