Last year Fiona McGonigal took on the challenge to raise $1000 for the World's Greatest Shave and to help blood cancer research.
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In 2020, she has put on the cape and faced the clippers once again this March, in front of a parochial Currajong Disability Services crowd.
"I am rapt to be able to help do my bit for cancer," Fiona said.
"So far I have raised about $300 towards this important cause.
"I hope to reach $1000 again like last year."
This time last year Fiona was battling kidney cancer, and sadly, despite beating it last year, she has received the unfortunate news the disease has returned on the left side of her adrenal gland.
The adrenal glands, also known as suprarenal glands, are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones, including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.
"They are found above the kidneys," Fiona said.
"I am hoping everything is okay when I see the specialist and I can concentrate on getting well and raising vital funds for cancer research.
"After such a great response last year, especially from everyone at Currajong, I felt compelled to give it another go," she said.
While Fiona has her up and down days, nothing she says, will stop her trying to beat last year's fundraising effort of $1000 which was her initial target.
"The funds are vital make no secret of it but so too is awareness of cancer and different cancer types," Fiona said.
"Every day another 35 Australians are diagnosed with a blood cancer. That's one Aussie every 41 minutes.
"Although research is improving survival, sadly an Australian loses their life to blood cancer every two hours."
According to the World's Greatest Shave website, by signing up and raising money for the World's Greatest Shave, you'll be part of an elite group of extraordinary superheroes on a mission to shave the world from blood cancer.
You'll join fellow shavers across the country, and others in Parkes, working hard to raise $16.5 million to support and empower families impacted by blood cancer, and to accelerate blood cancer research to reach the Leukaemia Foundation's bold new goal of zero lives lost to blood cancer by 2035.
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