Community fundraising
Mary Kate on Newtown
GABS Festival
On Monday 8 March 2021, in celebration of International Women’s Day and women working in research, Mary Kate on Newtown opened the doors of her fashion boutique to help raise funds and awareness for those affected by below the belt cancers.
The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular (GABS) was held with Festivals in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane during May and June and this year they supported ANZUP as one of their official charity partners.
“Together, we can help forge a gender equal world, celebrate women’s achievement across all areas of life including cancer research, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality so that in the future there are more women working in medicine and research.” ANZUP’s Nisha Rana said at the event. A percentage of online purchases in the lead up to International Women’s Day, as well as an in-store discount at the event, were all donated to ANZUP to support vital clinical trials research. We thank Mary Kate on Newtown for hosting this successful and informative fundraising fashion night.
Globally recognised as one of the best beer festivals in the world, GABS is like Disneyland for craft beer enthusiasts of all ages. Not only was there amazing street food, other beverages including non-alcoholic options, but the event stared Below the Belt ambassador, comedian and testicular cancer survivor Michael Shafar who performed his comedy show during the festival in support of ANZUP. We also sold (and sold out!) ANZUP and Below the Belt merchandise at the events and received 10% of all raffle sales for the biggest beer prize. Along with ongoing communications raising awareness about ANZUP and Below the Belt activities via their channels, providing a feel-good factor of giving back to cancer research. The event raised over $6,000 for ANZUP. Our thanks go to the GABS Festival organisers for their support.
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