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Indefatigable fundraiser Shona Pickup and a posse of Pink Ribbon volunteers will again be pounding the streets of Warkworth and Matakana this coming month for the annual breast cancer street collection
No doubt dressed head-to-toe in the brightest of pinks, the collecting crew will be rattling buckets at New World, Woolworths and The Warehouse in Warkworth on Friday, October 18. The following day, on Saturday, October 19, they will be at Morris & James Pottery and the markets in Matakana.
Pickup said she had been away for the Pink Ribbon street collection for a couple of years and was looking forward to being back this year.
“We’re hoping to beat the $6500 we made last year,” she says. “The money is still out there. And if you don’t have cash on you, you can text PINK to 2447 to donate $3.”
She says people are always happy to donate to the cause, as almost everyone has been affected by cancer.
Other Breast Cancer Foundation fundraising events in October include the Pink Ribbon walk at Auckland Domain on Sunday, October 13, a 5km or 10km sponsored walk with freebies, prizes and a live DJ.
There is also a range of ‘pink products’, from coffee and keyrings to face cream and cologne, that will donate part of their proceeds to Pink Ribbon during October.
