Golf Ibiza celebrates this Saturday, April 2, the first annual charity tournament for the benefit of Ibiza and Formentera against Cancer

IFCC are grateful for this sports initiative that will serve to support cancer patients in the Pitiusas

Golf Ibiza will celebrate this Saturday, April 2 at 09:00 a.m. the first annual charity golf tournament for the benefit of Ibiza and Formentera against Cancer, IFCC. This tournament, for which there are only two places available, is sponsored by the Consell Insular d’Eivissa and the Santa Eulalia del Río City Council, and will feature five prizes in categories A (first and second), B (first and second ) and Scratch.

During the day, junior golfers will also compete, refreshments provided and a raffle will be held with gifts, all  donated by various sponsors.

The president of the Association of Ibiza and Formentera Against Cancer, Helen Watson, wanted to thank the effort involved in carrying out actions like this, “which allow you to enjoy a day of solidarity, practicing a healthy sport in the open air, such as golf, while raising funds to continue supporting cancer patients in the Pitiusas”.

IFCC, 21 years together with the Pitiusas 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 Can Misses Hospital, in addition 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 also financed, thanks to the donations of its many 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 Hospital of Formentera, a pilot project for colon cancer screening in the Pitiusas or the hiring of a physiotherapist for the Lymphedema Unit, directed by Dr. Sausan Sayed, in addition to several cars for this Palliative Unit. IFCC has published,  information brochures of the Oncology Day Hospital, with recommendations for patients undergoing chemotherapy, breast surgery and ostomy patients.

These are just some of the tangible deeds achieved by this Association that has spent more than 21 years alongside cancer patients in Ibiza and Formentera and their families.