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The Irish Cancer Society is seeking trustworthy and reliable volunteers in Mayo to provide cancer patients with safe, comfortable and confidential transport to and from University Hospital, Galway.

The annual Mayo Pink Ribbon Golf Classic is back again this weekend, April 19 and 20, being held once more at Ballina Golf Club.

The people of Mayo have been congratulated for successfully pinking up their county with the Centra Pink Umbrella Walk. The events, which took place across the county at the end of October, have been hailed a great achievement after local people turned out in great numbers to participate in the walk. As crowds of local people took steps to raise funds and awareness for the Irish Cancer Society’s Get the Girls campaign, the county was taken over by Centra’s fabulous pink umbrellas.

Today, Friday October 5 the Irish Cancer Society is calling on everyone in Mayo to get together and support Get the Girls Day by buying and wearing a pink ribbon to help raise awareness and fund the society’s cancer projects and support services.

Clarinbridge village is gearing up to support breast cancer awareness by covering local residences and work premises in pink. This weekend, the local landmarks will be pretty in pink as the village residents work to get the outdoor lighting on businesses and the church sporting the colour pink.

The Irish Cancer Society is calling on all women in Mayo to come together and Get the Girls doing something throughout the months of September and October to combat breast cancer. At the launch of its new campaign today, which is kindly supported by Centra, the Irish Cancer Society sent a rallying call to women in Mayo to help reach the next groundbreaking breast cancer discovery by raising funds for vital breast cancer research in Mayo.

At the launch of the Irish Cancer Society’s Lung Cancer Awareness campaign 2012, the society has expressed concern at a recent report which shows lung cancer has overtaken breast cancer as the biggest cause of cancer death in women in Ireland for the first time. This year the society is encouraging everyone to Look After Your Lungs, know how best to prevent lung cancer, know the signs and symptoms and if you are concerned, go to your GP.

Coming Home is an uplifting and enlightening good news story of one woman’s journey to recovery from breast cancer. It evolved out of a short story, previously short-listed for the Hennessy Literary Awards, by author Anne Chambers (www.annechambers-graceomalley.com) who wrote the screenplay.

Drop off your bra for breast cancer

Galway Football and Cancer Care West have teamed up to plan a novel fundraising drive. On June 18, a 5,000km sponsored walk will take place throughout every parish in the county. The walk for life, walk for health is being used to promote awareness of cancer which has a deep impact in every parish in Ireland.