Local friends join the race to beat breast cancer
Press Release For immediate release: 9 August 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local friends join the race to beat breast cancer Budding fast walker Helen Orchel from Stockton on Tees has laced up her shoes to train for the Tees Pride 10k run in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The retired teacher and a team of friends The Hemlington Hoppers all colleagues working in Viewley Hill Primary School in Middlesbrough will join thousands of runners at the starting line on Sunday 5 September to support Helen’s aunt who is currently in remission from breast cancer. Helen said: “After seeing my aunt affected by breast cancer, I feel it is important to continue the fight against it. I also worked with a lovely lady who was struck with an aggressive form of breast cancer when she was 40, but has since given birth to a lovely healthy baby. This might not have been possible without all the new drugs that are now available due to breast cancer research. As well as running this race, my team and I are also going to trek the Great Wall of China for Campaign next year and we’re thrilled to have raised more than £10,000 to date. I hope lots of people will now sponsor us for this run and help the charity take a step closer to beating breast cancer.” The team have organised several fundraising events and the next big one is a Charity Ball to be held on 15 October 2010 at Gisborough Hall, they have booked a Michael Buble tribute act. Tickets cost £40 each. For more information contact Sue on 07983 603184. To help Helen and The Hemlington Hoppers reach their fundraising target of £15,000 please visit http://www.justgiving.com/HEMLINGTON-HOPPERS and donate what you can. Breast Cancer Campaign has lots of places available on various running events so if you would like to join the race to beat breast cancer, please call 0207 749 4114 or www.breastcancercampaign.org for information on all our runs. As a Campaign runner you will automatically become a member of Linford’s All Stars – a new exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. Ends Picture caption: (left to right) Sue Moore, Helen Orchel, Jodie Hobbs, Chris Tate and Andrea Williams 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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