Click here to view Farmers Charity Fundraising video on the Breakfast Show

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Know your nodes!

World Lymphoma Awareness Day (the 15th September) is a global initiative to raise awareness of Lymphoma.

Your lymph nodes are a key part of your immune system that can be affected by a cancer called Lymphoma. Lymphoma is the 6th most common cancer in New Zealand. Every day, 2 people are diagnosed with Lymphoma in New Zealand.

Farmers - working with the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation to raise awareness throughout New Zealand.

Farmers with the help of 53,000 customers raised $226,180 in its first joint initiative with the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation

Farmers department stores nationwide joined forces with the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation to help over 10,000 New Zealanders currently living with blood cancers like leukaemia. Pru Etcheverry, Executive Director of the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation, said: "We have been overwhelmed by the response from New Zealanders to our cause. Never in our wildest dreams did we think this amount would be raised."

For more information visit the LBF website.

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CanTeen is New Zealand's only charity supporting 13-24 year olds living with cancer. Our belief is "It's better when you're not alone." CanTeeners are patients, siblings and bereaved siblings who are brought together through our high quality educational and recreational programmes. CanTeen also works as an advocate on behalf of adolescents and young people living with cancer to ensure world class treatment and an increase in survival rates of young people living with cancer. CanTeen receives no government funding.

CanTeen was established to ensure that no young person in New Zealand living with cancer should ever have to feel alone.

CanTeen members are aged 13-24 yrs and are either patients, siblings, bereaved siblings or young people who are now in remission.

Farmers supports CanTeen each year during the October Bandanna challenge.

Click here to visit the CanTeen website to learn more about what they do.

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The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is the country’s foremost breast cancer education and awareness organisation.

It is a non-government funded charitable trust promoting awareness of breast cancer, providing information and education, and raising funds to support breast cancer related initiatives including research, scholarships, medical grants, community education and a breast cancer patient register.

For more information visit the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation website

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Variety - The Children's Charity is the fun way to help Kiwi kids. Using unique and entertaining events to raise funds, Variety provides support to New Zealand children who are sick, disabled or disadvantaged through a range of programmes and individual grants.

Variety works with communities all over New Zealand to 'fill the gaps' for Kiwi kids, because Variety believes every child deserves the opportunity to achieve their potential - to be the best they can be.

For more information visit the Variety website.

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