Raising Awareness and Funds for Blood Cancer Research with Snowdome Foundation

The MY Mount Eliza Festival was founded by Mount Eliza local Geoff Nyssen who, in 2014 at the age of 40, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. When Geoff was diagnosed, it was devastating news for him as well his wife Sarah, two young kids, his family and friends. Despite this adversity, Geoff has found the strength to lead by example and to give back to the community that has provided so much support to him. Myeloma being a terminal cancer, Geoff is determined to dance the funky chicken at his 80th birthday party. #HelpGeoffTo80

Making Real Change for Myeloma Patients

Since 2017, the MY Mount Eliza Run & Fun Festival has raised over $400,000 for Snowdome Foundation. These funds go directly to myeloma patient support and blood cancer research and trials.

The money you raise at our MY Mount Eliza Run and Fun Festival will go towards funding a cutting-edge research project to determine if blood tests known as circulating tumour (ctDNA) assays can replace invasive bone marrow biopsies in certain cases of multiple myeloma and related blood cancers. It is hoped that using ctDNA analysis which is a new technique will make it easier to track response to treatment and detect when the disease stops responding. The outcome of this innovative research project will give Australians like Geoff the best opportunity for a cure.  On behalf of Australian blood cancer patients – Thank You for your support. Read more here.

The Snowdome Foundation was formed in 2010 with a mission to accelerate next-generation treatments for Australian blood cancer (leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma) patients to help them live longer, better lives. Snowdome works to fast-track access to innovative blood cancer treatments by channelling your donations into ground-breaking medical research, clinical trials and personalised therapies. In many cases, clinical trials are the last ‘hope’ for patients. There is no other Australian organisation with this unique research focus supporting blood cancer patients in this way.

Snowdome has committed more than $52 million to ground-breaking blood cancer research, helping more than 405 Australians like Geoff to gain access to new, cutting-edge diagnostic tools and therapies, including the latest pillars of cancer care – immunotherapy and targeted therapy.