Residents and staff at care homes in the south have been ‘in the pink’ to help a charity’s fight against breast cancer.
The Wear It Pink fun at Colten Care homes featured games, raffles, music, dancing and homemade cupcakes as well as lots of dressing up.
The activities were in aid of the charity Breast Cancer Now which funds life-changing support for cancer sufferers and research into new ways to help prevent, detect and treat the disease.
At Woodpeckers in Brockenhurst, Home Manager Kerry Mason and Head Chef Brian Pearce gamely donned bras decorated by residents.
And in a creative twist to add to the fundraising, residents and staff knitted and sold pink flower pins embellished with satin ribbons.
One resident, Phyllis Farmer, dubbed the home’s ‘champion knitter’, added a further touch of humour and nimble-fingered creativity by knitting ‘boobie cakes’ to help decorate the bake table.
The various efforts raised around £100.
Resident Dawn Pearson said: “We had a lovely time and were glad to be part of a funny afternoon with a serious message.”
Other Colten Care homes staging activities in support of the Wear It Pink campaign included Canford Chase in Poole, Dorset, and Kingfishers in New Milton, Hampshire.
Breast Cancer Now has an ambition that by 2050 everyone who develops breast cancer will live, and be supported to live well.
For more information, visit www.breastcancernow.org.
