Mark Pawsey MP for Rugby is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its award winning fundraising event, wear it pink day.
On Friday 29 October 2010 supporters in schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country are encouraged to don an item of pink in support of Campaign and each donate £2 to fund innovative world-class breast cancer research.
Last year over one million people took part in wear it pink to help improve survival rates for the one in nine women who experience breast cancer during their lifetime.
Mark Pawsey MP said
“Every year in the UK, over 45,500 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women. Although it is rare, men can also suffer from breast cancer, with around 300 men diagnosed each year. I know people who have lost friends and family members to the disease and I would like to encourage everyone in my constituency of Rugby and throughout the country to support wear it pink on October 29, to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research.”
Mark Pawsey MP concluded
“I am very supportive of cancer research so I am delighted to be involved with this campaign. In addition I have been an enthusiastic and regular attender at Rugby’s Annual Cancer Ball, which next year will be held on Saturday 19th March 2011.”