Walking Stars-A Charity to Raise Funds for Cancer Treatment and Research

WALKING
STARS-A
Charity to raise
funds for
cancer
treatment and
research

Purpose, theme and location of
event
 Purpose-to raise funds to support
research in treatment of cancer
 Theme-The charity event chosen
for the study is Walking Stars
which was held in Melbourne,
Australia on November 29 and
30, 2018.
 Location-Alexandra Gardens
 Kit collection-Rendezvous Hotel,
328 Flinders Street, Melbourne
 Chief guest and speaker-Mayor of
Melbourne

How the event was organised
 The event started at sunset in
Melbourne at around 6 pm with the
waving of the flag by the Mayor of
Melbourne, the chief guest and the
main speaker of the event.
 The chief guest cited some of the
cancer statistics to bring into light the
seriousness of the issue. The
participants at the event pledged to
contribute towards cancer eradication
and support cancer research.

Operational considerations
 The key stakeholders
of the event were the
Australian Government
and the Government of
New Victoria. The Lord
Mayor of Melbourne
and the elected council
the Mayor leads would
constitute the local
government
representatives.
Event schedule,Walking Star
29-Nov-18 30-Nov-18
Time Events Events
6:00 PM
Opening speech by the chief guest, Mayor,
Government of Melbourne, Victoria
Speech by CEO, Cancer Council
7.00 PM Walk begins Walk begins
10:00 PM
Walk closed Walk closed