L&H receives award for cancer support

L&H Group has long shared the passion to help find a cure for cancer, extending to numerous fundraising efforts by its staff and customers that have resulted in thousands of dollars being committed to various organisations that focus on cancer research.

Recently, L&H’s involvement in the Cancer Council’s 2009 Hawthorn Relay for Life raised $33,294, the money raised going towards the cancer council helpline, one-to-one support, information packs and cancer research.

As a result of the generous support from L&H Group, The Cancer Council has formally recognised the company's efforts and established a Research Award in 2009 named after the company: ‘The L&H Group Research Award’, which will aim to investigate the causes of leukaemia in the adult population.

St Vincent’s Health will lead the program and endeavour to identify a cancer-causing gene on ‘chromosome 20’ that appears to be critical in the development of leukaemia that occurs particularly in the elderly. As older patients are less able to withstand aggressive therapy, the hope is that this gene will provide a target for more specific and less toxic treatments.

“Our support of fantastic initiatives like this one is made possible by the generous and consistent support of all of our staff and customers throughout the country,” said Robin Norris, Chief Executive L&H Group. “We are proud of the financial contribution we have made and the focus we continue to place on raising awareness of the issues surrounding those affected by cancer. The medical research community need all our support in finding a cure; we’re glad we can play our part.”