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A charity gala established in memory of a five-year-old Geelong girl who died of brain cancer will be held at Mount Duneed Estate this September.<\/p>\n

Launched in 2018, Zoe\u2019s Fight was spearheaded by local mum Penny Stanley and husband Clint following the loss of their daughter Zoe at Christmas in 2017.<\/p>\n

Penny said founding the charity became her life\u2019s mission when she learned that brain cancer research remained significantly underfunded despite its harmful effects on the population.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Zoe lost her battle to brain cancer, we wanted to help others facing the same fight that she so bravely fought for nine months,\u201d Penny said.<\/p>\n

The bereaved mother recalled Zoe\u2019s sudden decline and noted a bout of ongoing headaches as the initial scare. <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long before Zoe was told she had an incurable brain cancer \u2013 a tragic moment for the family who had just experienced the uncertainty of Penny\u2019s breast cancer diagnosis 12 months earlier. <\/p>\n

\u201cThree years after receiving treatment, I am still here, and Zoe is not,\u201d Penny said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still in disbelief that our daughter didn\u2019t have a chance because there were no treatment options available for these tumours.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Cancer Council Australia, there were 1439 deaths caused by brain cancer in 2016. The five-year survival rate for brain cancer is 22 per cent. <\/p>\n

Last year Zoe\u2019s Fight Gala Ball raised $22,000 for paediatric brain cancer research. Penny said it would be \u201ctruly amazing\u201d if this year\u2019s efforts matched that amount. <\/p>\n

\u201cZoe was the light of our lives. She was so happy, outgoing, and will always be our little miracle,\u201d said Penny.<\/p>\n

Zoe\u2019s Fight Gala Ball will be hosted at Mt Duneed Estate with all proceeds directed to a clinical trial named in Zoe\u2019s honour at Royal Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

Due to high demand, an extra 30 tickets to Zoe\u2019s Fight Gala Ball have been released. Visit zoesfight.com.au\/2019-gala-ball<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A charity gala established in memory of a five-year-old Geelong girl who died of brain cancer will be held at Mount Duneed Estate this September. Launched in 2018, Zoe\u2019s Fight was spearheaded by local mum Penny Stanley and husband Clint following the loss of their daughter Zoe at Christmas in 2017. Penny said founding the […]<\/p>\n

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