Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
Music Therapy Spotlight: Hannah
October 9, 2020
Meet one of our music therapy grant recipients, Hannah ? Hannah finished up chemo in August 2020, and to celebrate, her family decided to fundraise for Connor’s Run. Her mum Diana set a goal of...
Connor's Burger Day
October 5, 2020
The awesome team behind one of Melbourne’s top rated burger spots are doing what they do best, and creating a delicious burger to help the brain. This year they managed to raise over a massive...
Over $1.3 million raised for Paediatric Brain Cancer... Our Biggest Connor's Run Yet
October 1, 2020
Thank you for helping to raise $1.3 million for paediatric brain cancer You did it! You took on the challenge to make brains matter in 2020... and absolutely hit it out of the park! Over 3,800...
Profiling Ependymoma - Connor Dawes
September 25, 2020
Saturday 26 September is Childhood Brain Cancer Awareness Day, this year the focus is on ependymoma. Robert ‘Connor’ Dawes was born in Wisconsin in 1994, however he spent most of his life...
Profiling Ependymoma - Georgia Brown
September 24, 2020
Saturday 26 September is Childhood Brain Cancer Awareness Day, this year the focus is on ependymoma. Georgia Brown is a beautiful, active five-year-old girl. She loves playing with her sisters,...
Profiling Ependymoma - Olivia Phelan
September 22, 2020
Saturday 26 September is Childhood Brain Cancer Awareness Day, this year the focus is on ependymoma. Olivia Phelan was 15-years-old when she was diagnosed with an ependymoma in January 2017. The...
Innovative new clinical trial to give hope to Australian kids with deadly brain cancer
September 17, 2020
INNOVATIVE NEW CLINICAL TRIAL TO GIVE HOPE TO AUSTRALIAN KIDS WITH DEADLY BRAIN CANCER The Robert Connor Dawes (RCD) Foundation is committing $250,000 to co-fund the NICHE-HGG trial, that will give...
Connor's Run Weekly Highlights Video
September 14, 2020
We have absolutely loved seeing each and every one of you share your Connor’s Run with us, thank you. For the next few weeks we’re going to share a highlight video of the week that was. So make...
Smashing our FUNdraising goals
September 8, 2020
You did it (again!) Another FUNdraising goal reached, and we cannot thank you enough. These extra funds raised have allowed us to announce a number of new initiatives: The Gideon Gratzer and Grace...
Atlas Masterclass x Connor's Run
September 2, 2020
To celebrate Connor's Run we've teamed up with Atlas Masterclass for an exciting (and delicious) event- The Taste of Italy Dinner Box. Our incredible ambassador Charlie Carrington is generously...