| Dominick's Season of Giving Includes the Award of Grants for ...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 14 PRNewswire — Dominick's Finer Foods awarded grants for breast cancer research, supportive services, awareness and treatment from the $410,000, it raised during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. These grants were awarded in conjunction with Dominick's month-long season of giving this December. Organizations benefiting from the 2006 Dominick's breast cancer awareness fundraising campaign, include: the American Cancer Society; Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization; the IL Department of Human Services; Cook County Bureau of Health Services; Chicago Center for Health Systems Development; local hospitals with breast cancer programs as well as county health departments (DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will) in the Chicagoland area. The largest portion of funds raised will go to research, including a $100,000 grant to the American Cancer Society.
A palette of causes
This Christmas, AIDS activists want consumers to see red. RedIPods.Red Emporio Armani watches. Red Gap clothing. Even red Motorola cell phones.
Thanks to a campaign designed to associate AIDS relief with the color red, consumers can buy any of these products and see a portion of proceeds go to fighting the AIDS pandemic in Africa through the Global Fund, an organization that helps fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide.
The campaign illustrates a growing trend of using one color to market nonprofit advocacy initiatives. Other such campaigns use pink to advocate for breast cancer awareness and research support, green to support the environment and purple to oppose domestic violence.
Rock singer Bono of U2 spawned the idea of calling the AIDS initiative (PRODUCT)RED or (RED).
10-5 Save Lives a Success for Contours
During October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Contours Express and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation launched a fundraiser in an effort to raise money for breast cancer research and after the counting they raised $50,000! The Contours Express in Destin and Crestview were part of the more than 80 Contours Express clubs and 10,000 members who participated nationwide to raise money for the Foundation in their charge to find a cure and further educate women about the benefits exercise has in combating and recovering from breast cancer. "From research that The Breast Cancer Research Foundation has funded, we know that exercise is an important component of warding off breast cancer," said Myra Biblowit, president of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. "Contours Express advocates strength-training exercise, community and education among their members and we're thankful that they chose our organization to be a part of their successful outreach." During Breast Cancer Awareness month, hundreds of initiatives are launched in an effort to raise millions of dollars in the fight against breast cancer.
Select Gowns Creates SoftTouch Mammography Exami-Gowns to ...
Select Gowns features SoftTouch Mammography gowns, OB/Gyn gowns, MRI gowns and other hospital gowns that are great for hospitals and clinics that emphasize patient care and comfort. (PRWEB) November 29, 2006 -- Select Gowns (www.selectgownsinc.com), an authorized distributor of Exami-Gowns, recently announced its line of SoftTouch Mammography tops and capes. The capes, available in a variety of sizes, are made of an exclusive pink-ribbon fabric, designed to symbolize National Breast Cancer Awareness. .
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