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Naomi Mehmet & Partners would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Balls to Cancer Testicular Cancer Calendar launch day at the Pia Bella on 27th September. The day was a huge success and included a fashion show featuring the Pumas rugby players organised by the fabulous Mally Torris, a talk on the symptoms of testicular cancer by well-known urologist Dr. Necmi Bayraktar, a balloon release in which thousands of balloons were released, representing all those whose lives have been touched by cancer and those who have survived cancer, live music with the fantastic Jonnie Hawkins and Funky Monkey, folk and latin dance shows, stalls, bouncy castle and much more. We raised over £3500 for the Help Those with Cancer Association on the day. Over half of the calendars have been sold. Anyone who has not yet purchased a calendar can contact our office, or those who are in the UK can purchase them through the Pro-Cancer Research Fund on www.procanresfun.org or 0208 886 5111
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Only just learned of this forum; well done Naomi & co for both taking the time out to use this medium to help keep 'joe public' informed of their legal rights and also supporting such a worthwhile charity. We attended the calendar launch and a great day was had by all. Really glad it was such a success.
Keep up the good work.
Christine
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Dear Christine
Thank you very much for your kind words. We very much hope to continue our campaign to raise awareness of testicular cancer in Northern Cyprus and are planning to do another calendar with the Pumas again this year for 2010. Any suggestions from members of the public would be very welcome. We would also like to hear from anyone who has personal experience of testicular cancer who would like to contribute to our campaign.
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Av. Naomi Mehmet and Hakan Temizyurek are pleased to announce that the second ‘Balls to Cancer’ calendar in association with the Cyprus Pumas Rugby Club and the Help Those with Cancer Association (Tulips) is about to go live!
Due to popular demand and the overwhelming success of last year’s calendar, aimed at raising awareness of testicular cancer in Northern Cyprus and raising money for the Help Those with Cancer Association (Tulips), we are delighted to inform you that the 2010 calendar will be launched on Sunday 27th September 2009 at the Pia Bella Hotel in Kyrenia between 12.00-18.00.
As many of you are aware, the inspiration for the calendar came after Av. Naomi Mehmet’s husband, Hakan, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in early 2008. After receiving treatment in Turkey and returning to Cyprus, Naomi and Hakan realised that there is very little information available in Cyprus about testicular cancer - very few men are aware of the early warning signs and how to check themselves - so they decided to take action to raise awareness.
This year’s calendar is, once again, being produced in association with the Cyprus Pumas Rugby Club whose players are the models in the calendar. Rugby is a central theme in the calendar because it is a sport which is popular amongst young men between the ages of 18-35 - the age group which is, statistically, most likely to be affected by testicular cancer. The players posed naked for the calendar, which features very tasteful, but slightly risqué, semi-nude black and white pictures, in order to help men to realise that testicular cancer is not a subject to be embarrassed or ashamed about. The calendar will, once again, provide important medical facts and advice for men about testicular cancer. However, the style of the 2010 calendar is very different to the 2009 calendar, with more sophisticated, sultry and subtle photos and many new faces.
Last year’s calendar raised around 10,000TL for the Help Those with Cancer Association (Tulips) and the Help Those with Cancer Association (Tulips) has reported an increase in the number of people contacting them who have been diagnosed with testicular cancer – many of whom had been suffering with symptoms for some time, but had been too embarrassed to discuss these before this campaign was launched. We hope that the 2010 calendar will be even more popular than the 2009 calendar and that the message about testicular cancer will continue to be passed on.
The launch day will be a fun day for all of the family and will include a ‘Pumas’ fashion show, being produced by the fabulous Marilyn Torris, dance shows, live music, face paining, bouncy castle, raffle, tombola, children’s games and much more. In addition, the calendar will be on sale at the launch day and the models who posed for the calendar will be available to autograph their photos! All proceeds raised on the day and all proceeds from the sale of the calendars will be donated to the Help Those with Cancer Association (Tulips).
Please come along to the launch day and support this very worthwhile cause. If you are not able to attend the launch day, but would still like to purchase a calendar, please contact Naomi Mehmet & Partners (details on the 'Contact Us' page of this website) or the Cyprus Pumas www.cypruspumas.com
Thank you for your kind support which is greatly appreciated.
Regards
Av. Naomi Mehmet and Hakan Temizyurek
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NMPlegal would like to thank all the participants and contributors who attended the 2nd Balls to Cancer Calendar Launch Day on Sunday 27th September 2009 at the Pia Bella Hotel. The day was a great success and raised over 4000TL for the Help Those With Cancer Association. Over 200 calendars were sold on the day which will help to raise a lot of awareness about testicular cancer.
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