Our Why
We will be participating in the Pink Ribbon walk at the start of October to help support and raise awareness for Breast Cancer month, and we would love if people could join Kelleigh's Pink Ladies and take part in the walk or donate to Breast Cancer as it is a disease that affects way too many people not just here in New Zealand, but worldwide.We are all taking part in the Pink Ribbon Walk for Paige, Holly and Charli Burkett's mum, Kelleigh Burkett. She passed away nearly 7 years ago at the young age of 48, leaving behind me and my 2 younger sisters from stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, which spread to her liver, brain and blood. My mother, Kelleigh was diagnosed at the young age of 38 as well as the BRACA gene only about 5 months after birthing my youngest sister who she was still breast feeding, while I was only 5 and my other sister was 1 and half. She fought with a brave and courages heart for 10 years before she ran out of fight. She took part in many cancer clinical trials here in Auckland, Christchurch and even Sydney in hopes of finding something that would extend her life to be able to watch me and my sisters grow, after too long though her body no longer accepted any medication. Kelleigh not only wanted to find medications that would help her but other women fighting breast cancer here in New Zealand in order to give them more opportunities to extend their lives with their families. But I am trying to continue her legacy onwards by trying to reach everyone around her that she touched and much further than that. My mum was the bravest, most courageous, and loving person I have met, filled with a smile and kindness that she aimed to spread to everyone around her. She had a certain beauty and strong will that she graced everyone with.
I would love to help spread support and knowledge around breast cancer and how it impacts not only families and friends but wider communities as well. To learn more about my mum's story, you can find her facebook KelleichandCraigBurkett or search here name up on the internet and look at the interviews she has done with Stuff, Seven Sharp, One News and Otago News.
We're doing the Pink Ribbon Walk 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 10 women will be diagnosed with it in their lifetime. And 650 women in Aotearoa die from the disease every year.
That’s why we're taking part in the Pink Ribbon Walk 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.
Thank you to our Sponsors
$23
Matt
$58
Roman Newby
$18
Jamie Rentoul
$94
Fareh
$58
