An easy fundraising initiative called the $1000 Challenge, is for you to raise $1000 dollars, and by doing so be part of finding a cure! How you raise your $1000 is over to you, but here are five ideas to get you started:

• Bake and sell 1000 cupcakes for $1 each
• Walk 100 dogs for $10 each
• Get 20 friends and colleagues to donate $50 each
• Write out a cheque – easy but effective!
• Charge for making cups of tea in the office

There’s a way to rise to the challenge no matter what your talents or interests are - the options truly are endless and the choice is yours!

Kiwis everywhere are taking part in the Thousand Dollar Challenge. So what will you do to raise at least $1000 for Breast Cancer Research?

You and your family could bake a thousand cupcakes and sell them for $1 each, or you could get your friends together and get sponsored to cycle 1000 kilometres.....

It's time to get into it. We don't care if you do a bake off, or a car wash, it's all in the name of finding a cure within the next decade.

Register and get started by clicking here it's easy!

Here are what some of the other challengers have been doing or have planned .... 

Queen Margaret College, Wellington

The Technology department at Queen Margaret College recently held their biannual fashion parade fundraiser and raised in excess of $1000 for the Trust.

The parade showcased fashion garments produced by Y10-13 Materials Technology students, Wearable Art Fashion by Y2 and some Y6 students, musical items by senior Music Dept students, the latest fashion range by 'Basquesse' (Custom House Quay, Wellington), and the latest fashion range by emerging local designer 'Sophie Burrowes' (QMC Old Girl). The event was hosted by QMC students and was an assessment situation for some senior NCEA classes.

Fantastic music, a 'feel good vibe', a supportive audience and the collective amazing work of both senior and junior students made the event a huge success.

Trelise Cooper visited Queen Margaret College, on behalf of the Breast Cancer Research Trust and thanked the College for their outstanding effort.

KATY ATKINSON - Cycling for a CURE Challenge



As a third year physical education student at Otago University, this year I am lucky enough to have a lecturer who is involved with breast cancer and exercise research; her work running an exercise clinic for breast cancer patients has really motivated me to think about doing postgraduate study in cancer and exercise. Having this new motivation was what drew me to want to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Cure Research Trust, as I believe that they are working towards a very worthy cause.

When I was in my final year of high school I organised a month of exercise for breast cancer and ever since then I have wanted to do something similar. So this summer when group of my friends and I decided that we would do the Wattyl Cycle Challenge around Taupo, I thought that this would be the perfect event for which to organise a fundraiser for breast cancer.

MARTIN FEENEY



Martin, cycled the long way to work  - from Wellington!  His aim was to arrive at work in Auckland within 18 days, not only did he make it - raised over $18,000 through sponsorship.

A CURE for Breast Cancer within the next decade - it's ambitious, but together we can find a CURE.