STUDENTS at Oxley High School are prepared to go the distance to help cancer patients get the vital support they need.
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A total of 550km, to be exact.
The school has a long time reputation for its Relay for Life efforts, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, teenagers will stationary bike or row the distance from Tamworth to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and back on June 23.
It's a trip some cancer patients know all too well, Year 11 student Claire McGuirk said, who's mother has beaten breast cancer twice.
"We're going to be in the gym doing physical activity for the day to raise some money for the Cancer Council," she said.
It's a pretty big goal but I think we're all up to take it.
- Max Keft-Gill
"My mum has had breast cancer twice so she's been through that, and I've had family members go through cancer so it's really good awareness.
"It's good to be able to help them with funding because going through chemotherapy as well, they helped support us."
Fellow student Max Keft-Gill has also been touched by cancer, his uncle passed away earlier this year with brain cancer.
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The students have a $5000 goal and Max said that with the help of the community he's confident.
"Everyone from the sports council will come along so we have about 20 to 40 people who are coming to the gym to rotate until we meet our 550km goal," he said.
"It's a pretty big goal but I think we're all up to take it."
The money will help buy fuel cards for cancer patients.
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