Bikers for Boobs
PHILIPSBURG–Another successful “Bikers for Boobs” annual breast cancer awareness rally was hosted by Caribbean Eagles St. Maarten motorbike club in collaboration with Elektralyets and Positive Foundations on Sunday, October 20.
Caribbean Eagles St. Maarten motor bike club president Jane Therond has been supporting the event from the onset. “The dedication and effort that the Caribbean Eagles St. Maarten has been showing for this Breast Cancer Awareness movement is synonymous with the slogan ‘Loud Pipes Saves Lives’,” she said. “Being breast aware is indeed important and we know that early detection can save lives.”
Fun Miles was happy to support this event with sponsorship of 200 shirts, Fun Miles hand towels and pink cardholders for Positive and Elektralyets Foundations. Fun Miles St. Maarten Area Manager Cassandra Chun was happy to donate to this worthy cause.
Mercedes “Elektra” van der Waals-Wyatt, also a Caribbean Eagles member, started the event before she could ride a Harley Davidson many years ago. “I love the sound the roaring engine makes and thought noise could wake up the people in my community to help break down the silence of breast cancer taboo in our island,” she said.
The Bikers for Boobs route took the bikers around the entire 37 square miles of St. Maarten/St. Martin, roaring through various districts and neighbourhoods on the French and Dutch sides of the island, the foundations said in a press release on Monday.
Positive Foundation President Shelly Alphonso, encouraged by the large turnout, said the Bikers for Boobs rally with the riders wearing T-shirts sponsored by Fun Miles featuring a breast cancer awareness message was a unique and creative way to bring attention to being breast aware. “It is our hope that persons pay attention to the message and get checked early,” she said.
Through this unique and fun event, Fun Miles was able to support the ninth annual breast cancer awareness bike rally around the whole island. Participants in the bike rally included Caribbean Eagles, Riders on Two, Tribal Hogs and many independent bikers who came out in great numbers to support the cause.
Fun Miles Breast Cancer T-shirts are also shared with visiting bikers from around the world during the annual Bike Fest hosted every November by Caribbean Eagles St. Maarten. The visiting bikers take with them the message of being breast aware as they travel back to their respective countries.
The Positive and Elektralyets Foundations thanked Cassandra Chun of Fun Miles for sponsoring the Bikers for Boobs event; ILTT, distributor of Fiji Water and Vitamalt, for helping to keep the bikers hydrated; and everyone who came out in support of the event as the foundations continue to advocate a call to action for breast cancer awareness with the slogan “Find It, Feel It and Fight It!”
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/92232-fun-miles-supports-bikers-for-boobs-37-square-mile-rally
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