To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we welcomed leading breast health awareness charity CoppaFeel! for an informational signs, symptoms, and self-checking guidance talk for team members in our Brackley factory.
Hosted by a group of the charity’s volunteers – the Boobettes – the talk covered personal stories, the story of CoppaFeel!’s founder Kris Hallenga, breast cancer facts and myths, signs and symptoms, the work of the charity, and how you can self-check.
This insightful session significantly contributed to raising awareness about a condition that affects numerous lives whatever the age or gender.
About CoppaFeel!
CoppaFeel! was founded in 2009 by Kristin Hallenga and her twin sister Maren after Kris was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at the age of 23.
Kris was unaware that breast cancer could affect people in their twenties and knew very little about the disease. It struck her that there was very little information out there for young people, educating them about the disease and how they could be looking after themselves.
Although Kris will always live with cancer, she wanted to get the message out there that catching cancer early means you have a higher chance of surviving and recovering. She wanted people to learn from her story and become proactive about their own health. The idea for CoppaFeel! was born.
You can learn more about Kristin’s story and the work of CoppaFeel! by clicking below