Supporting young women through breast cancer
| December 11, 2011 | Posted by admin under Information |
Shocking Pink is a charitable trust founded by two young women after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Our aim is to provide information, support and resources to young women with breast cancer to help make the journey through – and out the other side – a little easier. Our website is still a work in progress so check back often for updates. You can also subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to hear about new developments.
Show Your Heart
| May 8, 2012 | Posted by Kylie Richardson under News, Sharing the love |
Show Your Heart: for Women Living With Breast Cancer
Enjoy Arnott’s Tim Tam during May and help support women living with breast cancer.
May marks a month-long fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC). Supported by Arnott’s, the fundraiser asks you to ‘Show Your Heart’ by buying Tim Tam during the month from Countdown, Super Value or Fresh Choice supermarkets to help BCAC support thousands of women and their families as they tackle breast cancer. (more…)
30 hours 4 flights and 2 car journeys to get to C4YW and worth every minute!
| March 31, 2012 | Blog, News |
The annual C4YW conference for young women affected by breast cancer takes place in the US and is a joint venture between the Young Survival Coalition (YSC) and Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC). This year we were both lucky enough to each receive a partial travel grant and so with a little help from our… more
Time to toast my Most to Most – 44kms in 30 days!
| February 2, 2012 | Blog, News |
Yes! at 11.30 on Tuesday 31st January 2012 I finally made it to the Lyttelton epicentre! The results are in… 44kms 30 days (26 of them swimming) 26 mugshots 1760 lengths 23 or so hours in the water more
The Most to Most – Time to up the ante!
| January 23, 2012 | Blog, News |
Today is day 22 of my challenge meaning I’ll only have 8 more days to go after today. As of today (pre-swim) I have… Swam 26.5 kms -that’s 1060 lengths Spent aproximately 13 hours in the water Bought and posed with 20 daily newspapers Reached my initial fundraising target of $2400 with generous donations from… more
The Most to Most – 30kms in 30 days – The halfway mark
| January 17, 2012 | Blog, News |
15 days down – 15 to go… My Most to Most experience has been really awesome to date. In true endurance fashion I’ve encountered dangerous spiders, lane-hogs, a variety of amateur portrait photographers and shared my lane with a persistent rogue toe plaster or two! more
The Most to Most – 30 kms in 30 days!
| December 28, 2011 | Blog, Events, News |
Having been lucky enough to be gifted a partial travel grant to the Young Survival Coalition C4YW conference for young women with breast cancer in February 2012 – I’m determined to attend and make the most of this golden opportunity both for the future development of Shocking Pink and my personal journey. The only snag… more
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
| December 28, 2011 | Events, News |
Thanks to everyone who came along to support us at our launch party – a great time was had by all and we raised a total of $500 on the night donated by our amazing friends and families. The raffle and ‘guess how many bras in the jars’ made for some happy customers and we… more
Thank you Piko
| December 11, 2011 | Posted by admin under News, Sharing the love |
We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Piko Wholefoods who awarded Shocking Pink a generous amount of funding to help get us off the ground.
Thanks Piko!
Launch party!
| December 9, 2011 | Posted by Kylie Richardson under Events, News |
We’d love to have you join us and show your support as we celebrate the official launch of Shocking Pink. There’s a chance to see our brand spanking new website, win an awesome raffle prize, have a few drinks and boogie on down to some great live music.
Entry is by koha (dig as deep as you like!) and shocking pink dress appreciated but optional.
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