Pink October 2024 at the Institut Curie: take part in the 20,000 pouches for Curie challenge

To mark the 2024 edition ofPink October, the Institut Curie is launching a new creative challenge: French men and women are invited to create their own pouch. Pouches, small or large, phone pouches, medicine pouches, bazaar pouches... Let your talent and imagination guide you, and create with your own hands this small object, which symbolizes the fight against breast cancer and the support given to patients close to us.

This year, theInstitut Curie is organizing the 20,000 pouches for Curie operation: until September 25, 2024, participants are invited to make their own personalized pouch, and mail it to the Institute (at the following address: Institut Curie - Direction de la communication 70, rue Mouffetard 75005 Paris). You can also share your work on social networks with the keyword #20000pochettespourCurie.

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" After a resounding success in 2023 and a challenge that was well surpassed, the Institut Curie is once again honoring the creation and crafting of pouches as part of its Pink October 2024 mobilization. Make-up pouches, travel pouches, sweet note pouches... these useful, comforting, often autographed and hopeful items are particularly appreciated by patients treated at the Institut Curie. These pouches can be made from any possible material, although preference is given to materials of natural and recycled origin ", explains theInstitut Curie on its website.

Each pouch created and sent to the Institute will be donated to patients suffering from this disease. Every year, breast cancer affects around 60,000 more women. While cures are frequent and survival rates high, relapses are still possible. The Institut Curie therefore hopes to collect 20,000 home-made pouches to support those women still affected by the disease.

Zip or button, fabric, wool, beads... You'll need all the tools you can get your hands on to create the most beautiful pouch that will give patients a boost this year. To your tools!