Get Your Pink On for a special luncheon fundraiser that will be raising money for hereditary cancer prevention and awareness at the Bacchus Marsh Golf Club on Saturday, September 9.
Bookings are available now for the luncheon raising money for Pink Hope, a preventative health hub that gives tools to assess, manage and reduce risk of breast and ovarian cancer, while also providing personalised support.
For $70, Get Your Pink On guests will be treated to a glass of sparkling on arrival, a three-course meal and a day filled with entertainment, laughter and lots of pink.
There will be raffles, giveaways, a silent auction, wellbeing stalls, and a keynote speaker from Pink Hope will share the work they are doing and what they are achieving.
Rochelle McKenry was inspired to organise the event through her family connection to hereditary cancers.
The most common hereditary cancers are Breast, Ovarian and Prostate cancers which are recognised through a gene mutation known as BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.
Ms McKenry’s family are five-generation BRCA2 carriers, she had lost her great grandmother and grandmother to cancer, and has had an aunty recently survive breast cancer.
Ms McKenry said the choice to test for BRCA2 was difficult, but she believes that knowledge is power.
“Pink Hope was a huge support for me when I was dealing with some tough choices and decision-making around my plan of attack to reduce my-risk,” she said.
“If I can get a message across to the local community to educate and raise awareness about hereditary cancers then I feel I have done some part in awakening people to the message.
“Everybody hears about people that have breast cancer or have died of cancer but not everybody understands that there is a path for prevention or planning.”
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