IFCC to Host the First “World Cancer Day” Charity Golf Tournament
An appointment that will start at 9:00 am, framed within the international commemoration of this disease…
The III Annual Charity Golf Tournament in Aid of IFCC Renamed as Helen Watson Memorial
This event, sponsored by the Consell Insular d’Eivissa and the Santa Eulària des Riu Town Hall, will take place on 11th May 2024.
Ibiza Hikes Station Celebrates a Hike and Mountain Clean-Up for IFCC on Sunday, 10th December
Those interested in participating in this route, which will start from the dirt parking area of Santa Agnès, must have experience in “long-distance hiking” and “good physical fitness”
Ibiza Hikes Station celebrates on Sunday, 10th December, “Hike to Clean & Help IFCC”, a charity hike in support of the Association Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer (IFCC), with the aim of “supporting the work of this local NGO, which seeks to improve the quality of life of cancer patients in the Pityusic Islands,” explained the founder of Ibiza Hikes Station, Manuel Ehrensperger. The hike will start at 10:00 hours from the dirt parking area of Santa Agnès de Corona. The initiative’s goal is also to “clean one of the most unknown and hard-to-reach mountain areas of the island,” hence the organizers emphasize the need for participants to have “experience in long hikes“, as well as “good physical fitness” and be “capable of walking, at least for an hour, with a full bag of rubbish.” The Sant Antoni de Portmany Town Hall will collaborate by providing bags and gloves and removing the rubbish through the municipal waste collection service. The hike, of high difficulty and lasting the entire morning, will also feature the participation of the Councillor for Environment, Beaches, Cleaning and Animal Welfare of Sant Antoni de Portmany, Pepita Torres. Those interested in collaborating in this initiative can do so by calling 648 182 989 and making a donation starting from 10 euros.
Ibiza Hikes Station recommends bringing good sports footwear, sun protection, rain protection, water, and some snacks or fruit. Pets and children’s attendance are not allowed. “With this hike, we want to promote a healthy lifestyle, discover new enclaves of the island of Ibiza and clean some of the hard-to-reach coastal areas,” Manuel Ehrensperger clarified, who added that he created Ibiza Hikes Station “as a therapy to combat stress and a sedentary lifestyle.” “Good habits, exercise, and proper nutrition are necessary to combat any disease,” he emphasized.
Association Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer
The Association Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer, IFCC, has been supporting cancer patients in Ibiza and Formentera for 22 years by funding treatments, medical supplies, or informational brochures for cancer prevention. In the last decade, it has donated a total of 26 state-of-the-art reclining chairs for the oncology patients of Can Misses Hospital, along with five televisions with built-in headphones for the chemotherapy room, and has funded the launch of the first colon and breast cancer screening project in the Pityusic Islands. IFCC has also funded, thanks to donations from its numerous members and the charity events it organizes, the decoration of the oncology nursing consultation and the Palliative Care Unit consultation, the acquisition of an endoscope for the Formentera Hospital, as well as several cars for this Palliative Care Unit. This NGO has also published informational brochures for the Oncology Day Hospital, with recommendations for patients undergoing chemotherapy, breast surgery, and ostomy treatments.
Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza is hosting a sports day to raise awareness about breast cancer during Pinktober®.
‘Stronger Together’ is the name of this event, set to take place on Saturday, 21st October, featuring a masterclass by fitness influencer Nieves Bolós
The event will also include other activities such as a charity raffle, giving away two pink guitars and a three-month pass to the Body Rock® gym
‘Stronger Together’ is the title of this year’s event hosted by Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza as part of their Pinktober® initiative, a breast cancer awareness campaign promoted by the Hard Rock International group. This year, they’re proposing a sports day in support of the Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer Association, IFCC. The entry donation for this event, running from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm on Saturday, 21st October, is 10 euros per person and includes a ticket for the charity raffle that will take place after the activities conclude. All proceeds will go directly to this Pitiusan NGO, and registrations can be made via the Hard Rock and Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza websites.
