Relay for Life hosted in new location for 25th year (7/11/24)

Cancer Council Tasmania has moved to the St Leonards Northern Athletics Centre for its 25th annual Relay for Life. Video by Aaron Smith (7/11/24)

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00:00I think it's great to see so many people involved, people willing to give a donation if they can't

00:05actually relay, and seeing people get together. It means a heck of a lot, mainly because I suppose

00:13having been through cancer journey myself twice, plus my husband who I lost earlier this year,

00:20it was related to the cancer although it wasn't cancer itself, so Relay for Life is very meaningful.

00:26The community spirit, it reaches everybody because it doesn't matter who you are you can

00:31relay, whether it's for a small amount of time or a larger amount of time,

00:35it's the team spirit, everybody working together and just seeing some of my relay team members who

00:42got alongside others walking on the track and just talking to them, so it's a real community spirit.

00:48I just think it's amazing that such a small state like Tasmania can keep such a big fundraising

00:52event going for so long. Obviously it'd be great to get to 50 years and 100 years,

00:57I won't be on the committee then, but it would be great to get more volunteers so that we can

01:00keep doing it every year. Yeah I just want everyone to come and know that not only are

01:03we fundraising money that stays in Tasmania, it's actually a really fun day, so we just

01:07want to get as many people involved as we can.