Australian Lions Childhood
Cancer Research Foundation (ALCCRF)
Introduction
Over 600 children are diagnosed with childhood cancer each year in Australia. Medical research is the key to finding a cure for childhood cancer and ultimately putting an end to this heart breaking situation.
Lions formalised its support for childhood cancer research over 13 years ago by establishing the Lions Cord Blood & Childhood Cancer Research Appeal, the forerunner to ALCCRF which was established at the 57th MD Convention in Melbourne in May 2009 as a category "A" Project.
ALCCRF's vision is 100% survival of kids with cancer. Today survival rates average 80%. There is much work that still needs to be done, if one day we are to prevent all kids with cancer from dying.
Funds you and your clubs donate to ALCCRF will go to the best childhood cancer research conducted right across Australia which specifically targets improved survival rates.
We believe every child deserves a chance at a healthy life and we can all do our bit to help.