Carrie Bickmore tears up after hitting Beanies 4 Brain Cancer target

Carrie Bickmore struggled to contain her emotions when she announced her charity, Beanies 4 Brain Cancer, had reached its $1 million goal.

The mother-of-two launched the charity just a year ago, which aims to raise money for brain cancer research.

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"We had Brain Beats concert, which was a great success. The last few months, we’ve been selling beanies — I completely underestimated how many people would want the beanies and I under-ordered, so I’m so sorry if you didn’t get a beanie — next time we’ll order three times as many," she said on The Project.

"Because of your generosity, we have already reached our million dollars — $1.1 million. So, thank you, thank you, thank you. I am just so blown away about that."

The 35-year-old’s husband, Greg Lange, fought with brain cancer for a decade before passing away in 2010.

Carrie said she started the initiative because of him: "The image we’re about to see now — that is of my late husband, Greg. And he is the reason that I did this all, and I want to say to anybody who is suffering from brain cancer right now, we will use this money, and we will use it to try and make your future brighter, so that is what I promise you we’ll do."

Earlier this year, the Gold Logie winner opened up about being by her husband’s side until the very end.

"It changes your ability to dream, to look forward…I spent so many years feeling no hope – like, no hope," she told The Australian Women’s Weekly.

However she tells that since starting Beanies 4 Brain Cancer, "I felt like, actually, there could be hope."

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