UAE Oct 3rd – Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa by Anantara will once again be dedicating the month of October to raising awareness and funds for Breast Cancer through a variety of leisure, dining and sporting activities running throughout the entire month of October. The activities have been created exclusively to support cancer patients and survivors, raise awareness of the disease and raise funds for Pink Caravan, a UAE basedcharitable organisation working towards spreading awareness of breast cancer through education. Mrs Sharon Garrett-Otter, Area Director of Marketing & Communications for Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas said, “We are incredibly proud to be hosting such a diverse number of fund raising activities at Eastern Mangroves throughout the month of October. Whilst raising funds for cancer research is important, education on symptoms, preventive medicine, food choices as well as leading a healthy and active lifestyle is very important. She continued: We are particularly thrilled to be working with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank this year on our Ladies Luncheon under the Patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Hissa bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, which will showcase the latest statistics and need to know information from medical professionals, as well as valuable insights from a panel of survivors who will share their own, highly emotional first hand experiences. We will continue to champion the importance of screening and detection and are also delighted to be working closely with the team at Pink Caravan to educate the women of our community.” The majestic Eastern Mangroves landmark will be illuminated pink for all of the passing traffic to see for the entire month. Hotel guests will have the chance tomake donations starting from AED5, for a pink leaf with a handwritten message which can be placed on the Tree of Hope in the hotel lobby from 1st to 10th October. Designed to encourage guests to share messages of hope for the future or for their loved ones on the tree, the tree symbolises Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa's collaborative efforts with its partner, ADCB in raising awareness of a worthy cause. Commencing withthe ADCB Anantara Ladies Luncheon, an exclusive ladies' only late lunch being hosted at the Eastern Mangroves Ballroom on Wednesday 2nd October by Dubai Eye's Suzanne Radford, guests had the opportunity to meet with medical practitionersfor medical advice as well as several cancer survivors to hear their inspirational stories for AED200++ per person, of which AED100 will go to Pink Caravan. Guests can enjoy a delicious menu of dishes containing antioxidant ingredients, hand crafted by the hotel chefs for this special occasion, as well as receiving gift bags with donations from Elemis, Mountain High ME and Anantara pink crystal charity pins. For those adventurous spirits looking to raise money by being active, a guided Kayak excursion will be hosted in the Mangroves on Friday 4th October. Sponsored by Sea Hawk Water Sports, Anantara and Mountain High ME, families are encouraged to take part in the‘Pink Paddle' excursion wearing pink, for AED150++ for adults and AED 130++ for children from 9am – 11am to show their support of the cause. (AED50 will be donated to Pink Caravan) For foodies, the Big Brunch goes Pink every Friday throughout the month of October, with a special Pink package at AED 280++ including Pink Italian sparkling, house cocktails, spirits, red/white and hops. A percentage of proceeds will benefit Pink Caravan. Art lovers will be delighted to know that AmirahAlsaiari and Jack Lee will join together to showcase their artworks for the October Anantara Art Series event taking place Friday 11th to Saturday 26th October titled “Malameh”. A special VIP Cocktail reception will be held on Thursday 10th October to kick off the two week exhibition with 20% of proceeds from artwork sales being donated to Pink Caravan. For bookings and further information contact: 971 (2) 656 1000 or email:easternmangroves@anantara.com
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