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| ⚫ | RCD Fund donations go towards Australian research to further understand and more completely treat brain tumours, including earlier detection, surgery and post-surgery treatments. Beneficiaries include the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Murdoch Research Institute, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Monash Music Therapy Department. <ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/sandringham-fun-run-rakes-in-275k-for-brain-cancer-research/story-fngnvli9-1227059213768</ref> |
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| ⚫ | RCD Fund holds an annual event called Connor’s Run which is its main fundraising initiative. Since it’s inception in 2013, Connors Run has raised $100,000 and has had over 2,000 participants partake. <ref> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/connor-dawes-death-inspires-fight-to-save-lives-20140329-35qef.html </ref> |
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| ⚫ | Today Connor’s Run is the largest event for pediatric brain cancer in Australia. Connor’s Run won the 2014 Australia Day award for Bayside Community Event of the year. <ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-awards-its-best-at-australia-day-awards-ceremony/story-fngnvli9-1226809842424</ref> |
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RCD Fund is a registered charity with DGR status in Australia and 501c3 status in the United States.<ref>http://rcdfund.org/</ref> |
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| ⚫ | RCD Fund was created in June 2013 by Liz Dawes and her husband Scott Dawes in memory of their son Robert Connor Dawes who passed away from an ependymoma brain tumour in April 2013. <ref>http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/theperch/index.php/heraldsun/comments/what_one_brave_mum_who_lost_a_son_did_next/</ref> |
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| ⚫ | RCD Fund donations go towards Australian research to further understand and more completely treat brain tumours, including earlier detection, surgery and post-surgery treatments. Beneficiaries include the |
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| ⚫ | RCD Fund holds an annual event called Connor’s Run which is its main fundraising initiative. Since it’s inception in 2013, Connors Run has raised $100,000 and has had over 2,000 participants partake.<ref> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/connor-dawes-death-inspires-fight-to-save-lives-20140329-35qef.html </ref> |
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| ⚫ | Today Connor’s Run is the largest event for pediatric brain cancer in Australia. Connor’s Run won the 2014 Australia Day award for Bayside Community Event of the year.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-awards-its-best-at-australia-day-awards-ceremony/story-fngnvli9-1226809842424</ref> |
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| ⚫ | RCD Fund was created in June 2013 by Liz Dawes and her husband Scott Dawes in memory of their son Robert Connor Dawes who passed away from an ependymoma brain tumour in April 2013.<ref>http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/theperch/index.php/heraldsun/comments/what_one_brave_mum_who_lost_a_son_did_next/</ref> |
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==Connor’s Run== |
==Connor’s Run== |
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Connor’s Run is an annual 18.8km fun-run that is held in September in Melbourne. The run beings in Sandringham and finishes at the boatsheds on the Yarra. This 18.8km route was one Connor had run himself in training as a Brighton Grammar rower.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/sandringham-fun-run-rakes-in-275k-for-brain-cancer-research/story-fngnvli9-1227059213768 </ref> |
Connor’s Run is an annual 18.8km fun-run that is held in September in Melbourne. The run beings in Sandringham and finishes at the boatsheds on the Yarra. This 18.8km route was one Connor had run himself in training as a Brighton Grammar rower. <ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/sandringham-fun-run-rakes-in-275k-for-brain-cancer-research/story-fngnvli9-1227059213768 </ref> |
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There is a shorter 9.6km route which begins in St Kilda.<ref>http://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/melbournes-fitness-events-for-2015 </ref> |
There is a shorter 9.6km route which begins in St Kilda. <ref>http://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/melbournes-fitness-events-for-2015 </ref> |
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In its first year in 2013, Connor’s Run raised over $100,000 and had more than 2,000 participants sign up, including shadow runners from around the globe.<ref> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/connor-dawes-death-inspires-fight-to-save-lives-20140329-35qef.html </ref> |
In its first year in 2013, Connor’s Run raised over $100,000 and had more than 2,000 participants sign up, including shadow runners from around the globe. <ref> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/connor-dawes-death-inspires-fight-to-save-lives-20140329-35qef.html </ref> |
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In 2014, it raised over $275,000 and attracted over 2,500 participants, including AFL Football players and former Australian cricketer |
In 2014, it raised over $275,000 and attracted over 2,500 participants, including AFL Football players and former Australian cricketer Shane Warne. <ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2755933/Shane-Warne-completes-18km-fun-run-model-girlfriend-Emily-Scott-just-day-turning-45.html </ref> |
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BEFORE THE GDBT |
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If there ever was a word that summed up a person, for Robert Connor Dawes, this word would have been awesome. Awesome as in someone posting on Facebook to a sad friend, ”Turn that frown upside down”, as in someone who runs 19 km simply to become the best he ever could be. Awesome as in being awarded a young scholar diploma and invited to join Stanford summer school. Four weeks after receiving his invitation letter, 17-year-old Connor was diagnosed with the GDBT. The God Damn Brain Tumour, or as the doctors call it: an anaplastic ependymoma. It was 12 December 2011. |
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THE FIGHT |
