Now is the time to start organising a bigger and better exercise event for BHD 2011!

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Europe, including Ireland. Europa Donna has established Breast Health Day as an annual event on 15th October to remind girls and women about the importance of lifestyle factors that can influence their future breast health and help prevent breast cancer.
 
This year's campaign is Make Healthy Choices and will continue to remind women that engaging in physical exercise, maintaining a normal body weight, and eating a healthy diet can help protect their breast health.

Europa Donna Ireland is inviting women and groups throughout Ireland to organise an awareness raising (not a fund raising) event involving some form of enjoyable physical activity on the 15th October. Walking is one of the simplest and easiest to organise, but any physical activity e.g. cycling, hiking, swimming or jogging will help get the message across that exercise is fun and good for you too. Or perhaps you could try something different as last year we had a belly-dancing and also a conga line group! See below for events already organised and we will be regularly adding to this list.
  
If you would like to participate and organise an event, we can assist with posters, key messages, and promotional leaflets to help to get publicity. Just contact us at info@europadonnaireland.ie or 087 638 3609.
 

The BHD campaign has also gone live on our Social Networks.  So please join the Breast Health Day 2011 campaign through the social networking channels on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.  In addition, the “How-to-digital” for the 2011 BHD campaign is now available on the extranet which is a step by step guide on how to participate in this year’s campaign.

The picture uploader is also live on the Breast Health Day website and we encourage all of you to upload your picture in order to become part of the video on 15 October.   To access the picture uploader click the following link:  http://www.breasthealthday.org/makehealthychoices
 

Here are events already organised:

Co Carlow   Tullow   Forward Steps  059 915 2776

14 October   Walk 12 noon

Co Clare    Clare Women's Network Ennis 065 6828731

15 October 12 noon 2.5 km walk promoting healthy living as a way to maintain breast health. Meeting at Clare Women's Network, Clonroad Business Park (behind VEC). Followed by refreshments. For more information please contact Sarah at 065 6828731

Co Clare  Curves  Westgate Business Park  Kilrush Road Ennis

Breast Health Week

10 October  8.30am-9.15am  Boot Camp   6pm-6.45pm  Workout with a twist

11 October  8.30am-9.15am & 10.30am-11.15am  Workout with a twist

12 October   Coffee morning

13 October  8.30am-9.15am  Workout with a twist

14 October  8.30am-10am  Boot Camp

Co Cork   The Caha Centre Adrigole Beara    027 60909

15 October   11 am  Breast Health Day Walk

Dublin  Glasnevin   086 3733615

21 October   7 pm Breast Cancer Awareness Walk    Meet at corner of Griffith Avenue and Mobhi Road. Walk will last for about 1 hour.

Dublin  Finglas  Tolka Area Partnership   01 864 3847

'Feel your boobies' campaign

Dublin Rialto  Fatima Groups United   01 4716730  01 4716700

Fatima Groups United will be promoting Breast Health Day at the following meetings:

Monday 10 October  Fatima Women's Group meeting

Wednesday 12 October   Fatima Women's Personal Development Course

Thursday 13 October  Stitch and Bitch Knitting Group

Dublin  Clondalkin Women's Network   01 4670748

Friday 14 October  The Great Pink Walk  Meet Main Car Park Corkagh Park 10.30 am. Refreshments/information afterwards at Bawnogue Enterprise Centre.

Dublin  City Centre  Europa Donna Ireland   087 638 3609

15 October  Anna Livia Mile  Meet 11 am riverside near O2 venue and walk to Grand Canal Dock to meet up with Plurabelle Paddlers

Dublin  Buswell's Hotel  Molesworth Street   087 638 3609

Free Information Sessions on Lymphoedema with Sine Vasquez, A/Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Beaumont Hospital:

Tuesday 4 October  Lymphoedema Awareness    7pm

Tuesday 11 October   Exercise, during and after Breast Cancer   7pm

Co Monaghan   Cameo Hair, 3 Main Street, Castleleslie Estate, Glaslough  047 88804

Saturday 15 October   Cameo Hair will be donating a percentage of all takings on 15 October to Europa Donna Ireland.

Co Offaly   Dochas Support Centre Offaly Street Tullamore   057 9328268

Friday 14 October  Join Jim Dolan and Damien Dillon for part of their walk from Birr to Tullamore to raise funds for Dochas and to celebrate Breast Health Day

Co Roscommon  Roscommon Women's Network, Unit 5 The Old Mill, Castlerea, Co Roscommon

Friday 14 October  1 pm Walk through town 

Co Wexford   Enniscorthy  Hope Cancer Support Centre   053 923 8555

15 October   Free classes Laughter Yoga   11am-1pm

Co Wicklow  Arklow Cancer Support Centre    085 1100066   05402 23590

15 October   Breast Awareness Day   Workshop with member of "Sonna Samba Band" and then chance to perform with the whole band! Plus awareness visit to Bridgewater Shopping Centre.

Co Wicklow  Bray Cancer Support Centre  01 2866966

10 October 11-1pm  Breast Cancer Awareness Information Workshop in Esplanade Hotel, Bray. Workshop to be followed by informal lunch and all are welcome. For more details see www.braycancersupport.ie

Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in organising an event to mark Breast Health Day and please do not hesitate to contact us about any of the above.