{"id":891,"date":"2017-07-07T03:35:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T17:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.mymounteliza.org.au\/about-us-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T19:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T09:45:43","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"891\" class=\"elementor elementor-891\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2815c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2815c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01a2fae\" data-id=\"01a2fae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0410e32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0410e32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67bcdec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67bcdec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Raising Awareness and Funds for Blood Cancer Research with Snowdome Foundation<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a4a996 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a4a996\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c96f46\" data-id=\"7c96f46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88e8459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88e8459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.\u00a0<strong>#HelpGeoffTo80<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-377da8f\" data-id=\"377da8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-420ee61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"420ee61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Snowdome-Foundation_STACKED-LOGO_RGB_BLUE-NAVY-4-300x202.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium 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elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f14d30d\" data-id=\"f14d30d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd65e08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd65e08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_1937-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-960\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_1937-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_1937-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_1937-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_1937-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_1937-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6ce4c5\" data-id=\"e6ce4c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a35adc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a35adc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Making Real Change for Myeloma Patients<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a812a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a5a812a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37fbf2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37fbf2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since 2017, the MY Mount Eliza Run &amp; Fun Festival has raised more than <strong>$500k<\/strong> to fund lifesaving and life-changing blood cancer research. This is what our community has funded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The first project, which is being undertaken by Epworth Healthcare, will 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.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The second project looks to advance Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell therapy which is one of the most revolutionary advances in medical science in recent years.\u00a0\u00a0CAR T-Cell therapy is an immunotherapy that uses a patients\u2019 own immune system to destroy cancer cells using specifically altered T-cells. There have been major successes in remission and relapse-free survival rates with cell therapies treatments. However, more research is needed in optimising CAR T-cell therapies for myeloma patients. This second project, being undertaken by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, will further explore how to make the therapy more robust and durable, hoping to extend remission durations to well beyond six years!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By getting involved and helping raise money you will fund research that will help myeloma patients (like event founder Geoff Nyssen) live longer, better lives!\u00a0On behalf of Snowdome Foundation, the researchers, clinicians, Australian blood cancer patients, their families and loved ones \u2013 THANK YOU for your support.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67ebea2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67ebea2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fccd27f\" data-id=\"fccd27f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a72b0c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a72b0c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f18d98f elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f18d98f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16c395b\" data-id=\"16c395b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d264f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d264f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/snowdome.org.au\">Snowdome Foundation <\/a>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 \u2018hope\u2019 for patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cb410d\" data-id=\"3cb410d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354596d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"354596d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CURAhwnLSyj\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MEFR-51-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6708\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MEFR-51-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MEFR-51-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mymounteliza.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MEFR-51.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2993998 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2993998\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a016454\" data-id=\"a016454\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ddd97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"81ddd97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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