Christopher’s Great race to help beat breast cancer
Press Release For immediate release: 2 August 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Christopher’s Great race to help beat breast cancer Local flight attendant Christopher Brightmore from Three Bridges, Crawley, will swap air miles for road miles this summer, as he tackles the Bupa Great North Run for Breast Cancer Campaign. Christopher will join 20 of his former colleagues at Thomson Airways on the startling line for the 13.1 mile race in Newcastle on Sunday 19 September in memory of his friend and former colleague Amanda who sadly passed away from breast cancer in August 2009. Christopher said: “Although I now work for a different airline, I’m still incredibly close to my former team and am excited to run with them at this year’s Great North Run. Amanda was my best friend so I want to do all I can to stop this disease. I hope lots of people will sponsor us for our running challenge so that Campaign can continue funding vital breast cancer research.” The team are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for each charity so if you would like to sponsor them please visit www.justgiving.com/thomsonairwaysgnr and donate what you can. Last year 300 Campaign runners wore their pink running vests with pride and raised a whopping £160,000 for vital breast cancer research. So if you have a ballot place in this year’s run and would like to join Christopher on Campaign’s team, please call the events team on 020 7749 3700 or email greatnorthrun@breastcancercampaign.org All runners who sign up with Campaign will automatically become a member of Linford’s All Stars – an exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. Runners will also receive a fundraising pack containing a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest and lots of fundraising ideas. Ends Notes to editors • Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure • Currently it supports 108 research projects, worth over £16.5 million, in 39 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women • In the UK, nearly 46,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 125 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/
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