
Breakfasts hosted to give support
Oamaru had a tinge of pink yesterday.
Fat Sally's Bar and Restaurant and Del Mar restaurant hosted Pink Ribbon Breakfasts to raise money for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ.
More than 100 people in total dressed in their best pink outfit to attend the events.
Among those at Fat Sally's are (from left) Leigh Petrie, Kelly Roger, Fiona Murdoch, Tracey Burgess, Marion Milmine and Gaynor Milmine.
The amount raised was still being tallied.
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