Charity Spotlight: National Breast Cancer Foundation
National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is launching their Game Day campaign this May (www.gameday.org.au) to raise funds for critical Australian breast cancer research.
Breast cancer is the number one most diagnosed cancer in Australia. 1 in every 7 women and about 1 in 700 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. We’ve seen the survival rate improve from 76% to 91% since NBCF’s inception in 1994, but the game is not over yet. 9 Australians still die each day from breast cancer.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted women and men with breast cancer too. In 2021, up to 98% of all Australian breast cancer screening appointments were cancelled or delayed. Worryingly, there were 1,000 fewer breast cancer related surgeries which included biopsies and mastectomies. It’s likely there will be an increase in the number of more advanced breast cancer cases in the years to come. That is why NBCF is focused on trying to find treatments for patients with more advanced and harder to treat breast cancers.
This May, starting on Star Wars Day (May 4th), National Breast Cancer Foundation is asking gamers, content creators, and streamers to rise to the occasion and help meet this challenge by helping those impacted by breast cancer with a charity stream.
How You Can Help:
By creating a Streamlabs fundraiser and hosting a charity stream, you’ll be supporting research that can change the future for the more than 20,000 families who will be impacted by breast cancer in 2022. Join The Quest to Zero Deaths today and you and your community will make a significant difference in the lives of many.
Every dollar raised goes towards world-class and life-changing research that can change the statistics:
Raising $250 could provide 10 microchips for smartphones that ‘read’ cancer cells in blood to detect if someone’s breast cancer is returning.
Raising $500 could help one woman take part in a trial that will test a new mix of treatments which aim to switch off a tumor’s ‘survival factor’ so it can be killed.
Raising $1,000 could support the development of a next-generation treatment that enables the immune system to attack cancer cells.
These are just a few examples of how the funds raised can help women and men impacted by breast cancer. Check out how else the National Breast Cancer Foundation is funding research to help people impacted by breast cancer.
Start a fundraiser using Streamlabs Charity today!
Overlays and Stream Alerts
NBCF and Streamlabs are proud to partner together to offer you custom charity alerts and overlays for your stream.
You can install the alerts directly into your Streamlabs profile and install the overlay package from our theme library.
Join the Quest to Zero Deaths this May by starting a fundraiser or donating today.
Useful Links:
· Start your next Charity Stream for National Breast Cancer Foundation.
· Install the official NBCF overlay package.
· Install the official NBCF stream alerts.
· Learn more about how supporters make the life-saving mission of the National Breast Cancer Foundation possible.
· For questions or help, visit www.gameday.org.au or contact the NBCF gaming team at: gameon@nbcf.org.au.
· Join the official Game Day Discord https://www.discord.gg/QvE47e5tE6 channel to learn more about the life-saving mission of National Breast Cancer Foundation and how you can help save lives and better communities through the power of gaming and live streaming.