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Major surgery caused loss of movement to his right side, impaired vision and severe short-term memory loss. But while his body was broken, his spirit was not. Determined to improve, he spent hours each day on his physical and mental rehabilitation. More treatment followed. Throughout it all, Connor never stopped smiling. He stayed positive, philosophical and true to his mantra: |
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“I will be awesome”. |
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AETERNUM FORTIS IS BORN |
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At school, his friends sold t-shirts and wristbands with his name and the phrase “Aeternum Fortis”, “Eternal Strength”. It reflected Connor’s love of Latin and inspiring spirit as he battled through every adversity. Now, Aeternum Fortis is our eternal reminder of the amazing person he was and the gifts he left us. |
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THE FUND |
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The RCD Fund was created to continue Connor’s legacy, and our fundraising goals are captured by his initials RCD: Research, Care and Development. |
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In 2014 it won an Australia Day Award for Bayside Community Event of the Year.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-awards-its-best-at-australia-day-awards-ceremony/story-fngnvli9-1226809842424 </ref> |
In 2014 it won an Australia Day Award for Bayside Community Event of the Year. <ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-awards-its-best-at-australia-day-awards-ceremony/story-fngnvli9-1226809842424 </ref> |
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==Brain Week== |
==Brain Week== |
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In 2014 The RCD Fund partnered with the Cancer Council Victoria to launch Victoria’s first Brain Week to raise the awareness of brain cancer and raise money for research funding.<ref>http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/melbourne-tribune/youth-join-forces-to-fight-cancer/</ref> <ref>http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/30904/news-media/latest-news-news-media/media-releases-news-room-news-media/brain-cancer-is-leading-cause-of-cancer-death-in-young-people/ </ref> |
In 2014 The RCD Fund partnered with the Cancer Council Victoria to launch Victoria’s first Brain Week to raise the awareness of brain cancer and raise money for research funding. <ref>http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/melbourne-tribune/youth-join-forces-to-fight-cancer/</ref> <ref>http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/30904/news-media/latest-news-news-media/media-releases-news-room-news-media/brain-cancer-is-leading-cause-of-cancer-death-in-young-people/ </ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 22:25, 25 March 2015
The Robert Connor Dawes Fund (RCD Fund) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation that facilitates funding in brain research, care and development. [1] RCD Fund donations go towards Australian research to further understand and more completely treat brain tumours, including earlier detection, surgery and post-surgery treatments. Beneficiaries include the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Murdoch Research Institute, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Monash Music Therapy Department. [2] RCD Fund holds an annual event called Connor’s Run which is its main fundraising initiative. Since it’s inception in 2013, Connors Run has raised $100,000 and has had over 2,000 participants partake. [3] Today Connor’s Run is the largest event for pediatric brain cancer in Australia. Connor’s Run won the 2014 Australia Day award for Bayside Community Event of the year. [4] RCD Fund was created in June 2013 by Liz Dawes and her husband Scott Dawes in memory of their son Robert Connor Dawes who passed away from an ependymoma brain tumour in April 2013. [5]
Connor’s Run
Connor’s Run is an annual 18.8km fun-run that is held in September in Melbourne. The run beings in Sandringham and finishes at the boatsheds on the Yarra. This 18.8km route was one Connor had run himself in training as a Brighton Grammar rower. [6] There is a shorter 9.6km route which begins in St Kilda. [7] In its first year in 2013, Connor’s Run raised over $100,000 and had more than 2,000 participants sign up, including shadow runners from around the globe. [8] In 2014, it raised over $275,000 and attracted over 2,500 participants, including AFL Football players and former Australian cricketer Shane Warne. [9]
In 2014 it won an Australia Day Award for Bayside Community Event of the Year. [10]
Brain Week
In 2014 The RCD Fund partnered with the Cancer Council Victoria to launch Victoria’s first Brain Week to raise the awareness of brain cancer and raise money for research funding. [11] [12]
References
- ^ http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/theperch/index.php/heraldsun/comments/what_one_brave_mum_who_lost_a_son_did_next/
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/sandringham-fun-run-rakes-in-275k-for-brain-cancer-research/story-fngnvli9-1227059213768
- ^ http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/connor-dawes-death-inspires-fight-to-save-lives-20140329-35qef.html
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-awards-its-best-at-australia-day-awards-ceremony/story-fngnvli9-1226809842424
- ^ http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/theperch/index.php/heraldsun/comments/what_one_brave_mum_who_lost_a_son_did_next/
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/sandringham-fun-run-rakes-in-275k-for-brain-cancer-research/story-fngnvli9-1227059213768
- ^ http://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/melbournes-fitness-events-for-2015
- ^ http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/connor-dawes-death-inspires-fight-to-save-lives-20140329-35qef.html
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2755933/Shane-Warne-completes-18km-fun-run-model-girlfriend-Emily-Scott-just-day-turning-45.html
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-awards-its-best-at-australia-day-awards-ceremony/story-fngnvli9-1226809842424
- ^ http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/melbourne-tribune/youth-join-forces-to-fight-cancer/
- ^ http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/30904/news-media/latest-news-news-media/media-releases-news-room-news-media/brain-cancer-is-leading-cause-of-cancer-death-in-young-people/