The psychologist, coach, and personal trainer, Nieves Bolós, will kick off the day with a masterclass. This renowned fitness influencer, specialising in nutrition and body recomposition, will guide attendees through a sports session drawn from her training and coaching programmes. These programmes aim to help individuals achieve their goals in a “healthy and unrestricted” manner, as reported by the event organisers. Following this, the Bfit Ibiza Sports Club will offer a Total Body Conditioning session. The sports activities will conclude with a stretching and “cool-down” session led by the professionals from OWN Fitness Studio, the team of personal trainers from Body Rock®, the gym at Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza.
The charity raffle, which this year will give away two pink guitars, one acoustic and one electric, as well as a three-month pass to the Body Rock® gym, will be the crowning touch to this charitable event. Attendees can purchase as many tickets as they wish throughout the day at a cost of one euro each.
Furthermore, in the dining areas of Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza, limited edition pink cocktails will be on offer, along with a special dessert, the pink cheesecake from TATEL Ibiza. For this occasion, the hotel also features pink Balinese beds around its pools.
All the money raised will also be donated to IFCC, which has been supporting cancer patients in Ibiza and Formentera for 22 years. This support includes funding treatments, providing medical supplies for the Can Misses Hospital, covering services not reached by the Social Security in the Pitiusas, and designing and printing informational brochures and materials for prevention against this disease.
About Hard Rock®
Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognised companies, with venues in 68 countries encompassing 253 locations that include hotels, casinos, Rock Shops®, live performance venues, and owned or licensed cafés. HRI also launched a joint venture named Hard Rock Digital in 2020, an online sports betting platform, retail sports betting, and internet gaming. Starting with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world’s largest and most valuable collection of authentic music memorabilia, with over 86,000 pieces, displayed at its locations worldwide. In 2021, Hard Rock was honoured as one of Forbes magazine’s top employers for diversity, as one of the top employers for women, and as the top employer in the travel and leisure, gaming, and entertainment industry. Hard Rock has also been designated as the best-managed company in the U.S. by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal and was named the top-performing hotel brand in J.D. Power’s North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study for the fourth consecutive year in 2022. The brand is owned by HRI’s parent entity, The Seminole Tribe of Florida. For more information about Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com or shop.hardrock.com.
About Palladium Hotel Group
Palladium Hotel Group is a Spanish hotel chain with over 50 years of experience, owned by Grupo Empresas Matutes (GEM). The group operates more than 40 hotels and over 13,000 rooms, spread across seven countries: Spain, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Italy, Brazil, and the United States, managing 10 brands: TRS Hotels, Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts, Palladium Hotels, Palladium Boutique Hotels, Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, Ushuaïa Unexpected Hotels, Only YOU Hotels, BLESS Collection Hotels, the Hard Rock Hotels brand under license with three hotels in Ibiza, Tenerife, and Marbella, and the ephemeral brand 45 Times Square Hotel. Palladium Hotel Group is known for its philosophy of attention to its human team and offering its customers a high level of quality in its products and services.
Linus Roth will pay tribute to Helen Watson, president of Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer, at the international festival ‘Ibiza Concerts’
This charitable event returns to the Cloister of the Dominican Convent of the Ibiza Town Hall with three concerts, from August 25 to 27 at 9:00 p.m., under the direction of this renowned violinist
Renowned violinist Linus Roth will pay tribute to the president of Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer, Helen Watson, at the 5th Edition of the International Festival ‘Ibiza Concerts’ to honor her selfless and tireless work at the head of this association, fighting to improve the care of cancer patients in the Pityusic Islands, as well as the prevention and early detection of all types of tumors. This festival will feature three charity concerts, which will be held in the Cloister of the Dominican Convent of the Ibiza Town Hall, in Dalt Vila at 9:00 p.m. The entire proceeds from the tickets, with a donation price of 25 euros per adult and 10 euros for children under 14, will go to the Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer Association, IFCC.
“Helen Watson was a great person, and I think the best way to remember her and to show how important she was to Ibiza is by performing a song in her honor,” Linus Roth has advanced.
