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Media Release
[Insert day], [insert date] October 2012
[Insert club name] goes pink for breast cancer
[Insert club name] players will be seeing pink on Sunday 28 October for the inaugural Breast
Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) Pink Golf Day.
BCNA’s Pink Golf Day is a chance for golf clubs across Australia to show their support for,
and pay tribute to, women and families from their local communities who have been affected
by breast cancer.
Money raised from the pink day will go directly to BCNA to support its work ensuring women
diagnosed with breast cancer anywhere in Australia are provided with the very best
information, services and support possible.
[Insert name and role] from [insert club name] urged local golf fanatics to get behind the club
this Pink Golf Day.
“Pink Golf Day is a wonderful opportunity for clubs and players to show their support for ,”
[Insert name] said. “We hope that everyone will come down, wear some pink, get involved
and cheer on the teams.”
Pink Golf Day 2012
Join [insert club name] this weekend (28 May) as we ‘tee off in pink’ to raise funds for Breast
Cancer Network Australia.
Date:
Time:
Location:
Fundraising Activities: [Only if applicable].
For more information about our club’s contribution to Pink Golf Day 2012, please contact:
[insert club representative details].
BCNA CEO Maxine Morand, herself a breast cancer survivor, says Pink Golf Day is a great
way for sporting communities to demonstrate their support not just for women affected by
breast cancer, but for their families and friends too.
“When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer her loved ones go through their own
difficult journey. Getting involved in Pink Golf Day is a way clubs can support those who
support our women,” Maxine said.
“More than 14,0001 women are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year alone.
The funds raised via Pink Golf Day are critical to the work BCNA does in offering women
from all over Australia, ongoing and up-to-date information, services and support.”
Ms Morand added that not only will Pink Golf Day raise funds to provide information and
support for women, but also provides a meaningful way for clubs to get together in
celebration and remembrance of the women in their club and community affected by breast
cancer.
Breast Cancer Network Australia is the peak national organisation for Australians personally
affected by breast cancer. Visit us at www.bcna.org.au to find out more about our programs
and services.
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For BCNA media enquiries contact:
Thea Cargill
T: 03 9805 2592
M: 0429 000 450
E: [email protected]
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This is projected data based on current trends in breast cancer incidence. Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare &
National Breast and Ovarian Cancer 2009. Breast cancer in Australia: an overview 2009. Cancer series no. 50. CAN 46.
Canberra: AIHW.