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The Leukaemia Foundation's media releases and announcements for 2008 are listed below. Please click on the release title to read the full document. You can also browse the media release archive for older media releases.

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Date Media release title

01 Jul 08

New Program to World Class Services
The Leukaemia Foundation has added a new program called 'Revive' to its range of services offered to patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders...

30 Jun 08

Newcastle Jets Partner with the Leukaemia Foundation
The Newcastle Jets are proud to announce The Leukaemia Foundation as its Official Charity Partner in the upcoming season...

03 Jun 08

You can fund blood cancer research
Melanie Sulda is a young and talented researcher working at the Flinders University in Adelaide. She is among the many gifted scientific minds creating an exciting future for blood cancer research in South Australia.   Melanie and her Flinders University colleagues are currently focusing their research on the revolutionary blood cancer drug MabThera...

30 May 08

Leukaemia Foundation recognised as a top 5 charity
The Leukaemia Foundation of Australia has just been announced as one of the top five 'Best Practice' not-for-profit organisations in Australia by the Givewell Good Giving Guide Charity Awards.

29 May 08

Doorknock Dad's Commitment to Cure Leukaemia
Dr Brett Stringer from the Leukaemia Foundation Research Unit (LFRU) is asking Queenslanders to play their part helping the five people diagnosed with leukaemias each day in the state by registering for the Foundation's Doorknock Appeal; due to run from 19 July to 1 August.

29 May 08

Leukaemia Foundation NSW awards winner of inaugural creative writing competition
The Leukaemia Foundation NSW has announced the winner of the World's Greatest Shave inaugural creative writing competition. This year it was won by Lydia Mattram, 11, from Cathedral School Bathurst.

28 May 08

New DVD resource to help regional leukaemia patients
The Leukaemia Foundation has announced the release of a series of six Disease Specific DVD's for the use of health professionals, patients and their families

20 May 08

Sales of "Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica" to benefit Leukaemia Foundation
Buy your copy of "Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica" through the Leukaemia Foundation and $20 will go to the Leukaemia Foundation.

12 May 08

Lend a hand for leukaemia
This week is National Volunteer Week and it is an opportunity to say thank you to the 5 million Australians who offer their time to a cause each year. The Leukaemia Foundation in NSW/ACT would like to celebrate the work of its volunteers who are the backbone of the organisation. Without them, the Foundation’s courtesy transport program would not survive.

07 May 08

Opening of the Leukaemia Foundations new office in Newcastle
The Leukaemia Foundation has been established in Newcastle for over six years and during that time it has grown ten fold and has sparked off a need for bigger premises.

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