SunSmart Week

SunSmart Week : 2012 onwards

The Health Sponsorship Council (HSC), Cancer Society of New Zealand and Melanoma Foundation of New Zealand have jointly decided that 2011 was the last year to run SunSmart Week. Instead of focusing on one particular week all three organisations will run activities from September to April throughout the country.

SunSmart Week has been running for around 15 years and it has helped generate an awareness of the issue of skin cancer in New Zealand. Thank you to all the organisations who have helped make this Week a huge success. We look forward to working with you in the years to come.

Visique SunSmart window display competition

A big thanks to all of the Visique stores around the country who entered the SunSmart window displays competition. It was a difficult decision for the judges to decide the winners, but the winners were…

1st Prize: Visique Shattky Waipukurau Optometrists

2nd Prize: Visique Greerton Optometrists

3rd Prize: Visique O’Hagan Optometrists

While the judges were very impressed with everyone’s displays and show of creativity, the winners were chosen because the judges felt that each of these displays conveyed every component of the Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap message.

Slip into some shade or a shirt

Slop on some broad-spectrum SPF30+ sunscreen

Slap on a hat

Wrap on a pair of sunglasses

Pharmacy Guild support SunSmart Week 2011

The Pharmacy Guild supported SunSmart Week 2011 by putting up window displays in their pharmacies across the country. Thanks to all of those pharmacies who participated especially Metro Pharmacy, Frankton Pharmacy and McNaughtons Pharmacy who sent in pictures of their window displays.

Metro Pharmacy                                                               Frankton Pharmacy

McNaughtons Pharmacy                                                     

Some other activites that occurred around the country during SunSmart Week 2011 included the Cancer Society activities that occurred throughout the country, such as the Cancer Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty Division’s Undercover Cody. Cody (the coolest SunSmart turtle) made an appearence, during SunSmart Week at events such as the Maunga Challenge.

Genesis Energy and the Cancer Society visited 11 kohanga reo and early childhood centres in Huntly, and provided each child with a SunSmart hat.

The Pharmacy Guild and Visique supported the Week by putting up window displays in their stores throughout the country.

The Melanoma Foundation of New Zealand Melanoma Information Evenings. These free events were organised in collaboration with the Cancer Society in New Plymouth and Wellington, and was open to the public and professionals.