In support of breast cancer awareness this October, NWK’s five silos were recently lit up in pink.
According to NWK, Suzanne Swanepoel, whose farm is located in Koster, North West, reached out to the company. She was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer at the age of 38. Two years later, she requested a local retail store to light up their silos pink, but her request was denied as the company had no support for the project.
However, places like Bodenstein (between Coligny and Ventersdorp), Gerdau, Blaauwbank (between Lichtenburg and Mahikeng) and Delareyville in North West decided to change their silos lights.
A beacon of hope for cancer survivors
The NWK manager of silo services worked perfectly with the team and electrical engineers to change the lights to pink Perspex and had to wait for the night to position the light silos accurately.
Jaco du Rand, the executive director at NWK, highlighted that lights serve as hope, courage and showing love and supports to those diagnosed with cancer.
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“The pink lights serve as a testimonial that behind every cancer diagnosis there is a cancer survivor, a family and a story of courage and perseverance. With this gesture, NWK commits itself to a culture of care and support. Together we can let hope shine,” he said.
On the other hand, Swanepoel explained how grateful she is for the love, hope, and support she got from her community and local retail stores and making her vision became known.
“I wanted to do something that would be visible to the entire community. Something that makes people stop for a moment and remind them that there are women and men in our town that fight, hope, and pray every day for the strength to tackle the day,” she said.
She noted that pink silos symbolise hope and encouragement for the people to understand something clearly, even on the darkest days, and have hope.
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