The U.S. Embassy Australia and U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy are so excited to take part in Shitbox Rally Autumn 2024!
On February 4, World Cancer Day, the U.S. Embassy Australia launched the U.S.-Australia Cancer Moonshot Initiative, highlighting an important dimension of the U.S.-Australia alliance: our shared experience with and collaboration on the research, prevention, and treatment of cancer.
“Like every family, my family and Embassy families have lost too many people we love to cancer. In September 2022, on the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s Moonshot speech, President Biden relaunched the Cancer Moonshot: an ambitious effort to end cancer as we know it. We know that no one country can end the fight against cancer alone, and the United States has no better partner in this fight than Australia. We can't wait to highlight the work being done in both the United States and Australia to advance research, share best practices, and improve the lives of people with cancer, survivors, and their families.” -- Ambassador Caroline Kennedy
Thank you to all those who support our efforts to raise as much money as we can for Cancer Council...in the most Australian way possible!
You can follow our Shitbox Rally adventure on social media at @usembassyaustralia and learn more about the U.S.-Australia Cancer Moonshot Initiative at au.usembassy.gov/cancer-moonshot/
Shitbox Rally is the adventure of a lifetime challenging participants and their cars, worth no more than $1,500, on a 7 day drive across Australia to raise money for cancer research.
The rally is not a race – it’s a fun, colourful, unpredictable adventure with participants travelling at their own pace in smaller groups. Vehicles often break down but “we never leave anyone behind” and each night is spent camping beneath the stars and celebrating the day’s achievements. It all adds up to an incredible opportunity to see Australia’s vast and beautiful countryside and make lifelong friends, many brought together after experiencing cancer themselves or seeing cancer impact family and friends.
Since it’s inception the rally has been the largest fundraiser for the Cancer Council nationally.
Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.
Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.
Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.
$41 million over the past 13 years has been raised by Box Rallies to date, supporting ground-breaking projects such as:
These projects wouldn’t be possible without your support.
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