Ninety people gathered at Paeroa RSA on May 20 for a pink ribbon luncheon to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation. Around 300 women in Waikato are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and the raised funds go towards education, research and patient support by the foundation.
Mel Huang, who hosted the event alongside the Paeroa RSA Women’s Section, told The Profile the event was “fantastic”. “There was a lot of team effort to make it successful,” he said. “We had a talk by one of our committee members about breast cancer awareness and one of our club members shared her [breast cancer] survival journey with the crowd.”
Mel said the event also featured raffles, live entertainment and a breast cancer quiz.
He said $2000 was raised for the Breast Cancer Foundation through raffles, entry fees and voluntary donations made on the day.
