Issue No. 1935
4 - 10 August 2022
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
COLOUR THEM PINK Linda Hall THE Euro Weekly News re‐ cently reminded readers that the Pink Ladies office at Playa Flamenca was closing until September 5. Earlier we had received an email from the cancer charity giving dates and de‐ tails of the summer break, before mentioning, almost as an afterthought that Maria and the Pink Ladies and Panthers had raised a total of €527,046 since June 2010. This was the year when the Pink Ladies group came into existence after Maria Wilson discovered that she had breast cancer. They be‐ gan fundraising for Spain’s national cancer charity, AECC and more recently for the association’s Alicante Province branch, the AACC. This was followed by a secondary cancer which has not deterred her or her Pink Ladies who, together with the Pink Panthers,
Photo credit: Pink Ladies and Panthers
PINK LADIES: They put the fun into fundraising for a serious cause.
continue to raise much‐ needed funds. Yes, there are Pink Pan‐ thers too, as men are en‐ couraged to follow the Pink Ladies’ lead by advocating and promoting the lifesav‐ ing benefits of early detec‐ tion of prostate cancer. Maria’s Pink Ladies and Panthers put the fun into fundraising with some‐
thing, somewhere always going on in Orihuela Costa and the surrounding area. But they are very serious about early detection and all the money that Maria and her group of volun‐ teers raise goes to fighting cancer and supporting their screening pro‐ gramme. And, summer break
notwithstanding, appoint‐ ments can be still made via the Pink Ladies and Pan‐ thers Facebook page or their www.pinkladies.es website. “We will continue to make screening appoint‐ ments during our summer closing,” Maria said. “Cancer doesn’t go on holiday.”
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