Brooke Leonard

I'm hosting a Pink Ribbon Breakfast for the nine women diagnosed with breast cancer each day in New Zealand.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Kiwi women. 1 in 9 women will be diagnosed with it in their lifetime. And 650 women in Aotearoa die from the disease every year.

We all know someone affected by breast cancer, for me when I think of breast cancer I think of my beloved step Mum Birgit. Her sore shoulder led to a breast cancer diagnosis.

I miss her dearly and It was heartbreaking watching her battle with cancer. 

She tried so hard to stay positive and push through, but cancer took over and it spread throughout her body - Including her brain. cancer took her from us, leaving a big hole in our lives. 

Many families are missing someone very special because of breast cancer. 

That’s why I’m hosting a Pink Ribbon Breakfast this year, to help change that.

Please donate to raise funds for life-saving education, life-changing patient support and ground-breaking medical research. And bring us closer to a day when there are zero deaths from breast cancer.