Say K'day!
2023-02-01
Swap G'day for K'day to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research.
To mark this year’s International Childhood Cancer Day on Wednesday February 15th, The Kids’ Cancer Project is launching K’day – a day dedicated to honouring and supporting kids with cancer. The inaugural occasion encourages Aussies to replace the friendly ‘G’day’ with ‘K’day' (pronounced ‘Kid Day’), to raise awareness and funds for children and families touched by childhood cancer.
Worldwide, about 400,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every day. In Australia, three children are diagnosed with cancer each day, and every week three children die from childhood cancer.
K’day is a special day to bring workplaces, schools, families and communities together to have fun, reconnect and most importantly, raise awareness and funds. When you donate on February 15th, you are raising funds for innovative science research that focuses on creating kinder and more gentle treatments for kids with cancer, so they can experience the joy of childhood to its fullest potential.
The best part? If you donate to K’day on February 15th, your donations will be doubled by The Kids’ Cancer Project’s major sponsors. Together we can help fund life-saving research that keeps many families together.
Say K’day to fun, laughter, and the chance to raise vital funds and awareness to transform outcomes for kids with cancer.
Say K'day and donate at kday.org.au.
Say K'day for Harper
For several months, five-year-old Harper had been experiencing episodes of vomiting and dizziness. After a CT scan, a substantial mass was discovered on her brain. It wasn’t until after an 11-hour surgery at Perth Children’s Hospital that Harper was diagnosed with Ependymoma, an aggressive tumour. After several rounds of radiation, Harper and her family are reeling from the aftermath of the experience, with one heartbreaking side-effect being vision loss.
Harper is now six and has returned to school, where she loves spending time with friends, but is exhausted come home time. When you say K’day, you’ll be helping to find kinder cures for kids like Harper, so she can experience the joys of childhood to the fullest potential.