{"id":88233,"date":"2012-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/breast-cancer-awareness-month\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:50:57","slug":"breast-cancer-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/breast-cancer-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26702 aligncenter\" title=\"Breast-Cancer-Awareness\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Breast-Cancer-Awareness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p>October is a great month in South Africa; summer is on the way and we are all start planning our end of year\u00a0holidays. More importantly, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month.\u00a0According to the South African \u00a0National Cancer Registry, one in 29 women in South\u00a0Africa will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Like other types of cancer early detection can make all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>That is why initiatives such as <a title=\"PinkDrive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkdrive.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">PinkDrive<\/a>\u00a0are so important. Dedicated to\u00a0improving\u00a0breast cancer\u00a0awareness\u00a0through education and providing services to women across South Africa; their education units operate in 80 community health centres in Gauteng in\u00a0addition\u00a0to a mammography unit which provides screening at 3 centres in the Cape Town area. This October the PinkDrive mobile units will be travelling around the country offering screenings and education on how to detect and prevent breast cancer. Pick n Pay are sponsoring a series of <a title=\"Think Oink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.picknpay.co.za\/picknpay\/content\/en\/news?oid=348974&amp;sn=Detail&amp;pid=93882\" target=\"_blank\">5km Women&#8217;s Walks<\/a>\u00a0to raise funds that will go a long way in helping to support the amazing work done by PinkDrive.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Get involved and help make a difference<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PinkDrive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkdrive.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">PinkDrive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pick n Pay Think Pink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.picknpay.co.za\/picknpay\/content\/en\/news?oid=348974&amp;sn=Detail&amp;pid=93882\" target=\"_blank\">Pick n Pay Think Pink<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CANSA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cansa.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Cancer Association of South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here at Travelstart we have\u00a0dedicated\u00a0every Friday of October to mini-dress ups to raise funds and awareness in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26696\" title=\"Customer-Service\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Customer-Service.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is a great month in South Africa; summer is on the way and we are all start planning our end of year\u00a0holidays. 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