AN East Belfast teenager is heading up a campaign to raise awareness and funds for a leukaemia charity.
19-year-old Strathern Grammar School student Emma Murphy, who lost her school friend Catherine Buchanan to leukaemia in 2013, is encouraging people to take to social media by using the hashtag #99RedBalloons to support blood cancer charity, Leukaemia & Lymphoma.
The year-long #99RedBalloons campaign hopes to raise awareness for the cause while simultaneously raising money for the charity’s work.
Pic: Elaine Hill
99 people are diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma every month in Northern Ireland.
A bench in Catherine’s memory, donated by her parents, sits in the grounds of Strathearn.
To donate to the charity, text BALL06 £5 to 70070.Â
For more information, please visit www.leukaemiaandlymphomani.org.Â
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