RUNNERS are expected to receive a loud welcome when they arrive in Boort at the end of a cancer fundraising run this month.
The six have already raised more than $30,000 to support Boort District Hospital administration officer Dylan Hatcher.
Brother Chris and five mates will make the 24-hour run on December 28, arriving in Boort about midday the following day.
They are inviting other supporters join the final 3km  of the 240km run from Melbourne.
Dylan, who plays football for the local Magpies, started  chemotherapy in September after a shock non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis that cut short his football season.
Money raised by the run will support Dylan and also the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.