 | | Rob King getting waxed for charity |
FOR PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE THINK PINK EVENT, CLICK THE LINK ON THE RIGHT TO OPEN THE WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE GALLERY>>
Charlie Eaton is an NVQ Level 3 Beauty Therapy student at West Suffolk College. She writes: Today (19th October 2004), we had a Think Pink day in college in aid of the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
I was going to wax Phil Stittle's legs this afternoon, but he chickened out! Phil was one of six male staff members who volunteered - and two of them changed their minds.  | | 'Pink people' raising money for charity |
Some of the men did turn up in the beauty salon and went through with having their legs waxed to support the charity. One of them has been promised around £90 in sponsorship. We did leg waxing in the first year of the course, so I have had a lot of practice, but I hadn't waxed a man's legs before. The guy I waxed said it didn't hurt - but I could tell by his face he was just trying to be manly! I dressed up in pink for the day - we all did - and it has been great fun. We went round earlier in the day with buckets asking for spare change, and sold cakes as well. They went really quickly. People have been spraying their hair pink; everybody has got involved.  | | Pink nail painting in progress! |
My mum had a lump in her breast a while ago. It turned out to be nothing serious, but the scare of that makes you realise how important this research is. We have raised over £500 already, with more money to come in.
FOR PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE THINK PINK EVENT, CLICK THE LINK ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE PAGE TO OPEN THE WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE GALLERY>> Photos in the gallery include, Rob King, head of faculty of Health & Humanities at West Suffolk College having his legs waxed, students and staff dressed in pink to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, students getting their hair dyed and having their nails painted pink and 'Pink winner' Rachel Hebditch from Sudbury, who won a £10 prize as the best `pink person' in a head to toe pink outfit! | 
