Gloria Wolf, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer four years and three months ago, was walking laps at the Relay for Life cancer research fundraising event at Bunton Park on Saturday when the vandals struck.

She returned early Sunday morning, after the official ceremony had concluded, to find the front panel of her car had been kicked in by whom she suspects were “drunken lowlifes”.

The panel was also cracked with a dirty footprint still clearly visible on the crushed paintwork.

“To come out and find that, it’s a bit disheartening,” she said.

“I only hope they one day don’t need help with cancer.

“How would they feel if the situation was reversed? They probably don’t have feelings.”

Mrs Wolf is in stage 3c of remission and it was her third Relay for Life.

She raised about $400 for the cause, while her team, the Forget Me Nots, raised $2500.

The cost of the insurance excess for the 1996 Mitsubishi Magna will be $500 and the panel will not be able to be bashed back into place as it had been chipped.

There were reports of other vehicles being kicked but Mrs Wolf is the only person to have reported it to police.

It was not the only incident that marred the charity event.

An Albury man was charged by police with assault after security guards tried to remove the 19-year-old and four others from the Relay for Life.

Organisers say the young men were not taking part in the event and that they got in through the gates about 8pm on Saturday.

One allegedly tried to hit the security guard with a bottle of beer and was charged with assault with an offensive weapon to face Albury Local Court on November 17.