She has actively campaigned to raise funds to fight the disease ever since.

Mrs Fincher's mother passed away from liver cancer and her father battled blood cancer.

But it is breast cancer that Mrs Fincher has chosen as her cause.

For the past three years she has been chair of the National Breast Cancer Foundation's events committee.

One of those events is the annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast in Moonee Valley, which last year attracted 754 people and was the largest breakfast in the country.

"I believe that breast cancer is something that we can find a cure for," Mrs Fincher said.

"If we can find a cure for one cancer it will hopefully roll on to others."

Mrs Fincher said she was proud of the growth of Moonee Valley's Pink Ribbon Breakfast, which is in its sixth year.

"It [last year] was the largest breakfast in Australia and we were the second highest money-making breakfast in Australia.

"It makes me very proud of our community."

Mrs Fincher has been a dedicated volunteer with the NBCF for many years.

She says volunteers are the lifeblood of the organisation.

"We raise the funds to finance the research," she said.

"Volunteers are extremely important. It [the organisation] couldn't run without them."

The National Breast Cancer Foundation's Pink Products summer range is available online now. www.pinkribbonshop.org.au