"I began this fight because my significant other has been afflicted with breast cancer and survived. Through my experience with this local Affiliate, I have worked with many who collectively have a mission and a goal to help make a difference. This thing called breast cancer does not discriminate - it affects us all."
Helping Us > Fundraising > Passionately Pink for the Cure®
More than the color for breast cancer awareness, pink represents the promise between two sisters
to find a cure for breast cancer. That promise started Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and ignited
the passion of millions to create a world without breast cancer.
Have you ever seen the Capitol dome turn pink? You will on the evenings of October
19th, 20th and 21st as part of the Passionately Pink for the Cure® campaign in honor of National
Breast Cancer Awareness month. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Madison Affiliate's 10th Anniversary
celebration has Madison turning pink from the Capitol to Camp Randall and many points around town.
1. Passionately Pink for the Cure® is the national awareness and
fundraising campaign held on Friday October 19th, 2007. Businesses,
corporations, friends & family, social & religious groups, schools, anyone in our community
can register online, http://www.komendonations.org/site/TR/Events/KomenTR?pg=entry&fr_id=1040
for their free participation kit, then make a personal minimum $5 donation and wear PINK for the day.
The kit includes:
• Posters to promote their day
• Participation booklets
• Breast health information
• Passionately Pink for the Cure® pins
2. Madison is Painting the Town Pink! Komen Madison will help light your
building, or storefront PINK as part of the awareness campaign. Get your lighting kit at Orange Tree Imports 1721 Monroe Street. Call for hours: 608.255.8211. For more information email: komenmadison@gmail.com. [ More Information on the Lighting Kit ]
3. Wear pink- get a free Pink Ribbon Bagel®! All five Madison area Panera Bread® bakery-cafes have joined the Passionately Pink for the Cure® campaign by offering a FREE Pink Ribbon Bagel for anyone coming in wearing pink on Friday, October 19. Additionally, Panera will continue to donate twenty-five cents for each Pink Ribbon Bagel sold during October, including each one given away on October 19.
4. Continue the Pink Party at the UW Volleyball game on Sunday, October 21, as the Badger women take on Penn State for one of the biggest games of the season! It is also Susan G. Komen for the Cure day. American Transmission Company will donate $.50 for each fan in attendance at the match. Help us sell out the Field House!
The $1 tickets can only be purchased online and they have to be purchased by October 20 at Noon. Below are the instructions on how to get the $1 tickets.
1. Go to www.uwbadgers.com
2. On the left-hand column, hold your mouse over "Ticket Office" so a side menu comes up.
3. From the side menu, choose "Order Tickets."
4. Once on the "Order Tickets" page, choose "Presales/Promotions" from the top of the page.
5. On the next page, enter the promotional code GOPINK.
6. After you do this, the October 21 match will pop up and you can click on it and choose the number of tickets you would like.
If you have any questions regarding the promotional code or the $1 tickets, please contact Sarah Adams in the Wisconsin Athletic Ticket Office at (608) 262-6017.
5. Additional ways to support our cause! Wednesday, October 17th Wacoal - Fit for the Cure at Macy's Hilldale. No purchase is necessary for the affiliate to receive a donation for each fitting. If a Wacoal or Donna Karan intimate is purchased, the affiliate will receive $2 for each item. For advance sales, fittings or to schedule an appointment for that day, call 608-232-2460. You are also welcome to walk-in that day. Additional Wacoal Fit for the Cure days are November 15th at Boston Store East Towne Mall and November 16th at Boston Store West Towne Mall. Whole Foods Market is selling pink reusable shopping bags for $2 with $1 of every bag sold going to the Madison Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Save your Pink Yoplait Yogurt lids from now until December 2007. When you mail them in Yoplait will donate .10¢ per lid up to $1.5 million. General Mills' Pink for the Cure products are available at various Grocery Retailers. Purchase any of the several Pink for the Cure products and Komen will receive $2 million (while quantities last). Caribou Coffee will donate proceeds from each bag of Amy's Blend coffee sold to Komen to honor the life of Amy Erickson a member of their roasting family who lost her life to breast cancer at the age of 33. The Diamond Center has designed a special "Survivor Pendant". Twenty five percent of the profits will be donated to the Madison Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
6. Look and listen for local promotion thanks to Adams Outdoor Advertising, Madison Magazine, channel3000.com, Abella Audio, Full Compass, Midwest Family Network, Entercom, La Movida, Voz Latina, UW Athletics, and Panera Bread Company. Our partners are helping us promote "Painting the Town Passionately Pink" and ensurung that our messages of saving lives and finding a cure for breast cancer are seen and heard.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Madison Affiliate
Ellen Richter, Board Fundraising Chair, (608) 233-2470
Michelle Heitzinger, Executive Director, (608) 836-1083, michelle@komenmadison.org