CHARLESTOWN,Nevis, March 14, 2011 - TriStar Nevis’s 5K walk-run a fund-raiser for Pink Lily Cancer Care which will start from Samuel Hunkin’s Drive to Four Seasons and back is scheduled to be held on 30th March 2011 from 4.30 p.m .
Pink Lily Chair and Event Coordinator, Julie Claxton has thanked Tristar Nevis’s organizers for their kind gesture. She said Tristar Nevis organizers and Pink Lily are seeking to recruit 500 participants for the 5K walk-run.
Through the 50K200 fund raising events in 2009, EC25,000 was raised which enabled Pink Lily to offer free mammograms to 100 women in 2010. Other funds raised helped meet other general costs such as donations to clients needing treatment, phone support for clients and printing of awareness creation materials.
Additional funds are needed to screen another 100 women and for the charity’s operational costs.
Participants who enlist for the 5K walk-run will go along way to fight cancer, said Claxton. Entry fees include T-shirt and refreshments. Adults’s registration fee is $25.00 while children under the age of 12 registration fee is $15.00. Potential participants can pick up forms from A1 Office Technologies, Nevis Tourism Authority(NTA) or at the TRISTAR Registration desk at the Artisan Village Nevis.
According to the President of the St. Kitts and Nevis Federation Triathlon, Winston Crooke, Star Events have partnered with Livestrong foundation to raise money for Pin Lily. The Alexandra Hospital is one of the institution that is also tipped to get donations.
Pink Lily was founded by British born Lea Parris-Cambridge after her and her mother’s own personal experiences with breast cancer. Pink Lily was founded and launched in Nevis, West Indies on Feb 9th 2008.
Pink Lily cancer care Nevis is a non-profit charitable organization and relies on volunteer help, donations from the public, community fund raising efforts, patrons, sponsorship and funding to provide its service free to clients and the general public.
The charity’s objectives include: raising cancer awareness and providing information and education, promoting public awareness to reduce Cancer related deaths in St. Kitts & Nevis (and the Caribbean).
The charity also provides practical and emotional support for those affected by breast cancer and other types of cancers through support groups and one to one counselling and also provides financial assistance is also key in the charity’s objectives.
Another objective is fund raising locally, regionally and internationally and organising, fund raising events to source sponsorship and donations.
For more information call 1 869 664 3729
