Victoria Overland
Victoria's shaving her head in support of the Olive Tree Cancer Centre
Fundraising for The Olive Tree Cancer Support Centre
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For those of you who don't know, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of this year. Following on from several surgeries, I have now received 4 cycles of chemotherapy (only 4 more to go followed by radiotherapy!).
I have been lucky enough to keep my hair through treatment, using cold-capping (those of you who know me know I have a serious head of hair - see my photo!), but have now decided to go for a fresh start (and a bald head) on my 38th birthday for several reasons (not least that I feel extremely privileged to still be here on this birthday and hopefully for many more to come):
1. to raise awareness of breast cancer in young women - make sure you regularly check yourselves ladies!!
2. to raise awareness and money for the Olive Tree Cancer Centre in Crawley - they are an independent charity that provide amazing services and support to cancer patients and their relatives, almost all free of charge. They have been a lifeline to me over the past few months, and to many of the other people I've been lucky enough to meet there, and they run entirely on donations.
3. I want to show that the hardest situations in life can be transformed into something uplifting when you choose to use them to benefit others in your community.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
For those of you who don't know, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of this year. Following on from several surgeries, I have now received 4 cycles of chemotherapy (only 4 more to go followed by radiotherapy!).
I have been lucky enough to keep my hair through treatment, using cold-capping (those of you who know me know I have a serious head of hair - see my photo!), but have now decided to go for a fresh start (and a bald head) on my 38th birthday for several reasons (not least that I feel extremely privileged to still be here on this birthday and hopefully for many more to come):
1. to raise awareness of breast cancer in young women - make sure you regularly check yourselves ladies!!
2. to raise awareness and money for the Olive Tree Cancer Centre in Crawley - they are an independent charity that provide amazing services and support to cancer patients and their relatives, almost all free of charge. They have been a lifeline to me over the past few months, and to many of the other people I've been lucky enough to meet there, and they run entirely on donations.
3. I want to show that the hardest situations in life can be transformed into something uplifting when you choose to use them to benefit others in your community.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.