ORGANISERS of this year’s Mother’s Day Classic in Port Macquarie say they were “blown away” by the number of participants in Sunday’s charity walk and run event.
The fundraising leaderboard is still being tallied, with donations accepted until 30 June.
The extent of participants’ efforts in raising money for breast and ovarian cancer research could see records broken.
The event also attracted a large number of volunteers who arrived in the dark before 6am, ready to help.
Since 1998, volunteers and participants have been dedicated to walking, running and fundraising on Mother’s Day to save women’s lives.
In 2024, the event was extended to include fundraising for both breast and ovarian cancer.
In the last 27 years, $46.1 million has been donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation as a result of Classics held around Australia.
Since last year, a further $1.2 million has been donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.
