5 months ago
John Smith gave $50.00.
Kicking off the fundraising with the 1st donation - Go MASTERS OF DISASTER!
Goal
$15,500
Fundraising for Cancer Council
$5,850
Raised
38%
Our Story …
We are brothers John & Dale Smith ... Team MASTERS OF DISASTER! We are really pleased to announce that we're taking part in Shitbox Rally 2025 - Autumn! In May 2025, rally teams will be driving their shitboxes from Canberra to Townsville via Birdsville.
Like many of the other participants in the rally, our family has been significantly impacted by cancer. Participating in the Shitbox Rally allows us to remember and celebrate our family, friends and colleagues who we have lost to this terrible disease. Through our fundraising efforts, we (all) will help to contribute to the ongoing research into treating and hopefully one day eradicating cancer.
The Shitbox Rally is the largest community lead fundraiser for Cancer Council in Australia and is now in its 15th year. Part of the participation is that all teams have to raise a minimum of $5,000 but most teams raise well above this amount as you can see with the Autumn 2025 rally target set at $2,000,000 plus.
In the 2019 Autumn rally, The Masters of Disaster (John Smith & Ian Bird) raised $15,500. In 2025, we hope to raise (at least) a similar amount with your generous help. These funds go to Cancer Council and we are extremely proud to be doing our part to support such a worthy charity. The fundraising is the hard part, so any donation you can give is greatly appreciated. Please make sure to follow our progress via this page and the blog post below.
Thank you for visiting our WE GIVE page and supporting the MASTERS OF DISASTER fundraising efforts as part of our participation in The Shitbox Rally 2025.
Many thanks JOHN & DALE SMITH
Here's what I'm doing …
Shitbox Rally is the adventure of a lifetime challenging participants and their cars, worth no more than $1,500, on a 7 day drive across Australia to raise money for cancer research.
The rally is not a race – it’s a fun, colourful, unpredictable adventure with participants travelling at their own pace in smaller groups. Vehicles often break down but “we never leave anyone behind” and each night is spent camping beneath the stars and celebrating the day’s achievements. It all adds up to an incredible opportunity to see Australia’s vast and beautiful countryside and make lifelong friends, many brought together after experiencing cancer themselves or seeing cancer impact family and friends.
Since it’s inception the rally has been the largest fundraiser for the Cancer Council nationally.
raised:
$584,561
target:
$2,000,000
Masters of Disaster Feed
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5 days ago
Kim Visentini gave $100.00.
Best wishes for your adventures!
From the Visentini’s
5 days ago
Dear Kim - The Visentini's are our first official fundraising patrons for 2024/25 ... thank you! The cancer research that this gift will fund wouldn't be possible without the support of people like you. Dale and I appreciate your generous support. Many thanks John
4 days ago
Kelly Florentino gave $100.00.
13 hours ago
Dear Kelly, We have a lot of work to do to get ready for the rally, the first part is raising funds to support the cancer research. Your generous donation helps us get that important work done! Thank you from the Masters of Disaster Team - Best regards, John & Dale
4 days ago
Anonymous gave $50.00.
Good luck! Sounds like a great cause.
4 days ago
Sarah Murchison gave $500.00.
So proud of you both. We have all lost far too many Family, Friends and Colleagues to cancer. I look forward to a future where our children and their children are free from this disease.
13 hours ago
Thank you ... you are a darling. We are just 2 ordinary guys supported by two extraordinary women. Lots of love John & Dale xoxoxo
4 days ago
Anonymous gave $5,000.00.
4 days ago
Rebecca Hanson gave $50.00.
13 hours ago
Thanks Rebecca - we appreciate your support of the Shitbox Rally, Cancer Council and Team Masters of Disaster! Your gift helps us get one step closer to our fundraising goal of $16,000+]. Cheers John & Dale.
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The Impact, Outcomes & Charity
Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.
Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.
Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.
$50 million over the past 15 years has been raised by Box Rallies to date, supporting ground-breaking projects such as:
- A research study to develop a vaccine that protects against lymphoma cancers.
- A research trial to standardise international guidelines on melanoma removal.
- A research grant to revolutionise the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
These projects wouldn’t be possible without your support.
