A huge thanks to everyone who got in behind BCAC's annual fundraiser, Show Your Heart for Women Living with Breast Cancer, which ran between April 22 and May 19.
In particular, we'd like to acknowledge the support of Arnott's Tim Tam, Woman's Day magazine and Countdown supermarkets.
Arnott's Tim Tam and Woman's Day donated money from every purchase at Countdown supermakets to BCAC. The money raised will help BCAC produce and distribute our Step by Step support and information pack to the 2,800 New Zealanders newly diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
We'd also like to say a huge thanks to the women who were prepared to share their breast cancer stories to help raise awareness of the disease and BCAC's campaign.
You can read some of the inspirational stories below from these women.
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Angela Litterick-Biggs - "I'm living with cancer, not dying of cancer" Breast cancer has dealt Angela Litterick-Biggs a death sentence. But the Wellington woman refuses to accept defeat and lives her life with an energy and passion that’s truly extraordinary. |
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Greer Davis - "Young women can, and do, get breast cancer" Greer Davis knows a thing or two about cancer. Her Mum has had breast cancer. Her Dad died of brain tumour in 2009. And at the age of only 25, Greer herself was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The Auckland woman was shell-shocked to discover in 2012 that she had an aggressive form of breast cancer at such a young age. Find out more ... |
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Penelope Spooner - "Mammograms save lives!"
Penelope was diagnosed with HER2-Positive breast cancer after a regular mammogram.
It was only the second mammogram she’d been for, but something untoward was identified and a biopsy revealed that she had breast cancer. “That mammogram saved my life,” she says. Learn more ... |
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Rebecca Hawkins - "The hardest part was telling my family"
Rebecca Hawkins was only 40 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and says BCAC’s Step by Step support pack helped her to understand and process her diagnosis and treatment. |
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Whetu Pickering - "Stay positive and act positive"
Whetu Pickering was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer, known as triple negative breast cancer.
“At that time, I wasn’t especially worried for myself, I was worried about how it was going to affect my family, especially my son. .." Read more ... |
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Dr Angela Tovey - "Get your GP to give you a regular breast exam" Angela Tovey has helped more than 50 women through breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in her role as an Auckland GP, but on Christmas Eve last year she was herself confronted with the disease. Find out more ...
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Raewyn Francis - "It felt like I was on a freight train, with no way to get off"
St Helier’s grandmother, Raewyn Francis, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and says BCAC’s Step by Step was her ‘soul mate’ throughout her treatment programme.
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