WITH the second annual Mother's Day Classic only days away, organisers are urging members of the community to register and support the event.
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There were more than 400 people in attendance at last year's inaugural Mother's Day Classic. This enabled organisers to raise in excess of $13,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
The Mother's Day Classic will be conducted from North Park this Sunday, May 10. Registrations for the event can be made at Grampians Pharmacy or the Stawell Library.
Registration is $20 for adults, or $10 concession and students under 18 years.
Family registrations can be made for (two adults and up to four children) $50 or Family (one adult and up to four children) $30. Registration on the day commences at 8am, with the Mother's Day Classic starting at 9.30am.
The classic is designed for people with all levels of fitness. There is an eight kilometre walk, four kilometre run and a four kilometre walk.
A 400 metre limited mobility walk was introduced at the Stawell Mother's Day Classic last year and has now been adopted Australia wide. This is a gentle lap around the smooth surface of the athletic track and may include wheelchairs, scooters and frames.
Participants should bring the children, bring the dog and bring plenty of pink on your body.
There will be prizes for each event, as well as for best dressed person or group, while a raffle will also be conducted.
Merchandise will be available for purchase including homemade knitted scarves for $25 and homemade knitted headbands for $10.
A barbecue will be operating throughout the morning to feed participants and their supporters.
Residents are urged to join in the Mother's Day Classic on Sunday, May 10 and join in the morning of commemoration and celebration.
The Mother's Day Classic has taken place every Mother's Day for the past 18 years, with Australians walking or running to raise money to fund National Breast Cancer Foundation research and honour those who have faced the disease.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian women (1% of breast cancer is in men).
One in eight Australian women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
In 2014, 15,270 women are predicted to be diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia. This equates to 40 women being diagnosed each day.
On average, seven women die from breast cancer every day in Australia. Finding breast cancer early increases the chance of surviving the disease.
