Ways to support breast cancer awareness month

National Breast Cancer Awareness month exists to spread awareness around early detection and cure –a worthy cause that has the potential to save lives, especially considering that breast cancer is almost always curable if detected early.

The first way to support the cause is to go and have yourself checked.

As prevalent as breast cancer is, most still fail to go for regular mammograms and perform selfexaminations to check for lumps or irregularities. Experts advise that a self-examination be done at least once a month and a clinical breast examination should be done at an annual medical check-up. From the age of 40, women should also go for an annual mammogram.

The CANSA website shares many other useful resources on what to look out for and guidance around dealing with breast cancer. Simply looking through their website and sharing some of their flyers via your own social media channels can go a long way towards raising awareness.

Adrian Goslett, regional director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, explains that “this is a cause that hits very close to home for us, which is why we run our annual National Pink Day to raise awareness around early detection and cure. On October 7, we invite our network of over 2,900 agents across Southern Africa to dress in pink for the day and to take photos to share via social media using the hashtags #REMAXPinkDay #GetChecked,” he said.

Beyond this, RE/MAX of Southern Africa will also be hosting a fundraising livestream workout event on Friday, October 7, via their YouTube channel and Facebook page.

“We encourage the RE/MAX of Southern Africa network as well as the general public to join the workout event and make donations on the day. All money received by The RE/MAX Foundation during October will be passed on to Wings of Hope, a cancer support group with branches in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban,” he said.

For the month of October, The RE/MAX Foundation welcomes any and all donations for this cause via EFT or Snapscan.

The first way to support the cause is to go and have yourself checked.