15/10/2022 By acomputer 621 Views

Blois and Vendôme: a collection of bras to create a giant channel on October 16

The Agora club in Blois (Loir-et-Cher) has launched a collection of support for pink October.The goal is to create a huge chain on Saturday October 16 and raise funds that will be donated to the League against Cancer

As part of Pink October, the campaign to combat breast cancer, the Agora club in Blois, organizes a large collection of support and funds.The goal is to donate funds to the League against and Cancer and distribute supporters to women in precarious situations.

"We want to collect as many bras as possible to make the buzz"

And the buzz will result on Saturday October 16, by making a huge chain of bras linked to each other, which would start from the top of the stairs Denis Papin in downtown Blois, to end at the feet of theLoire, or even further.

"For that, we need 700 to 800 bras to go as far as possible," explains Chrystel Lemieux-Scribe, founder of the Agora club in Blois.

Blois et Vendôme : une collecte de soutiens-gorge pour créer une chaîne géante le 16 octobre

Currently, nearly 300 bras have been harvested, but there are still a good ten days to reach the goal.The club will also need a lot of arms on D -day to deploy the famous channel.

Partner places in Blois and Vendôme

The association has disposed of collectors in several stores in Blois and Vendôme, in which it is possible to deposit the old sustains of Mamie or his own.

• In Blois: at the wooden runner, Bistrot de Léonard, Clyde, Eagle, Princess Tam Tam, Plurielle, Chantal Lingerie, Krys, Bar Le Louis XII, Cour-Routenny retirement home

• In Vendôme: Crédit Agricole, Abaca, Capucine, the Nanas of 12, the underside of Emma, Rouge-Gorge, 4%.

What is the Agora club from Blois?

The Agora 57 club was created in 2018.It is composed exclusively of women over 45.Each year, they participate in the fundraising for pink October with anthousiasme.So when the idea of creating a chain of bras for a good cause arose, it is quite natural that they agreed to take up the challenge.

What is pink October?

October 1, 2021 began the 28th pink October campaign.The objective of this annual event, symbolized by a pink ribbon is to raise awareness of the cause of breast cancer and to raise funds to finance research around this disease.This campaign has its origin in the United States.She was then relayed in France in the 1990s by the Estée Lauder group and the magazine Marie-Claire with the association "Le Cancer du breast, let's talk about it!".