LYDENBURG – In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month tree trunks along Viljoen Street were wrapped in bright pink material. As an awareness initiative CANSA plans a special walk on October 25.
Chairman of the Lydenburg branch, Isobel Janse van Rensburg, says participants will gather outside SUPERSPAR. The entrance fee is R150 per person and includes a light meal, pink golf T-shirt and lots of prizes. There will also be stalls and talks. The project aims to reach out to those affected by the disease and to raise funds to fight it.
The nationwide project of covering trees in pink fabric was started in 2012 by Carol-Ann van Jaarsveld, (she lost both her grandmothers to cancer) and breast-cancer survivor, Adri van Niewenhuizen, together with Dr Pam Ker, an educational psychologist. The colour pink symbolises a new life.
According to Janse van Rensburg, the aim is to make sure the community gets involved. “Viljoen Street was chosen because it forms part of the walk.
“Each tree has the name of the company or person who sponsored the material,” she said.
Janse van Rensburg said CANSA would like to thank all the sponsors that helped to make Viljoen Street pink.
