It’s for a frocking good cause…

If you’ve read my bio, then you know I wear jeans. A lot. Well…. this October that’s all going to change.

You see, I’ve signed myself up for Frocktober. There are no hard and fast rules about how you participate in this fundraising campaign in support of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF), but the basic idea is that you  wear a dress each day in October, and people can make a donation via your supporter page. Not too hard, surely! So I signed myself up…. and then counted how many dresses I own: FIVE.

Yep. Five. Cinco. FÜNF. Go. Panch. Vijf. Fem…… No matter what language you put it in, I’m still in trouble!

So I put out a call to my Facebook friends (many of whom are also friends in real life, fortunately!) and they’ve come to my rescue, offering to lend me dresses over the coming month.

I’ll try to take a picture each day of what I’m wearing. You can follow my progress most easily on my Facebook page, and I will do regular updates here, too.

Why Frocktober?

Well, in my job, I get to photograph women in beautiful dresses all the time. The transformation that happens with a little hair styling and makeup, followed by some good posing and photography is amazing. It’s beautiful and it’s fun. But ovarian cancer is anything but. It’s a disease that has no early detection test, and is often only picked up in its late stages…. and then the lives of the woman and those who love her are altered forever. Surgery and chemotherapy usually follow and, unfortunately, this cancer has a very low survival rate. The OCRF is working hard to develop early detection tests, but they receive no government funding, and medical research is expensive. Frocktober is a fun and easy way that ordinary everyday people like you and me can help.

So who’s in? I’d love you to join me! Click here to support my campaign, or visit the Frocktober page here to sign up for the challenge yourself.

 

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Andrea - A great cause Jen, well done and thank you! xxx

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