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Event's family focus

28 May 2008

More than 1000 TeamMONASH™ participants joined a 30,000 strong crowd for this year's Mothers Day Classic.

The Mothers Day Classic run/walk was a family affair for TeamMONASH™ event patron Professor Susan Davis, the Department of Medicine's Head of Women's Health.

Professor Davis managed to convince her husband, daughter, stepson and even her 80-year-old mother-in-law to take part in the event. Her son also helped by handing out drinks to participants.

More than 1000 TeamMONASH™ participants joined a 30,000 strong crowd for the annual fundraising run/walk around the Melbourne Botanic Gardens earlier this month.

The event is the biggest community fundraising event for breast cancer in Australia, giving people the chance to make a real difference to the lives of those diagnosed with breast cancer.

Professor Davis said a highlight of the event was the camaraderie between TeamMONASH™ runners and walkers.

"The most striking thing on the day was that everywhere you looked, you could see another person wearing a Monash top," Professor Davis said.

"I participate in a lot of runs and it was so exciting to have so many Monash people in this one."

TeamMONASH™ took home awards for the largest tertiary team in Victoria and the largest tertiary team in Australia.

Monash donated its prize -- a $1000 cheque - to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Upcoming events for TeamMONASH™ are the Walk the Talk fun walk in Johannesburg on 27 July and Australian University Games on 28 September to 3 October.

For more information visit the Monash Sport website.