The first concert will take place on August 25 under the title ‘Do You Love Brahms?’, with performances by Linus Roth and Marta Gallego on violin, Jennifer Stumm on viola, Raphaela Gromes on cello, and Sophie Pacini on piano. The following day, August 26, will be the turn of ‘Fandango’, a session in which Petrit Çeku will join on guitar, along with this repertoire of artists. The last day, corresponding to August 27, this international music meeting will be closed with the concert “The Four Seasons”, paying tribute to the illustrious composer Antonio Vivaldi, in a particular duet performed by Linus Roth on violin and Petrit Çeku on guitar, as a golden brooch to three days in which music and solidarity will be the protagonists.
Those interested in purchasing tickets for this classical music festival can do so at the box office of the venue, 30 minutes before the start of each performance, or online at the following link: https://www.ibizaconciertos.com/es/program-tickets
Linus Roth is one of the most fascinating classical violinists of his generation, traveling all over the world, playing on all continents with the most important orchestras as a soloist and in the most prestigious concert halls.
His latest recording with the London Symphony Orchestra received several awards, among which the German phonographic industry award stands out. Linus Roth is also a violin professor at the University of Augsburg, founder of the International Weinberg Society, and the Schwäbischer Frühling Festival in Germany.
Linus Roth plays the Stradivari “Dancla” 1703 violin, a loan from the L-Bank Baden-Württemberg.
The ‘Solidarity Hairdressers’ initiative returns this Sunday, May 21, to celebrate its tenth edition for the benefit of IFCC
This event will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will extend until 1:00 p.m. at the Parque de la Paz in Ibiza where 7 euros will be donated for each haircut
This Sunday, May 21, the initiative ‘Solidarity Hairdressers‘ comes back to life, celebrating its tenth edition at the Parque de la Paz in Ibiza. This day, organized by the Es Clot Neighborhood Association and directed by Pérez Hairdresser, will start at 10:00 a.m. and extend until 1:00 p.m., thanks to the participation of different hairdressers on the island who will provide their services for only 7 euros per haircut. All proceeds from this event will go to the Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer Association, IFCC.
Likewise, this gathering will feature an information stand from the Association and music to liven up the day, playing while the hairdressers cut hair for all those who are encouraged to attend. “It’s an event that each year has many participants, not only because of the charitable nature of this day, but also because the hairdressers who join this initiative are true professionals,” states IFCC President, Helen Watson, who wanted to thank the Es Clot Neighborhood Association and Pérez Hairdresser for choosing IFCC once again as the beneficiary of this action. Watson has reminded that “spots are limited”.
In this edition, in addition to Pérez Hairdresser’s contribution as the director of this initiative, PostQuam Professional, Barber Shop Ibiza, and Patricia Clapés, among other professionals, are participating.
In the past edition, this meeting had more than 200 visitors thanks to the effort of the hairdressers, volunteers, and workers of the Ibiza Town Hall, who were in charge of the assembly, and who this year will return to make the tenth edition of ‘Solidarity Hairdressers’ a reality in which its organizers hope that “so many people will attend”.
IFCC, 22 years alongside cancer patients of the Pityusic Islands and their families
The Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer Association, IFCC, has spent 22 years supporting cancer patients in Ibiza and Formentera by funding treatments, medical supplies, or informational brochures for cancer prevention. In the last decade, it has donated a total of 26 state-of-the-art reclining chairs for oncology patients at Can Misses Hospital, along with five televisions with built-in headphones for the chemotherapy room. IFCC has also funded, thanks to the donations from its numerous members and the charitable events it organizes, the decoration of the oncology nursing consultation room and the Palliative Care Unit consultation room, the acquisition of an endoscope for the Formentera Hospital, the implementation of a colon cancer and lymphedema screening project in the Pityusic Islands, in addition to several cars for this Palliative Unit. This NGO has also edited the informational brochures of the Oncology Day Hospital, with recommendations for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment, breast surgery, and ostomates.
