Breast Cancer Foundation finance and programming advisor Martin Lancaster is marking his 65th birthday this month by collecting 65 bags of plastic trash from local shorelines and rural areas, to help draw awareness to breast cancer.
Lancaster began his plastic debris collection efforts on Wednesday as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
He hopes that his endeavours will draw attention to the Foundation’s recently launched website. He also encourages anyone who wants to support his efforts to make a donation to the Breast Cancer Foundation using the donation button on the website and reference “plastic 65”.
A press release from the Breast Cancer Foundation stated that the charity hoped these contributions will help to bolster its depleted coffers arising from the postponement of its annual gala this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
A supporter of the Foundation, Louis Massicotte, has already donated US$5,000, the charity noted.
During his trash-collecting efforts – which began on Wednesday at the Mangrove Loop at Camana Bay, with the logistical support by Dart – Lancaster will be using pink 30-gallon trash bags, the colour most closely associated with the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Lancaster will be traversing Grand Cayman to find pockets of plastic and will also be visiting each of the Sister Islands to collect plastic trash there too.
The Breast Cancer Foundation will chronicle his progress in its social media pages.
To help him in his efforts, Lancaster is asking supporters to contact the Foundation by emailing [email protected] with tips as to where large concentrations of plastic may be found along the shorelines and in rural areas.
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