October 08

To support Pregnancy and Infancy Loss awareness month, The Teddy Love Club pregnancy & Infant loss support group displayed a field of 350 teddy bears at Brougham Gardens, North Adelaide on Oct 1st, 2008.
The bears represent the number of bears TLC donates to bereaved families across SA every year. One in four of the bears will have angel wings, symbolizing the 1 in 4 pregnancies that end in a loss.

The Weekend Australian Art Sydney will take place from 23 - 26 October 2008 at the Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, where over 13,000 art lovers will gather for Sydney’s premier art buying experience.

Image: Emma Hack ‘Wallpaper’ series

Get ready to swing as you and your best enjoy seven hours of non stop music in lush surrounds! Headline artists include: James Morrison, Renee Geyer, Glenn Shorrock, Adam Miller, Force 10 the Air Force Band and Lisa Hunt.

In October, women can look after their own health and help those in need by getting involved with the World Sight Day Challenge, a fundraising campaign organised by Optometry Giving Sight. The funds raised will go towards assisting the 300 million men, women and children worldwide who are blind or vision impaired simply because they do not have a pair of glasses.

To co-incide with Breast Cancer Awareness month - Curves fitness clubs is offering Notebook readers a FREE 1 week trial membership and figure analysis.

Curves is also giving away a FREE ’Olivia Aid‘ Breast Exam kit (retail value $26) with the redeemable coupon.

Pink Ribbon Day is the signature day of the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) and throughout October (Breast Cancer Month) the Pink Ribbon Campaign aims to celebrate the achievements of breast cancer research and raise additional funds.

The NBCF is the only national not-for-profit organisation funding research into the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer. To date, $44 million has funded 168 research programs and ultimately they aim to find the causes giving us the potential to prevent breast cancer. Along the way we are improving the quality of life of people diagnosed with breast cancer.