Former footballer Robert Pirès will referee this Saturday’s charity match organised by Morna International College in aid of IFCC
This charity event will be open to the public at the Sant Jordi Sports Club from 10:00 to 18:00 for a donation price of 5 euros
IFCC celebrates a solidarity walk this Sunday, February 5 to commemorate World Cancer Day
This initiative for all audiences will serve to raise funds to improve the quality of life of cancer patients in the Pitiusas
The Ibiza and Formentera Association Against Cancer, IFCC, celebrates this Sunday, February 5 at 10:30 a.m. a new solidarity walk in commemoration of World Cancer Day and to raise funds to improve the quality of life of patients with cancer. It is a moderate route of about 8 kilometers that will start from the Palacio de Congresos de Santa Eulària des Riu and will last approximately two and a half hours. “To participate is very simple, you just have to text or call 666 991 336 or register at the following link https://old.ibizacancer.com/en/events/solidarity-walk/“, they have pointed out from IFCC.
“It is a simple route in which we will enjoy the views that surround Ses Roquetes, across Niu Blau and Cala Pada beaches until we reach S’Argamassa, where we can see the remains of the ancient Roman aqueduct that was part of an extensive hydraulic system dating from the first century AD. made up of wells, fountains and water channels built by the different inhabitants of the island over time”, assured the treasurer of the Association, Berno Kiberd. “With this walk we want to continue raising awareness about cancer and raising funds to support patients and their families”, the IFCC volunteers pointed out, recalling that this event, in which pets are not allowed, is for adults of all ages who can register by making a simple donation from 5 euros.
The IFCC president, Helen Watson, added that “these solidarity marches are not only necessary because they serve to raise funds, but also to promote sports and outdoor activities, and help in the of prevention of cancer disease that we seek to eradicate ”
The theater group ‘Es Clot’ celebrates a solidarity performance for the benefit of IFCC on 17th September
This show for all audiences, which will take place in the Can Ventosa cultural space, will recreate everyday situations in society through various characters
The theater group ‘Es Clot’ will celebrate next Saturday, 17th September at 7:00 p.m. in the Can Ventosa cultural space, a one-hour solidarity performance for the benefit of the Ibiza and Formentera Association against Cancer, IFCC. This show for all audiences, under the title “Ay, mi Pepe!”, will recreate, through various characters, everyday situations such as presenting a complaint to the town hall, buying a second-hand car, going to a gynecological appointment or discussing the Disney female stereotype.
These comic scenes, directed by Xesús Ballesteros, are the first theatrical incursion of ‘Es Clot’ in Ibiza, thus giving life to this cultural proposal through various theatrical pieces “with the simple intention of making the viewer have a good time”.
Tickets, with a donation price of 12 euros, can now be purchased at the Es Clot Ibiza Neighborhood Association, from Ibiza and Formentera Association Against Cancer, whose contact address is the Royal Plaza Hotel, or at Pérez Peluqueros, located at number 3, Calle Baleare in Ibiza.
The president of Ibiza and Formentera Association Against Cancer, Helen Watson, wanted to thank the actors in this play for their enthusiasm, effort and solidarity and has invited the entire society of the island to attend this theatrical meeting which, she affirms, will be “entertaining and perfect to spend an afternoon with the family, while supporting a good cause”. For its part, the theater group has also wanted to thank different neighbors for their donations for the play, “because without them it would not be possible”, they say, specifying “our thanks to Toni for lending us the sofa, to Joan for making the solidarity tickets, to our families for putting up with us these months and to all of you for joining us on our first theatrical adventure. Pepita, va per tu”, they proclaim from ‘Es Clot’.
IFCC, 21 years together with the Islands cancer patients and their families
The Ibiza and Formentera Association Against Cancer, IFCC, donated in 2019 a total of 16 new state-of-the-art reclining armchairs for cancer patients at the Hospital de Can Misses, which are added to the 10 that it already paid for in 2016, along with five televisions with built-in headphones for the chemotherapy room. An Association that has financed, furthermore, thanks to the donations of its many members and the charity events organized, the decoration of the oncology nursing consultation and the Unit consultation of Palliative Care, the acquisition of an endoscope for the Formentera Hospital, a pilot project for colon cancer screening in the Island and the hiring of a physiotherapist for the Lymphedema Unit, directed by Dr. Sausan Sayed, in addition to several cars for the Palliative Care Unit. This NGO has also published, the informative brochures of the Oncology Day Hospital, with recommendations for patients in chemotherapy treatment, breast surgery and ostomized.
