The Glitter Pin

Glitter Pins designed by Nora Deane

When you purchase this symbol for yourself or a friend, you are helping to provide funds to "keep the boat afloat" for the Peterborough and District Survivors Abreast Dragon Boat team and to purchase equipment for the Breast Assessment Center at the Peterborough Regional Health Center.

Shape

The teardrop (loop down) represents the tears shed when we or our loved ones are diagnosed.

Colours

Pink represents the thousands who are diagnosed each year. Black represents the thousands who continue to die each year.

Objective

When the deaths cease, to remove the black insert and wear only the pink in celebration.

History

This 'Pink Teardrop' was conceived and designed in 1992 by Nora Deane, a Breast Cancer survivor. A tradition began that year when Members of Parliament wore the Symbol in the House of Commons for the first time. In 1993, at Rideau Hall, this crystal version was presented to Her Excellency Mrs. Gerda Hnatyshyn and to Mrs. Virginia Kelley, Mother of the President of the United States of America. Over the years, label pins and ribbon versions of this Breast Cancer Symbol have been worn by survivors, their families and supporters all across Canada.

Glitter pins cost $20.00 each and may be purchased at one of three Kawartha Credit Union Branches: 1054 Monaghan Road (743-3643) or 1091 Chemong Road, Chemong Park Plaza (743-7402) or Lansdowne Place Mall (743-1630)

For more information call Barb Fisher at 705-799-5496