Highbury East paints the town pink for annual Breast Cancer awareness fundraiser

The eleventh annual Paint Highbury Pink filled the streets of Highbury East with fun music, dancing and freshly baked bread and cakes to raise money benefiting Breast Cancer Now on 20 October.

The final amount raised for this year’s event is still being counted. “[We] are overwhelmed by the support and generosity from our local community. [We] will post the final amount raised shortly. Thank you,” a post said in the Paint Highbury Pink online fundraiser.

The event was started by Michelle Lovell, who died of breast cancer in January 2017. Her friends and family continue what she started since her passing.

“It feels like it’s an honour to her,” Lovell’s husband, Andy Georgiou said.

The event was held outside of Mrs. Lovell’s Greengrocers which was owned by Lovell and is now run by her two daughters, according to Georgiou.

Last year the event raised ￡13,000 and even though this year’s event was smaller, it didn’t stop the “fun vibe and music,” according to Georgiou.