Help a Queenslander stay close to treatment
When cancer forced Frazer to travel more than 600km for treatment, having a place to stay near care changed everything. Your donation today can help another Queenslander stay close to treatment and the people they love when they need them most.
Your gift can keep care and loved ones close
, your gift can keep care and loved ones close
Frazer was 23 when a lump on his leg led to a cancer diagnosis. Within weeks, he had to pack his life into a bag and travel more than 600 km from Rockhampton to Brisbane for treatment. Throughout his treatment, either his mum or dad stayed by his side. Before suitable lodge accommodation became available, Frazer was paying $100 a night for a place to stay.
Your gift this Christmas can help give another Queenslander a safe, comfortable home close to treatment.
Learn more about Frazer’s story below
Your donation will help provide services and support like those described above and will be directed wherever the need is greatest to support people affected by cancer.
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Frazer’s story
He was told he might not have kids. Today he has two beautiful boys.
Frazer spent a year at Cancer Council Queensland's Brisbane lodge receiving treatment with his mum and dad close by. Give this Christmas to give other Queenslanders a free place to stay with someone they love close by.
When everything changed
Frazer first found a small lump on his knee. 
Within 6 weeks, it had grown to the size of a baseball.
Before he knew it, he and his Dad had packed their bags and were heading to Brisbane
At 23, Frazer Baker left his job and friends in Rockhampton, and travelled more than 600 kms for treatment. With his life packed into a bag, everything familiar was suddenly behind him.
Treatment took over his 
whole world
Within days, Frazer Baker began chemotherapy. Before a place in a Cancer Council Queensland lodge opened, he and his dad called hotels their home. The lodge gave him a place to call his own with others who understood.
11 years since then
Frazer will never forget "the year that never was". And he says he will never forget the difference staying at the lodge with his Dad and then Mum made.
The comfort your gift brings can last for years
"I remember using the washing machines and dryers...when you’re far from home, being able to wash your clothes brings such comfort and dignity. I later learned they had been donated years earlier by a Rockhampton woman whose husband had cancer. I could feel her kindness and generosity in the room with us."
Gail, Frazer's Mum
Your gift can help today and change tomorrow
From helping people affected by cancer access practical support, to funding research and prevention, your generosity can make a difference in many ways.
Research
Your donation can help fund research that improves cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, care, and life after cancer.
Prevention
Your support helps Queenslanders understand their cancer risk, develop safer habits, and make informed health choices.
Support
Your donation can help Queenslanders affected by cancer access practical and emotional support, including transport, accommodation, counselling, Cancer Council 13 11 20, wigs and headwear, and peer connection.
Give future Queenslanders a place to call their own.
Frazer is looking forward to another Christmas with his family after his diagnosis with cancer 11 years ago.
But another Queenslander will soon face that same journey, travelling a long way for specialist treatment and needing somewhere safe and comfortable to stay. Please give generously this Christmas. Your gift can help provide comfort, stability, and a place to call their own, with someone they love close beside them.
Frazer spent a year at Cancer Council Queensland's Brisbane lodge receiving treatment with his mum and dad close by. Give this Christmas to give other Queenslanders a free place to stay with someone they love close by.
Would you like to make your donation over the phone? Call our team on 1300 66 39 36
