Local nurse joins the race to beat breast cancer in memory of friend WITH IMAGES
Press Release For immediate release: 9 July 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 4115, Email: press@breastcancercampaign.org Local nurse joins the race to beat breast cancer in memory of friend Budding runner Mandi McQuillan from Barrow-in-Furness has pulled on her running shoes to train for the Bupa Great North Run in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The Registered General Nurse at Croft Care Trust will join 54,000 runners on the starting line for the 13.1 mile race in Newcastle on Sunday 19 September in memory of her best friend Susan Scott who sadly passed away from breast cancer in May 2010. Mandi said: “Susan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and was initially responding well to treatment. But then it came back in December 2009 and she sadly died a few weeks ago. Susan was my biggest inspiration to train for the Great North Run – if she could go through chemo, then I could run a half marathon so I’ll be doing it as a tribute to her.” 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 your own place in the race and would like to run for Campaign, 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 Picture caption: Mandi McQuillan 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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