Wear pink this Halloween to help raise money for breast cancer

Press Release For immediate release: Wednesday 13 October 2010 Press contact: Marilena Patuto, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3720, Email mpatuto@breastcancercampaign.org Wear pink this Halloween to help raise money for breast cancer Turn your traditionally spooky costumes pink this Halloween and come along to a pink-themed party to help raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign. The colourful Halloween evening, being held at the Weaver’s Pub in Barnet, will have entertainment throughout the night, including an X-Factor style singing contest, test your knowledge games and the chance to win one of many raffle prizes. Petal Knee, a local resident who organised the event, hopes to raise more than £1000 for Breast Cancer Campaign over the course of the evening. She said: “Breast cancer is something that affects so many people and families every single year and so I am happy to do my bit to help. To you a pound might just be change, but to breast cancer sufferers it can change lives. The money raised will help Breast Cancer Campaign beat breast cancer by funding research in to the disease.” The event starts at 8pm and is free to attend, but those wearing pink are asked to donate £1 to the charity. There will also be other opportunities to donate £1 throughout the night by taking part in the various events, which will help Petal reach her £1000 target. The pink-themed evening follows wear it pink on Friday 29 October, where people all over the UK will be wearing pink to mark the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and help fund Breast Cancer Campaign’s vital research. Schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country are encouraged to wear it pink in support of Campaign and donate £2 each to fund innovative world-class breast cancer research. If you would like to find out more about the event, or donate raffle prizes for the evening, or make a donation, please contact Petal Knee on knee.petal@gmail.com Ends Notes to editors • Breast Cancer Campaign urges women to be breast aware this Breast Cancer Awareness Month and continue throughout the year as early detection can save lives • 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 • The charity currently funds 105 projects worth almost £16.2 million in 38 locations 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

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