Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 2012
Teal Tips takes off!
We are calling on all our members to join celebrities Carol
Vorderman, Terri Dwyer, Sam Siddall and our patron Jenny Agutter in
getting behind ourTeal Tips campaign this March, to mark Ovarian
Cancer Awareness Month 2012.
The initiative, with Lena White and
OPI's Teal the Cows Come Home varnish, is aimed at raising
awareness of ovarian cancer and some invaluable funds for
Ovacome.
Teal is to ovarian cancer as pink is to breast cancer. The idea
is that by wearing such a striking colour, women will start talking
about the disease and the BEAT ovarian cancer acronym of the main
symptoms:
B is for bloating that does not come and
go;
E is for eating less and feeling
fuller quicker;
A is for abdominal pain and
T is for telling your GP.
(To find out more about our BEAT campaign to help women and GPs
recognise the signs and symptoms, please click here.)
We are urging members to buy
OPI's Teal the Cows Come Home, with £1 from every bottle bought
being donated to Ovacome and we hope that women will hold
fundraising teal nail painting manicure parties. Some salons
selling OPI nail polish are considering holding manicure parties on
their premises, painting nails teal at a discounted rate or to loan
out a beautician to manicure gatherings in members' homes. Contact
Ovacome's Sonia Vig on 020 7299 6650 or email
s.vig@ovacome.org.uk if you would like to approach your
local salon selling OPI varnish about holding a fundraising event
for the charity.
Ovacome's chief executive
Louise Bayne is thrilled that Teal Tips is getting such a warm
reception and is urging members to get behind the celebrity
activity. "We are delighted to be running Teal Tips for the
second year running to raise awareness during Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month. It's a fun idea which young and older women have
embraced, giving them a reason to be a bit daring and wear this on
trend shade. They can look fantastic for a very good
cause."
Support Teal Tips and buy a bottle of OPI's Teal the
Cows Come Home for £11. Its supplier Lena White is donating £1 to
Ovacome for every bottle sold. Contact 01923 240010 or
visit the website to order online.
Could you get your local salon involved?
We have produced a letter encouraging salons to get involved
with Teal Tips and a poster to display.
The letter can be downloaded here
(Word) and the poster here (PDF).
Why not appraoch your local salon and ask them to lend their
support?
PHOTO CREDIT: Photography taken by www.andyscaysbrook.com
PIC CAP: Celebrity power: Sam Siddall and Terri Dwyer back
Teal Tips.
