Issue No. 1965
2 - 8 March 2023
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WALKING AGAINST CANCER MALLORCA resident Anita Vince is organising Walk Against Cancer, a fun and healthy initiative to raise funds for Cancer Support Mallorca. Anita had breast cancer in 2014 and as part of the healing process she decid ed to organise a walk over the Tramuntana mountain range with friends. Every year since the first walk in 2016, Anita and her crew have walked the GR221 to raise money for Cancer Support Mallorca. The walks always take place over the Easter pe riod in April, and so far they have raised over €15,000 for the charity. After a few years off due to Covid, the ladies
Image by Rebecca Upton/Cancer Support Mallorca
CANCER SUPPORT: A fun and healthy initiative to raise funds for cancer in Mallorca.
went island hopping last year to walk the GR223, otherwise known as the Cami de Cavalls, in Menorca. They will be re turning this year to com
plete this walk and as al ways will be looking for sponsorship as they do this. In addition, Anita came up with the Walk Against
Cancer initiative, where participants can walk the distance of the GR221 throughout April, in their own time, at their own pace, with family or
INCA Town Hall has organ ised more than 15 activities to commemorate Interna tional Women’s Day on Wednesday March 8. The events are aimed at “demanding real and effec tive equality between women and men and pro moting the elimination of gender discrimination,” de clared local Equality coun cillor Antonia Maria Sabater. A mural dedicated to women in the traditional shoemaking trade by local artist Margalida Vinyes has been inaugurated on the Avinguda del Tren, and on Saturday March 4, a pottery workshop will take place at the Museu del Calçat. Sunday March 5 will see a Women’s Day basketball tournament in Plaça de Mal lorca starting at 10am, with
Image by Inca Town Hall
Inca celebrates IWD
Presentation of the Women’s Day activities at Inca town hall.
several theatre perfor mances focused on women
taking place at the Teatre Principal all month.
Wednesday March 8 is the big day, with a march in favour of women in educa tion starting at 10am through the streets of the town followed by the raising of the Women’s Day flag at the town hall and a concert by Sant Francesc de Inca Women’s Choir in Plaza de España at 7pm. A solidarity market will take place at the Espai de Dones on the morning of Saturday March 11, fol lowed by the main Wom en’s March at 4pm.
friends. In general terms people
who sign up will chal lenge themselves to walk a certain number of steps during the month of April, the total steps equalling the steps needed to walk the whole or part of the GR221. There will be a registra tion form on the www.cancersupportmal lorca.com website. Regis tration costs just €10 and includes a tshirt, cloth bag, sponsorship materi als and a progress chart. For more information, contact details and spon sorship, visit ‘Walk the GR221 for Cancer Support Mallorca’ on Facebook.