El festival internacional ‘Ibiza Concerts’ regresa a Ibiza del 26 al 28 de agosto con tres conciertos solidarios a beneficio de IFCC
Estos eventos musicales, que comenzarán a las 21:00 horas, estarán dirigidos por el célebre violinista Linus Roth en el Claustro del Convento de los Dominicos del Ayuntamiento de Eivissa
El reconocido violinista Linus Roth volverá a Ibiza del 26 al 28 de agosto para dirigir la IV Edición del Festival Internacional ‘Ibiza Concerts’ con tres conciertos solidarios que se celebrarán en el Claustro del Convento de los Dominicos del Ayuntamiento de Eivissa, en Dalt Vila, a las 21:00 horas. Este encuentro con la música clásica será benéfico y la recaudación íntegra de las entradas, con un precio donativo de 20 euros por adulto y de 10 euros para los niños menores de 14 años, irá destinada a la Asociación Ibiza y Formentera Contra el Cáncer, IFCC.
El primer concierto, que tendrá lugar el 26 agosto bajo el título ‘Reinicio’, será un dueto de Linus Roth al violín y de Julien Quentin al piano. Al día siguiente, el 27 de agosto, será el turno de la sesión conocida como ‘Todo Beethoven’, una actuación a cargo del Cuarteto Schumann, de Julien Quentin al piano y de Linus Roth al violín, quien homenajeará a dicho artista alemán, conocido por ser uno de los compositores más importantes de la historia de la música. Por último, el 28 de agosto, se cerrará este festival con el concierto ‘Desde París con amor’ de la mano de Linus Roth, Julien Quentin y Cuarteto Schumann, para deleitar al público con piezas románticas y repletas de delicadeza.
La presidenta de la Asociación de Ibiza y Formentera Contra el Cáncer, Helen Watson, ha destacado que “estamos muy agradecidos a Linus Roth por su apoyo a nuestra Asociación durante todos estos años y por su puesta en valor el trabajo que llevamos desempeñando desde hace más de 21 apoyar a los pacientes con cáncer de las Pitiusas”. “Para él las acciones que impulsamos de prevención contra esta enfermedad y de ayuda directa son muy importantes y para nosotros que artistas de su nivel estén a nuestro lado nos hace más fuertes, de hecho, su música es realmente terapéutica”, ha concluido.
Todos aquellos interesados en adquirir las entradas para este festival de música clásica de forma online ya pueden hacerlo en el siguiente link: https://www.ibizaconciertos.com/program-tickets
IFCC, 21 años junto a los pacientes de cáncer de las Pitiusas y sus familias
La Asociación Ibiza y Formentera Contra el Cáncer, IFCC, donó en 2019 un total de 16 nuevos sillones reclinables de última generación para los pacientes oncológicos del Hospital de Can Misses, que se suman a los 10 que ya sufragó en 2016, junto con cinco televisores con auriculares incorporados para la sala de quimioterapia. Una Asociación que ha financiado, además, gracias a las donaciones de sus numerosos socios y a los eventos benéficos que organiza, la decoración de la consulta de enfermería oncológica y de la consulta de la Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos, la adquisición de un endoscopio para el Hospital de Formentera, un proyecto piloto de cribado del cáncer de colon en las Pitiusas o la contratación de un fisioterapeuta para la Unidad de Linfedema, que dirige la doctora Sausan Sayed, además de varios coches para esta Unidad de Paliativos. Esta ONG ha editado, por otro lado, los folletos informativos del Hospital de Día Oncológico, con recomendaciones para pacientes en tratamiento de quimioterapia, de cirugía de mama y ostomizados.
Estos son solo algunos de los hechos tangibles logrados por esta Asociación que lleva más de 21 años al lado de los pacientes con cáncer en Ibiza y en Formentera y de sus familias.
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