SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 24th Sept 2024 –– The Australia & New Zealand Urogenital & Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP) is pleased to announce the most customizable & adaptable fundraiser ever – 111 Your Way!
Every year over 40,000 people in Australia and New Zealand are diagnosed with a ‘Below the Belt’ cancer – that’s 111 people, the equivalent of two busloads, every single day. 111 Your Way encourages people to complete 111 of any activity or measurement by November 1st (1/11 – get it?).
People can walk, run, climb, crawl, ride, lift, swim, hula-hoop, or squat as much as they like, all to raise money for much-needed clinical trial research. As the weather warms up after a particularly chilly Winter, this is the perfect time to lace up your sneakers, break out your sweatbands & blow out those metaphorical cobwebs.
Other fundraisers will tell you what to do (as if you don’t have enough things to do already?!) but not ANZUP’s fundraiser. Their challenge is yours to tailor however you like. Do you want to run 111km for October? You can run 111km for the month of October! You want to do 111 cartwheels in October? You better believe you’re allowed to, NAY, encouraged to do those cartwheels. 111 Your Way will meet you where you’re at no matter your life and skill level!
Samantha Oakes, ANZUP CEO, said “We’re inviting everyone to join us in taking on an exciting challenge to support the 111 people diagnosed with Below the Belt Cancer every day across Australia and New Zealand. Since 2008, we’ve proudly enrolled over 8,000 participants in 33 national and international clinical trials, and now we’re aiming to raise $10 million over the next five years to expand our impact even further. I’ll be surfing 111 waves each week – it’s going to be a challenge, but it’s all for a great cause. What’s your challenge going to be?”
ANZUP aims to improve outcomes for people affected by ‘Below the Belt’ cancers (testicle, prostate, kidney, penis & bladder) by exploring and defining priority areas in below-the-belt cancer research. Almost 8,000 patients have been enrolled in 33 ANZUP Cancer Trials for ‘Below the Belt’ cancers globally leading to better patient outcomes & changing lives.