If you love watching movies and supporting local charities an event this week could be perfect for you.
The Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation is hosting a Mother’s Day movie premiere of Downton Abbey: A New Era on Saturday 30 April at Event Cinemas Kotara.
The screening will help raise vital funds to help the charity provide essential support services to local families navigating breast cancer.
General manager Ellie Wells says the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation needs the community’s support more than ever.
“Over the past two years we have seen the need for breast cancer support services triple,” she said.
“Families were not only dealing with a new cancer diagnosis but trying to navigate this in a pandemic, with limited access to services, with skeleton staffing at hospitals, with the worry of being immunocompromised and in high risk of negative outcomes from COVID while also being isolated from their extended families.”
Ellie adds the number of people the foundation supports has increased dramatically over the last couple of years.
“We are so proud to say that over the past year the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation has helped over 225 local families and provided over 1,700 breast cancer services,” she said.
“This number of requests is something we have never experienced before. [We] have gone from helping around 45 families a year to over 200 in the space of just two short years.”
The Novocastrian encourages everyone to come along to the event – to make it extra special they’ve teamed up with Scrubba Body to create luxurious hampers to purchase for mum.
Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation clients will also be attending to support the organisation that helped them through tough times.
Karen Starrett is excited about the event and says she couldn’t have made it through her journey without the foundation.
“Thanks so much to Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation, you have done so much for me and my family,” she said.
“Thank you really isn’t enough; I couldn’t have got through this without you all.”
The Mother’s Day Movie Night tickets are available for $29.50 and include popcorn, drink, and the option to add on a hamper. Several bundles are available.
For more information or to purchase tickets please visit hbcf.org.au/event/hbcf-mothers-daymovie-night/
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