Tasty new limited-edition biscuits are OUT NOW to help raise money for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
Get ready to meet your new favourite bikkie!
Foodstuffs and Griffin’s have teamed up to bring a special limited-edition biscuit to life, and it s for a really great cause.
The tasty treat features a scrumptious shortbread base coated with either pink icing or chocolate and is available while stocks last.
With $1 from every biscuit packet sold going directly to BCF NZ, the goal is to raise $250,000 which will go towards their efforts to raise Kiwis’ overall awareness of breast health and the importance of early detection, as well as providing free support services for breast cancer patients.
11:04, Apr 30 2021
Pink Ribbon Breakfast is Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand’s biggest annual fundraising campaign. Each May, thousands of New Zealanders will invite their friends, family or workmates to breakfast to raise funds for breast cancer research and patient support. By sharing your story of what hosting a Pink Ribbon Breakfast means to you, you can be in to win one of five prize packs from Breast Cancer Foundation NZ containing mouth-watering cookie pies from Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar and The Caker’s latest recipe book featuring 72 irresistible treats. To make organising your Pink Ribbon Breakfast a breeze this May, three Kiwi bakers are generously sharing their recipes that are sure to go down a treat.
Top cancer researchers convene in Beersheva
World-class experts from Israel and New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center explore new frontiers in research and treatment.
Soroka Medical Center hosted the binational conference.
What are the connections between breast cancer and bone health, breast cancer and heredity, and obesity and cancer risk? Top Israeli and American experts gathered at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva on April 2 to share new frontiers in cancer research and therapy that are changing our understanding of the disease dramatically.
The Israeli venue for a major meeting of medical minds was an obvious choice, according to conference co-chair Dr. Larry Norton, medical director of the Evelyn Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Whangārei grandmother who survived breast cancer twice urges Northlanders to host Pink Ribbon Breakfast
26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Whangārei grandmother Barbara Green, with granddaughter Zoe, has twice survived breast cancer and is urging Northlanders to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast next month
Whangārei grandmother Barbara Green, with granddaughter Zoe, has twice survived breast cancer and is urging Northlanders to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast next month
Northern Advocate
A Whangārei grandmother who has twice survived breast cancer is urging people to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast next month to help raise funds for, and awareness of, the cancer, which kills around 25 Northland women every year.
Owner Pauline Gordon has spent decades adding to her collection which features pieces by the likes of collectable makers James Kent, Clarice Cliff and Royal Winton. These sit alongside novelty shapes such as beehives, cottages and alligators. The time period covered extends from pre-war to modern toast racks, sourced both here and overseas – including by family members who spotted the odd special piece while travelling and posted it home.
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Some of Pauline Gordon s 400-plus toast racks up for auction. “There s a toast rack for all occasions, for all table settings, for everyone. Use them as a desk organiser, if not for toast. Best of all the auction of these assists a worthy cause”, says Ross Millar, Cordy s Auctioneer.