May is Pink Ribbon Breakfast month

May is Pink Ribbon Breakfast month, a chance to invite friends for breakfast and raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.
The Foundation hopes New Zealanders will host more than 2000 Pink Ribbon Breakfasts, a big jump on the 1700 held around the country in May 2013, which raised $750,000. Proceeds from this year's breakfasts will go towards breast cancer research.

About breast cancer in New Zealand
More than 2800 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in New Zealand - that's seven women a day.
- 90-95% of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease
- Around 370 NZ women in the pre-screening age group of 20-44 will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year - that's one woman a day
- More than 600 women will die of breast cancer this year - about the size of a large primary school.
- The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation recommends yearly breast screening mammograms for women 40-49 years of age, and every two years from age 50
- The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation's mission is to prevent New Zealanders developing and dying from Breast Cancer and to support those with the disease.

For more information or to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast, visit www.pinkribbonbreakfast.co.nz