Prepare to be captivated by Miami Nights at the 2025 MHF Magic Ball
Join us on 16 August at NEX, Newcastle for an electrifying evening featuring premium food & wine, world class entertainment, and exclusive auction prizes. This is one of the most anticipated events on the Hunter’s calendar, all in support of the Mark Hughes Foundation. Tickets are $235 each or $2300 for a table of 10. Mark your calendars NOW!! Tickets go on sale at 10am Tuesday, 6 May 2025. See you under the neon lights.
Thank you to our major sponsors – Avery, AHA Newcastle & Hunter and The MacDougall Foundation. We look forward to an unforgettable evening, all dedicated to supporting MHF patients and their families while driving crucial research into brain cancer.
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Paying tribute to Australian soldiers who fought on these historic grounds, the team will hold commemorative services at key battlegrounds. After days of physical and mental trials, the journey will end at the Bomana War Cemetery, where they will reflect on their incredible achievement and the enduring legacy of Kokoda.
Some are difficult to read, some hard to even imagine, some are uplifting and some tragic – but every one of them is inspiring.
When my wife Kirralee and I set up the Mark Hughes Foundation we wanted to make a difference, and make a difference fast! When you live with brain cancer you really appreciate how precious time is. We have to make every minute count. We wanted to raise money for research – FAST. Kiz suggested we sell beanies as a lot of brain cancer patients wear beanies to cover scars, bandages, loss of hair and just to keep warm. Thus “Beanie for Brain Cancer” was born in 2014.
Beating brain cancer will take the power of your support.
Community fundraising helps us raise vital funds to support brain cancer patients, raise awareness about brain cancer and raise funds for research to find a cure. We have now made it even easier for you to support us.
Beating brain cancer will take the power of your support.
Community fundraising helps us raise vital funds to support brain cancer patients, raise awareness about brain cancer and raise funds for research to find a cure. We have now made it even easier for you to support us.
We believe that with the power of research, innovation, compassion and collaboration, together, we can beat brain cancer.
The Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative research centre which brings together scientists and clinicians, consumers and patient care professionals and builds on the University of Newcastle’s established and dynamic cancer research ecosystem and world-class technology, spaces and infrastructure.
Through collaboration and partnership with our community and like-minded national and international organisations, the Centre will drive world-leading research programs to improve the lives of people with brain cancer today and increase survival rates in the future.
We are taking action and bringing together the best experts in the field to advance brain cancer research to achieve the greatest impact for brain tumour patients.
The Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative research centre which brings together scientists and clinicians, consumers and patient care professionals and builds on the University of Newcastle’s established and dynamic cancer research ecosystem and world-class technology, spaces and infrastructure.
Through collaboration and partnership with our community and like-minded national and international organisations, the Centre will drive world-leading research programs to improve the lives of people with brain cancer today and increase survival rates in the future.
We are taking action and bringing together the best experts in the field to advance brain cancer research to achieve the greatest impact for brain tumour patients.
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Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children, and adults aged under 40 in Australia, yet alarmingly very little is known about brain cancer, its causes or how it is treated.
That’s why we need your help. Every dollar helps in the fight against brain cancer. Your donation will go towards vital research to improve patient treatments and, hopefully, find a cure one day.
All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children, and adults aged under 40 in Australia, yet alarmingly very little is known about brain cancer, its causes or how it is treated.
That’s why we need your help. Every dollar helps in the fight against brain cancer. Your donation will go towards vital research to improve patient treatments and, hopefully, find a cure one day.
All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
