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Social Awareness
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| Pink Squirt for Young Survival Coalition |
A limited amount of special pink Squirt was produced in support of the fight against breast cancer. Part of the profit was donated to YSC. Young Survival Coalition (YSC) is the premier international organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women and breast cancer. YSC works with survivors, caregivers and the medical, research, advocacy and legislative communities to increase the quality and quantity of life for women diagnosed with breast cancer ages 40 and under.
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| Squirt supports CHOC |
CHOC is a voluntary organisation contributing to the well being of children with cancer and life threatening blood disorders, and their families.Funds raised are applied to directly benefit the children and their families, and also support those involved in the treatment of these most serious illnesses.
The goal of this dedicated group is to improve the welfare and quality of care for children with cancer.
The organisation provides direct practical help to children with cancer, from diagnosis onwards, recognising the inevitable disruption to family life when a child faces vigorous and often lengthy treatment.
The name CHOC (an abbreviation of Childrens Haematology Oncology Clinics) was used by the first local parent group, established in 1979. In 2000 a new national organisation was formed, linking parent groups in all parts of the country.
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Ralph Mills & Chris Sochanski on the 2009 (their third) Cape Epic fund raising for CHOC. See their involvement with CHOC.
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| ENVIRONMENT |
Being a wax/water emulsion Squirt lube is the only dry lube that does not contain a solvent, and as a result is more environmentally friendly than the others. Squirt has also been proven to exceed maximum biodegradablility criteria and brakes down 80% in 28 days, 25% better than the required limit.
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| Involvement |
Squirt lube was born out of the desire to improve the cycling experience, and although cycling is our passion, we live in South Africa, and we also have a passion for the country and it's people, therefor we try to do our little bit to improve their lives, and protect the environment. If our contribution can contribute to get more young people from a disadvantaged background on a bike, to help develop role models from those communities, and thereby make it more acceptable to ride a bike everyday, we have succeeded. At this stage our contribution is limited to mostly product support, but we also try and help with networking and our own efforts where we can.
Social awareness / development:
We support the following teams, events and projects:
- Acsis professional cycling team & Life Cycling Academy, Velo Khaya , and also the Knysna Sport School's development cycling program (development meaning for people from previously disadvantaged communities).
- Chrysalis Academy
- Freedom Trail
- Tour d'Afrique,
(including donation of a bicycle for health workers in Africa).
- 50 mile ride for Project Rwanda
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+ 27 (0) 83 459 4548
+ 27 (0) 86 611 5499
