My name is Becky Caithness, sole coordinator of a fundraising event for The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation called “Crop for a Cause 2010” being held on 22 May 2010 in the SCF Lounge upstairs at the SBS Events Centre, Morgans Road, Timaru.
Crop for a Cause will be a scrapbooking/card-making crop day, running from 9am to 9pm at Timaru’s SBS Events Centre, with ladies paying $30 each for their ticket to participate. The ticket cost covers morning and afternoon tea, with the bulk of their money going direct to the NZBCF.
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation receives NO funding from the Government, nor does it receive any of the money raised each year by The Cancer Society. It relies heavily on donations and sponsorship, and I want to help! One in nine New Zealand women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer during their lifetime. That amounts to about 2,500 women every year – nearly 50 a week! Around 600-700 of those women will die. Breast Cancer accounts for one-third of all cancers suffered by women. By increasing awareness through education, we can reduce the incidence of serious cases. The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation provides free education seminars, funds scholarships for New Zealand doctors to be further educated in matters such as reconstructive surgery (as the current waiting lists for these procedures are immense), and helps to fund equipment for breast health clinics. As I said, all WITHOUT Government or Cancer Society funding.
Although this event will have a serious side, I hope to make it a fun-filled event that people will want to do again, year after year. There will be a ‘best decorated bra’ contest (judged by none other than our lovely Mayor, Janie Annear), some free make and takes and demos, and hopefully have some lovely raffle prizes and giveaways for you.
So join me for a fun day and a few laughs, raising some money for a fabulous cause. Dress up in all your 'pinks', and bring along a bra for the competition (either already decorated, or decorate it on the day). Keep checking here for updates and sneak peeks as they come to hand.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Kind regards, Becky :)
Crop for a Cause will be a scrapbooking/card-making crop day, running from 9am to 9pm at Timaru’s SBS Events Centre, with ladies paying $30 each for their ticket to participate. The ticket cost covers morning and afternoon tea, with the bulk of their money going direct to the NZBCF.
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation receives NO funding from the Government, nor does it receive any of the money raised each year by The Cancer Society. It relies heavily on donations and sponsorship, and I want to help! One in nine New Zealand women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer during their lifetime. That amounts to about 2,500 women every year – nearly 50 a week! Around 600-700 of those women will die. Breast Cancer accounts for one-third of all cancers suffered by women. By increasing awareness through education, we can reduce the incidence of serious cases. The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation provides free education seminars, funds scholarships for New Zealand doctors to be further educated in matters such as reconstructive surgery (as the current waiting lists for these procedures are immense), and helps to fund equipment for breast health clinics. As I said, all WITHOUT Government or Cancer Society funding.
Although this event will have a serious side, I hope to make it a fun-filled event that people will want to do again, year after year. There will be a ‘best decorated bra’ contest (judged by none other than our lovely Mayor, Janie Annear), some free make and takes and demos, and hopefully have some lovely raffle prizes and giveaways for you.
So join me for a fun day and a few laughs, raising some money for a fabulous cause. Dress up in all your 'pinks', and bring along a bra for the competition (either already decorated, or decorate it on the day). Keep checking here for updates and sneak peeks as they come to hand.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Kind regards, Becky :)
Well done for organizing such a great event I have done this for scrap pink and know the huge event you are going through! Count me in for a ticket and I will contact you once I have a group together to support you. You have some great people and sponsers behind you WOW!! I have just come back from a retreat I organized and got nothing done!! Too busy so this sounds great and a great cause!
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