Paint York Pink to help beat breast cancer!
9/21/2011 7:06 AM EST
Press Release
For immediate release: Wednesday 21 September 2011
Press contact: Marilena Patuto, Media Relations Officer, DD 0207 749 3720, Email:
Paint York Pink to help beat breast cancer!
York will be flushed with pink this October as Paint the Town Pink returns for a third year to help raise money for breast cancer research.
Paint the Town Pink is an annual initiative where the charity aims to turn the whole of York as pink as possible with the support of local businesses and fundraisers in the area. Last year, over 15,000 was raised during Paint the Town Pink in York and this year the charity hopes the event will be even bigger (and pinker!) than ever before!
To help celebrate the pink month, locals are being urged to join York’s Pink Walk being held on Thursday 27 October. Back for its second year, the walk starts at the Coppergate Centre at 7pm and takes you along the river and through the historic city centre, passing buildings illuminated in pink! If you register by Friday 30 September, the event costs just £10 per adult and £5 per child under 16 to take part.
Lauren Basket, Breast Cancer Campaign Community Development Manager, said “Paint the Town Pink in York has been a huge success these past two years and we have had overwhelming support from people in the area. The York Walk is a great event for all the family and we hope to see lots of people signing up to take part and help us raise money for breast cancer research this October!”
There will be plenty of other activities taking place in York over the month, including collections at local stores and supermarkets and a national wear it pink day on Friday 28 October, where people across the UK will be wearing pink and donate £2 to help raise money for breast cancer research.
To register to take part in the York Walk or to find out more about Paint the Town Pink, please visit
www.breastcancercampaign.org/paintthetownpink, call 020 7749 4114 or email
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Notes to editors
• Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure
• The charity currently funds 95 projects worth almost £16.5 million in 31 locations across the UK and Ireland
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women
• In the UK, around 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day
• The Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank, the UK’s first ever national breast cancer tissue bank is a unique collaboration with four leading research institutions to create a vital resource of breast cancer tissue for researchers across the UK and Ireland. Visit breastcancertissuebank.org
• Visit breastcancercampaign.org or follow us at twitter.com/bccampaign