Help bring better breast cancer care to your community!

The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) is pleased to announce Pink Ribbon Lottery #2 will begin on the 1st March 2009.

Get in quick because there are only a limited number of $10 tickets available and you don’t want to miss this! There are some absolutely fantastic prizes on offer, including an Audi TT Sports car, luxury travel to Vietnam, beautiful jewellery and much, much more.

The funds raised from the Pink Ribbon Lottery #2 will allow The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation to fund the national expansion of two community outreach programmes, Pink Pilates and YWCA Encore, both of which can play an essential role in a woman’s recovery from breast cancer treatment.

The Pink Pilates programme has been specifically designed to help women diagnosed with breast cancer regain their physical strength, rebuild self esteem, and improve their body confidence. Breast cancer research has found that exercise can help boost the immune system, limit weight gain/loss from chemotherapy, ease treatment side effects, and contribute to an improved quality of life.

Breast Surgeon and Chair of The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation's Medical Advisory Committee, Belinda Scott is the patron of the Pink Pilates programme and has been a strong advocate for making the programme available nationally. “As a breast surgeon, I see many women with breast cancer who feel the balance in their lives has changed. The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer can be a long hard journey, which can be helped by programmes such as this. Pink Pilates is there to help women recover both physically and emotionally allowing them to regain a sense of control and improved well-being”.

The YWCA Encore programme assists women who have had breast cancer regain their mobility, flexibility and self confidence through gentle exercise and support. The Lottery proceeds will support specialised instruction for Trainers of the Encore programme.

For more information about how you can help support these programmes, what you could win, or to purchase your tickets, please visit www.solutiondynamics.com/bcf/pinkribbonlottery or call 0800 568 837 between 9am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday.

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