By CHARLENE MACAULAY
VICTORIA University was tickled pink for a day last week in support of women with cancer.
Students and staff dressed up in their favourite pink clothes last Thursday for a Pink Ribbon Day fund-raiser, with money raised going to the Cancer Council.
Fun and frivolity was had with a best dressed contest and silent auction.
“Every day in Australia, around 50 women are diagnosed with breast or a gynaecological cancer,” VU Vice Chancellor Peter Dawkins said.
“These women are much loved mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, friends and work colleagues.
“All donations will go towards funding world-class research, education programs and support services that make a real difference to the women affected by these cancers.”
VU project manager Renae Vojtek is the first ambassador for VU’s Pink Ribbon Day.
After surviving her own battle with breast cancer this year, the 36-year-old is using her experiences to raise money for the Cancer Council for treatment and research, and support the many thousands of other Australian women affected by cancer.
She was inspired to launch VU’s first Pink Ribbon Day, established exclusively for women’s cancers, after her colleagues asked what they could do to help her.
“My aim is to urge women who are diagnosed never to give up,” Ms Vojtek said.
