We’re delighted to let you know about a new initiative that will launch next week and we’d love you to be part of it.
SOME EXCITING NEWS
We are delighted to let you know about a new initiative that will launch next week and we’d love you to be part of it.
Three of Ireland’s leading cancer charities, Breakthrough Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Ireland, and the Marie Keating Foundation, have joined together for the first time ahead of World Cancer Day, Sunday 4th February, to launch a new campaign called ‘Face Up To Cancer’, which will raise significant funds for cancer research and support services across the island of Ireland. Face Up To Cancer is aiming to engage thousands of people to upload their selfies and make a donation at www.faceuptocancer.ie in support of cancer research and support services. Each individual image will form part of a unique facial mosaic, using the thousands of selfies submitted, to form a series of eight portraits, showing the faces of some of those that have been affected by cancer, and some of the experts working tirelessly to change the future of cancer care and treatments.
Click to hear Craig Doyle explain more about Face Up To Cancer
Presenter Miriam O’Callaghan is a proud Ambassador for the campaign, having lost a sister aged just 33 to the disease, as is Presenter Bobby Kerr of Newstalk and RTÉ’s Evelyn O’Rourke, both of whom are survivors of cancer. Well-known TV presenter Craig Doyle has also lent his support by voicing the campaign showreel. Conor Ferguson, husband of much-loved journalist and RTÉ presenter Keelin Shanley, who sadly passed away from cancer in early 2020, and Stephen Teap, a close friend of Vicky Phelan, who lost his wife Irene to cervical cancer in 2017, are also supporting this nationwide initiative.
The campaign aims to put a face to cancer through the portraits, and to bring the country together through the simple act of ‘donating a selfie’, with the final resulting mosaics being revealed once the campaign comes to a close at the end of February. The monies raised will be used to make a significant impact on the lives of the one in two people living in Ireland who will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. We’d love for you, your family and friends to participate so if you can please go to www.faceuptocancer.ieupload your selfie, then choose your donation amount. Then share your selfie across your social channels to show your support using #FaceUpToCancer and #DonateASelfieSaveLives. For anyone wishing to donate directly, you can do so on the website.
Patricia Flynn, Breakthrough Cancer Researcher, explains what Face Up To Cancer means to her
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