Carmarthenshire goes pink!
County Hall in Carmarthen and Llanelli’s Town Hall will be lit up in pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness.
On Friday, October 30, both buildings will be lit up to raise awareness of the national campaign, and to encourage people to take part.
Two local companies are providing the pink lighting at no charge. In Carmarthen, CB Sams will install pink lamps, and in Llanelli IWEC will use a special gel to give the pink glow.
Council Leader Cllr Meryl Gravell said: “We are delighted to help promote the Breast Cancer Campaign in as many ways as we can, and by lighting up both these prominent buildings it should help to raise awareness, and encourage more people to give donations to this very worthy cause.
“I would like to thank the two companies who are very generously giving their products and their time to light up our buildings, we are very grateful for their support.
“Wear it pink is a fantastic fundraiser which helps improve prospects for the 1 in 9 women diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
“Our staff hold many events every year to raise money for this campaign, and along with lighting up County Hall and Town Hall, there will be many other fund-raising activities going on throughout the council.”
People across the UK will be paying £2 each to wear it pink on October 30 to mark the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and help fund Breast Cancer Campaign’s vital research.
Last year over one and a half million people took part in “wear it pink” raising £3.5million for breast cancer research, to help improve survival rates for the one in nine women who experience breast cancer during their lifetime.
Rebecca Guy, “wear it pink” Events Manager said: “We are looking forward to seeing Carmarthen County Hall and Llanelli Town Hall lit up pink to encourage the community to take part in wear it pink 2009.
“We hope it will encourage people to wear their favourite pink item to work or school on Friday 30 October. Some 46,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year and wear it pink helps to fund vital research into a disease which affects so many.”
For more information log onto www.wearitpink.co.uk or call 0800 107 3104 to register an event.
• 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 106 projects worth almost £15 million in 42 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
On Friday, October 30, both buildings will be lit up to raise awareness of the national campaign, and to encourage people to take part.
Two local companies are providing the pink lighting at no charge. In Carmarthen, CB Sams will install pink lamps, and in Llanelli IWEC will use a special gel to give the pink glow.
Council Leader Cllr Meryl Gravell said: “We are delighted to help promote the Breast Cancer Campaign in as many ways as we can, and by lighting up both these prominent buildings it should help to raise awareness, and encourage more people to give donations to this very worthy cause.
“I would like to thank the two companies who are very generously giving their products and their time to light up our buildings, we are very grateful for their support.
“Wear it pink is a fantastic fundraiser which helps improve prospects for the 1 in 9 women diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
“Our staff hold many events every year to raise money for this campaign, and along with lighting up County Hall and Town Hall, there will be many other fund-raising activities going on throughout the council.”
People across the UK will be paying £2 each to wear it pink on October 30 to mark the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and help fund Breast Cancer Campaign’s vital research.
Last year over one and a half million people took part in “wear it pink” raising £3.5million for breast cancer research, to help improve survival rates for the one in nine women who experience breast cancer during their lifetime.
Rebecca Guy, “wear it pink” Events Manager said: “We are looking forward to seeing Carmarthen County Hall and Llanelli Town Hall lit up pink to encourage the community to take part in wear it pink 2009.
“We hope it will encourage people to wear their favourite pink item to work or school on Friday 30 October. Some 46,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year and wear it pink helps to fund vital research into a disease which affects so many.”
For more information log onto www.wearitpink.co.uk or call 0800 107 3104 to register an event.
• 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 106 projects worth almost £15 million in 42 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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