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| Charity launches Bolton competition for signed Amir Khan T-shirt |
March 19, 2008
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The World Cancer Research Fund has launched a competition for Bolton residents to win a T-shirt signed by Amir Khan.
The Bolton-born boxing star has signed the T-shirt for World Cancer Research Fund to help raise awareness for Fruity Friday, the charity’s annual fundraising and awareness-raising event.
WCRF is asking people in Bolton to vote for their favourite fruit and one of the charity’s nutritionists will then create a healthy recipe based on the most popular fruit that will named after the town. One lucky voter will be sent the T-shirt.
Lucie Galice, General Manager of WCRF, said: “It is really great that Amir has shown his support for Fruity Friday by donating a signed T-shirt.
“As well as helping us to find out Bolton’s favourite fruit, hopefully Amir’s support will help inspire people to get involved with Fruity Friday.
“It is lots of fun and also a great way of raising awareness that by eating a healthy diet, being physically active and maintaining a healthy weight, people can make a real difference to their cancer risk.”
To get involved with Fruity Friday, go to www.fruityfriday.org or call 020 7343 4200. To enter the competition, email your favourite fruit together with your name, address and contact number to pr@wcrf.org
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For more information contact Richard Evans on 020 7343 4253.
About WCRF
World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) raises awareness that cancer is largely preventable and helps people make choices to reduce their chances of developing the disease.
This includes research into how cancer risk is related to diet, physical activity, and weight management, and education programmes that highlight the fact that about a third of cancers could be prevented through changes to lifestyle. For more information on the charity’s work, visit www.wcrf-uk.org
The WCRF report, called Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, was launched in November 2007 and is the most comprehensive report ever published on the link between cancer and lifestyle. For more information, visit www.dietandcancerreport.org. |
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WCRF UK, 19 Harley Street, London W1G 9QJ - Tel: 020 7343 4200 - Fax: 020 7343 4201 - wcrf@wcrf.org
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