Thank you so much to Roz Sawyer for organising her BOOBWalk fundraiser in Wellington last month with the proceeds benefitting Shocking Pink. As a 100% volunteer run organisation that relies completely on community support for funds, it’s support like this that keeps us going and helps fund our retreats, grants and support groups. “Hi […]
CONTINUE READINGTo end our #whywait month of September with a bang we are hosting Paint The Town Pink Day on September 26th to raise awareness for young women with breast cancer and Shocking Pink. We will have a stall at the Women’s Lifestyle Expo Christchurch 2015 for the entire weekend of September 26-27 – please come […]
CONTINUE READINGShocking Pink are very excited to announce that September is now the month of #whywait, in celebration of life and in acknowledgment that it can be taken away from us at any moment. We all have that desire at the back of our minds that we haven’t got around to doing. Here at Shocking Pink […]
CONTINUE READINGShocking Pink is excited to be partnering with Julie from Yoga Mama in Auckland to help fund a restorative yoga course to assist women recovering from breast surgery. All the details can be found on the Yoga Mama website. The course runs from 16th June – 21 July and there are options to attend 4, […]
CONTINUE READINGShocking Pink is one of the three nominated charity for this month’s 4Good October funding round. Voting only takes a second, so please head on over there and give us your vote.
CONTINUE READINGThis weekend we’ve been hard at work getting our shiny new website live. We’ve made the navigation more targeted, and brightened up the general look as well as added some new features including our Little Pink Book. The Little Pink Book is a product and service directory that anyone can contribute to. We’ve initially added […]
CONTINUE READINGIt’s that time of year – pre order your 2013/2014 Entertainment Book now to avoid disappointment. Books will be available from mid May. Visit https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/137365p to pay online via credit card, or submit your order via our shop if you want to pay by cash, cheque or internet banking. We can do books for any […]
CONTINUE READINGWe are so pleased to announce that we are now ready to launch phase two of the Shocking Pink Sanctuary Programme. The Shocking Pink Sanctuary (based in Christchurch) now offers a range of support services for those diagnosed with breast cancer and their supporters, covering aspects of mind, body and spirit. We will be providing […]
CONTINUE READINGWe’re ecstatic to share with you that we’ve been awarded a Max Foundation Grant to allow us to start rolling out a program designed to assist young women in the Christchurch area in coping with the side effects and the after effects of a breast cancer diagnosis. Thank you so much Max! To find out […]
CONTINUE READINGWe are so pleased to announce that we’ve just registered with EverdayHero, New Zealand and Australia’s top online fundraising site. Feeling inclined to run a long way? bike up a big hill? bake/sell some cakes or even shave off your hair in the name of our good cause? Well now you can do all/any/some of […]
CONTINUE READINGShocking Pink has launched an online shop that we’re going to load up with gorgeous fundraising products. We’re starting small with just a couple there now, but the collection will grow so keep checking back regularly. Check it out here: http://shockingpink.org.nz/product-category/fundraising-products/
CONTINUE READINGShow 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, […]
CONTINUE READINGThe 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 […]
CONTINUE READINGYes! 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
CONTINUE READINGToday 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 […]
CONTINUE READING15 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!
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