Canberra mother raising funds for Camp Quality

Her son Kodi Fox was diagnosed with cancer - lymphoblastic lymphoma - when he was four.

Now 13, Kodi has thankfully been in remission since he was nine.

The beauty of Camp Quality, is that Kodi could participate in its activities when he was well, the service providing for children from newborns to aged 13.

"Camp Quality is such an important and worthwhile charity because it gives kids that happiness and positive mindset. That is really important as it can have an affect on their healing", Kylie said.

"It just gives them a life."

Looking at Kodi now, he is a bright, happy, rosy-cheeked teenager.

"It's just so good because when I think of all the times we almost lost him," Kylie said.

The Macarthur mum-of-four works at the ANZ Bank but is also a stylist with Lorraine Lea, a homewares company that runs an annual Party for Kids with Cancer campaign each June. It hopes to raise $1 million this year.

Last year, Kylie and her supporters raised $10,000 at their Party for Kids with Cancer event . They are determined to pass that figure this year.

People who host a Lorraine Lea party in June donate the benefits they would receive to the campaign. Kylie is also hosting a special party at the Raiders Belconnen Club in Holt at 7pm on June 15.

All funds raised will go towards funding Camp Quality's optimism and resilience-building recreational programs for children aged up to 13.

And if Kylie looks familiar, she featured in The Canberra Times last year when she and husband James married in The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Canberra Hospital so their then very premature little boy Dolton could be with them. We're glad to report Dolton is approaching his first birthday and also a very happy little boy.

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