SINGAPORE - Actress Bridget Fernandez's family went through a traumatic time in late 2014 when they learnt that her elder brother had liver cancer with just months to live.
So on Sunday , three years after her brother's death, Ms Fernandez, 54, joined around 7,000 others in an overnight relay run in support of the fight against cancer - which raised over $1 million in funds, and attracted more participants this year. The relay saw a total of 208 teams taking part in the 100km challenge - almost double last year's number.
Some of the society's initiatives include providing patient care services to needy cancer patients through its welfare, hospice home care, cancer treatment subsidy and rehabilitation support programmes. Also lending their support to the event were MediaCorp stars Pan Ling Ling, Kym Ng, He Ying Ying and Aileen Tan, who made special appearances.