Archive for 2019

Dragons Abreast members from all around Australia were part of the 100,000 people who took part in this year’s Mothers Day Classic! People across 88 different locations in Australia from capital cities to remote towns took part in this year’s Mothers Day Classic breast cancer fundraising walk and run on Sunday 12 May. The event is Australia’s…

The wonderful Janet and Julie Kesby, featured in our sponsor Specialised Therapeutics article for Mother’s Day. ‘On Mother’s Day 2019 we recognise the Mothers and Daughters who face a breast cancer diagnosis together. Janet and Julie Kesby have both been diagnosed twice and have supported each other all the way. Both are well at the…

Dragons Abreast Australia is thrilled to be the latest partner of Play for Purpose and even more excited to be the lottery’s featured charity, as the draw comes to a close very soon! Play for Purpose is an innovative solution that rewards both supporters and charities, it is a world-first and the ultimate win-win charity lottery.…

The 22nd annual Australian Dragon Boat Championships (AusChamps) were held at the Rowing Course,Yarralumla in Canberra last week and Dragons Abreast Australia is proud of our groups who competed in the Breast Cancer Survivor categories  DA Penrith, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane all paddled in the AusChamps, Australia’s premier Dragon Boating event in which clubs from all states competed against one another…

53 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each day – the more we raise, the faster a cure can be found. This year on Sunday, 12 May the Mother’s Day Classic fun walk/run will again take place at events all across the country. Since 1998 the Mother’s day Classic has contributed  $35.3 million, making…

Dragons Abreast Melbourne and Bendigo and the wonderful Otis Foundation have joined forces to enable the “Judy Costello” boat to rest beside the tranquil lake at Bramare in Mandurang. The “Judy Costello” is a heritage dragon boat and holds a very special place in the hearts of many Victorian breast cancer survivors and their families. A team of…