Brickworks Donations Equip Cancer Research
For the past decade Brickworks has been a proud supporter of Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research (CCIA), Australia’s only independent medical research facility dedicated to research into the causes, prevention, treatment and ultimately a cure for childhood cancer.
Ongoing Brickworks support for CCIA’s work has been supplemented with staff donations, primarily through the Casual Friday program. In return for a payroll donation of $1 per week, staff are issued with a ‘Care for Cancer Kids’ shirt to wear with their casual clothes on Fridays.
A number of Brickworks staff recently visited the CCIA’s facility in the Lowy Cancer Research Centre at UNSW’s Kensington campus to see seven large laboratory freezers purchased with the company’s assistance. With a capacity of 1500 litres each, these are not ordinary household freezers. They hold samples, reagents and other medical materials critical to the Institute’s research program.
It is thanks to the ongoing support of corporate partners such as Brickworks and their staff that the CCIA will continue in its quest to unlock the secrets of childhood cancer.