Celebrating 11 Years of Strip and Dip in 2024 - Wicklow Saturday 8th June 2024 in aid of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie!
Spearheaded by Dee Featherstone, Founder, Strip and Dip – Mobile 087 263 7326
Jimmy Norman, Aoibheann’s Pink Tie – Mobile 086 8496658
Aileen Eglington, AE Consulting – Mobile 087 2505007
Up to 1,000 women from all around Ireland are expected, to bare all and brave the cold Wicklow waters in aid of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie, Ireland’s Childrens’ Cancer Charity!
A huge thank you to all our First Responders, Stewards, Photographers, The Arklow Bay Hotel, M&F Leonard Coaches and to Wayne, the only man allowed on the beach!
And, of course, to all the Dippers!
A word from Dee Featherstone to set the scene for 2024… “The accumulated fundraising over the last 10 YEARS is now €1.17 million and counting! With these funds we have supported buying and renovating a house in Crumlin, Aoibheann’s Lighthouse, which is used for families who receive the devastating news that their child has cancer and need a place to stay while their child is undergoing treatment. This beautiful house is a respite for families travelling from outside Dublin and has an ‘Aoibheann’s Lighthouse’ sign outside to remind everyone what a beacon of light and hope Aoibheann Pink Tie is to families going through the worst times imaginable. Aoibheann’s Pink Tie is the national children’s cancer charity, and its main goal is to offer practical support to families going through childhood cancer. The team in Aoibheann’s Pink Tie are earth angels – just ask any of the many families who they have helped! I look forward to our 11th Dip being a huge success on Saturday 8th June, and raising even more funds.”
Where: South of Wicklow Town – The beautiful & secluded Magheramore Beach
Women Only!
When: Saturday 8th June 2024
Time: 12.00pm.
Why: Fundraiser for www.aoibheannspinktie.ie – celebrating 11 years!
Over 1,000 ladies expected to attend!
Website: www.stripanddip.ie
Meet HQ: Arklow Bay Hotel – with Shuttles to Beach
Breakfast 8am to 9am
At The Beach: Arrival from 11am – Dipping 1pm approx.
(Courtesy of The Press Up Hospitality Group
who have also facilitated our access yet again to Magheramore Beach)
Sea of Change Choir: 8.30am Arklow Bay Hotel – with special guests including Jimmy Norman, founder of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie!
The secret song for 2024 will be revealed!
Press Note: Due to the sensitivity of this event, and the requests of the participants, only female journalists/camera crew/photographers may have access.
For access, please contact Dee Featherstone (deefeatherstone1@gmail.com) or Aileen Eglington, AE Consulting 087 2505007 (aileen.eglington@aeconsult.ie)
Register: www.stripanddip.ie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StripAndDip23
Twitter: @AoibheannsPinkT
Background to the story of Strip and Dip – Now Celebrating 11 years in 2024 – in aid of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie
The Facts:
Over €1,177,294 raised for Aoibheann’s Pink Tie to date! The Million was hit in 2022. Twice in the Guinness Book of World Records
This is the 11th Strip and Dip to be held in Wicklow. The Strip and Dip started eleven years ago after Deirdre Featherstone was undergoing treatment for breast cancer and had a brainwave after her mastectomy to do something fun – and raise money for childhood cancer! The event itself has grown from 40 women in Year 1, to 2,500 women in Year 6 – a huge achievement. The event has appeared twice in the Guinness Book of World Records (2018 and 2021 for The Online Dip Challenge). As well as Strip & Dip, Dee Featherstone set up what started as “a bit of choral singing” and is now The Sea of Change Choir who appeared in the finals of Ireland’s Got Talent in 2019, at the EU Parliament in Brussels for World Cancer Day and received a standing ovation in the plenary room. They were also asked to represent Ireland as part of the WHO Worldwide Conference on Cervical Cancer the last 3 years.
Said founder and organiser, Dee Featherstone “There are a lot of women undertaking this who have been through cancer and of course lots of people who have been affected by it. With laughter, scars, dodgy boobs, or in a lot of cases only one or none, we would like to send a clear message that there is life after cancer and also raising awareness of how important it is for ladies to get checked. It’s a magical day for all involved and a closed format. Remember, only ladies allowed!”
Over 1,000 ladies are expected to do Strip and Dip this year now for the 11th time being organised via Deirdre’s blog www.kickingtheshiteoutofcancer.com and again this year she is raising much needed funds for Aoibheann’s Pink Tie - Ireland’s National Children’s Cancer Charity – with over €1,2000,000 expected to be raised for www.aoibheannspinktie.ie. Donations would be greatly appreciated and can be made on www.idonate.ie/stripanddip
Further information: Aileen Eglington, AE Consulting:
E: aileen.eglington@aeconsult.ie M: 00 353 87 2505007
Contact details: Dee Featherstone
E: deefeatherstone1@gmail.com M: 00 353 87 263 7326
