Posted online: Oct 4th, 2011

A host of volunteers will be on streets of Inishowen this week as part of a drive to raise funds and awarness for one of Ireland’s deadliest diseases.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as part of the campaign there will be collections across the peninsula later this week.
One of the volunteers taking part in the “Pink Ribbon” appeal, Mary Bradley, said: “We’ll be collecting at Supervalu in Buncrana on Thursday and Friday, and we’ll be on the Main Street on Friday too.
“We’ll be selling the pink ribbons, keyrings, badges and little tokens for shopping trollies.”
She also urged anyone interested in lending a hand to get in touch: “If anyone wanted to give an hour or two that would be great.
“We’d really appreciate the help if we could get it. It really is for a very good cause.”
Around 2,500 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in Ireland last year and the disease remains the biggest cause of death from cancer in women in the country.
All money raised from this week’s collections will go toward funding cutting edge programmes by Action Breast Cancer, a branch of the Irish Cancer Society.
They said: “We need you to think of your mum, your sister, your gran, your aunt, your daughter or your friends and act.
“Every euro you raise will help make sure that we can be there for people when they need us.”
Anybody who wants to get involved in the Buncrana collection can contact Mary on 0863491018 or visit www.cancer.ie for more information on the Pink Ribbon appeal.