ATTENTION: RADIO NEWSROOMS / PROGRAM PRODUCERS
EVENT ALERT
PINK RIBBON DAY – LAUNCH OF TEAM PINK
A National Breast Cancer Foundation sporting initiative
WHEN:
Monday October 26 – Pink Ribbon Day
12pm-2pm
EVENT:
Launch of ‘Team Pink – One Team, One Cure’
WHERE:
Martin Place, Sydney (between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets)
ABOUT:
Pink Ribbon Day is the culmination of Breast Cancer Month, when Australia turns
pink to support breast cancer awareness and research into the disease. The
National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) are launching ‘Team Pink’, a sports
fundraising program which encourages
the community to get active and support
breast cancer research, with help from a number of NBCF ambassadors and
sporting personalities.
INTERVIEW / PHOTO / FILMING OPPORTUNITIES:
1. Australian singer/songwriter Melinda Schneider
performing the official NBCF Pink Ribbon Day
theme song ‘Courageous’ from her Golden Guitar winning album ‘Be Yourself’
2. NBCF youth ambassadors the Australian Girls Choir performing
3. Channel Nine sports reporter Stephanie Brantz is the event MC
4. NBCF ambassador Jane Flemming testing her skills on EA Games, projected onto large screen
TV’s
5. NBCF CEO Sue Murray
6. NBCF volunteers and breast cancer survivors all dressed in pink, selling pink ribbon merchandise
TO REGISTER:
Please contact one of the following and advise your name, mobile number and media outlets
supplied:
Christina Heris
Vanessa Marven
Media & Communications Officer
Media & Communications Manager
National Breast Cancer Foundation
National Breast Cancer Foundation
0401 461 514
0418 264 729
About the National Breast Cancer Foundation:
The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is the leading community-funded organisation in Australia
supporting and promoting research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer.
Since the NBCF was established in 1994, over $55 million has been awarded to 230 research projects across
every state and territory, to improve the health and wellbeing of those affected by breast cancer.
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