Raising awareness for the prevention of melanoma.
About the Foundation 
The foundation is dedicated to our daughter Emily and everyone who is touched by melanoma.
We are a not for profit organisation that educates Australians in the prevention and early detection of Skin Cancer and especially melanoma. We aim to reach as many people as possible through direct or media contact to encourage the use of sun protection and the importance of early detection of this insidious disease.
Since loosing our daughter to melanoma in 2006, the foundation has worked tirelessly promoting awareness, early detection and prevention at numerous outdoor and sporting events since 2007. The foundation organisors the annual MARCH for MELANOMA, which supports melanoma servivors, including the opportunity for family and friends to remember loved ones taken by this deadly cancer
Awareness - To create an awareness that melanoma is a serious disease that, removal of dangerous moles at the earliest time is the only way to prevent the disease becoming established.
Early detection - To promote the absolute necessity of self-examination and the importance of an annual mole check, by your dermatologist, of all moles, whether changed or not, no matter what your age and exposure to the sun.
Prevention -To promote the Sun Smart message. SLIP on a long sleeve shirt, SLOP on SPF30+ broad spectrum sunscreen, SLAP on a broad rimmed hat, SLIDE on sunglasses and SEEK shade. Protect yourself and your loved ones while outdoors between 10am and 4pm
Fundraising for worthy melanoma projects
The Foundation will raise funds to enable it to promote awareness at schools, sporting and outdoor events. We provide free SPF-30+ sunscreen, including information leaflets together with our special melanoma awareness brochure promoting self examination and statistics, as well as selling hats and merchandise to help fund melanomore awareness.
Since the foundation was formed in 2007, we have donated to melanoma research at Princess Alexander Hospital in Brisbane and Melanoma Patients Australia in Brisbane to help set up support groups. Also Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne Melanoma Project, including The Alfred Hospital's - Victorian Melanoma Services special project the "Melanoma Risk Calculator" now available on the website to calculate your melanoma risk within the next 5 years. A risk calulator for Breast Cancer is already available. www.victorianmelanomaservice.org/calculator/index.php
