For more than 30 years, The Hourglass Foundation has been raising funds on Christmas day to financially assist various charities, by organizing a champagne party in the Dockyard.
Last year they’ve raised enough support for “Breast Friends, Women in Touch” a cancer support and awareness group in Antigua and Barbuda, to facilitate a lymphedema care specialist from Florida to come to Antigua to conduct a seminar as well as a three (3) day Lymphedema Clinic. Lymphedema is a potential side effect of breast cancer. It is the swelling of the arm, and hand that occurs in some women after breast cancer surgery and radiation therapy. This condition is very serious and requires specialized treatment. They expect to now be in a position to set up our own in person training camp here in Antigua, since we already have 2 enthusiastic ladies with a certain amount of medical experience.
Our Florida expert friend has offered to provide the training, so, in the very near future, we soon hope to be able to have our own and only lymphedema center in this part of the Caribbean. Wouldn’t that be great!
Party starts at midday, music by Gigi and The High Tempo Band.