Just under 60 women in the Inner West attended a breakfast hosted by Marrickville MP Carmel Tebbutt to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

 

October is breast cancer awareness month and statistics released by the NSW Government show that a record number of women are heeding the advice of medical experts and booking themselves in for regular mammograms.

 

Compared to just 2 years ago, an extra 51,500 women are now having regular mammograms at BreastScreen clinics across the State.

 

Unfortunately that leaves about 1 in 10 older women continuing to ignore, dismiss or downplay the very real possibility of getting breast cancer.

 

Breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in Australian women and approximately one in eight NSW women will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime.

 

Ms Tebbutt, Member for Marrickville, said holding the breakfast increases awareness amongst women in the Inner West of the importance of regular breast checks and helps raise funds for breast cancer research.

 

The response to the breakfast has been fantastic and we have had to turn people away, so strong has been the interest.

 

Its great to see women in the Inner West are so supportive of raising funds for breast cancer research, said Ms Tebbutt.

 

The breakfast, a wonderful success, was held on Tuesday 30 October at the Last DropCafe, in Dulwich Hill.

 

Carmel Tebbutt welcomes the guests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carmel Tebbutt and guest speaker Gai Grayson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The management and staff of the Lastdrop would like to thank all who attended and supported a very worthy cause.

A special thanks to Carmel’s staff Maria and Litsa, who made the event a most memorable one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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