Wagga cancer survivor Paul Mowbray's has raised almost $6000 in a "Go the Distance" campaign to help the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse centre where he received his treatment.
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He said he would continue to pursue his dream of establishing a "one-stop cancer centre" in Wagga through the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse outreach program
Lifehouse business development manager Mohamed Hallani said the funds raised would enable Lifehouse to reach more patients.
"Collectively, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse patients travel over 380,000km per year for their cancer treatment," he said.
"We believe that patient outcomes should not be determined by postcodes and our Regional Access Program allows us to supplement the services already provided and ensure that patients from all over Australia have access to Chris O`Brien Lifehouse cancer teams."
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During August the former Kooringal High School teacher aimed to walk 454 kilometres, the equivalent distance between his home and the centre in Sydney.
Mr Mowbray had raised $1200 before he featured in a story in The Daily Advertiser on August 20.
"My total was $5818 and pretty much the bulk of it came in a few days after the story on me and when I put it on Kooringal High School Facebook page," he said.
"Donations wouldn't have rolled in the way they did without the story in The Daily Advertiser.
"One man who I don't know donated $1000.
"He said he had been looking for a way to support a good cancer cause and I told him his generosity exceeded all my expectations."
An added bonus resulted in Mr Mowbray's campaign with many of his former students reconnecting with him.
"A lot of ex-students contacted me with donations and the greatest thing was I got to find out about their life journeys - some of them had left school 15 years ago," he said.
"It was wonderful to see where the students ended up.
"That was the bonus in being involved in this project and because I walked a lot of places, I saw things I hadn't come across before - I ran across an echidna near the boat club.
"It gave me great appreciation that we're lucky to live in Wagga."
Passing his target amount, Mr Mowbray clocked up 517kms during August with his longest daily walk amounting to 30kms and eight on his shortest jaunt.
"I'll continue to pursue getting the outreach centre in Wagga - that won't go away," he said.
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