Passionately Pink for the Cure™

You choose the date. You choose the outfit. You make the difference. An exciting new program of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure inspired by the passion and creativity of its supporters, Passionately Pink for the Cure™ kicks off at the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Participants can pick any day in October, make a $5 or more personal contribution to the Komen Foundation and wear pink to share the promise of finding a cure. For more information, click the link on the menu to the left.

Yoplait Save Lids to Save Lives®

Yoplait® is committed to the fight against breast cancer. And we know you are, too. So let’s work together. In 2006, you sent in more than 10 million lids. And for every pink Yoplait yogurt lid they received, they donated 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure through the Save Lids to Save Lives® program.
Help us reach our goal in 2007. Yoplait will donate up to $1.5 million and guarantee a donation of at least $500,000. Pink lids will begin to appear in store at the beginning of September 2007 and will remain on Yoplait yogurt products through the end of October 2007.
Working together, one lid at a time, we can get there. So, this is a chance for each of us to take part in the search for a cure. Doing your part couldn’t be easier.
Beginning in Fall 2008, look for the pink lids on packages of Yoplait® Original, Light, Thick and Creamy, Light Thick and Creamy, Whips!, and Yoplait Smoothies. Save them, wash them, and mail them in before December 31 2008.
Mail to:
Save Lids to Save Lives
P.O. Box 72716
Rockford MN 55572-7016

Rally For The Cure®

Rally For The Cure® is the first and largest national golf club program for breast cancer awareness, and it has now expanded to include tennis and other events. Since its inception, the goal has been to increase breast health awareness among amateur women golfers. A small registration fee entitles each Rally participant to enter a closest-to-the-pin contest, or other type of competition, at a designated par-3 hole. Breast health awareness materials from Komen for the Cure are distributed to every entrant, as well as the symbolic pink ribbon pin — one specially designed with a golf club for Rally participants. Rally awards the winner of each competitive contest a significant golf prize. All participants receive a full-year subscription to Golf for Women magazine. Consider adding a fund raising element to this awareness campaign to benefit the NC Triangle Affiliate and be sure to designate our Affiliate as the beneficiary of your event. The staff at Rally Headquarters will guide you. For information, visit www.rallyforacure.com

Bowl for the Cure®

The goal for Bowl for the Cure® is to raise funds for the Komen for the Cure while educating bowlers about breast cancer screening, treatment and support. USBC asks bowling leagues to designate one session of their choice as a Bowl for the Cure® event. Participating bowlers donate a minimum of a “penny per pin” (or more, if they wish) for their series bowled during the designated Bowl for the Cure® event.

Local bowling associations are also encouraged to team up with Komen Affiliates to conduct a Bowl for the Cure® event in their service area. For more information about Bowl for the Cure®, visit www.bowlforthecure.com. If you would like to plan a Bowl for the Cure event in the NC Triangle area, please let us know, and please be sure to designate the NC Triangle Affiliate as the beneficiary of your fundraising!

Host a Cook for the Cure® Dinner Party

Those who love to cook and entertain can also turn a dinner with friends or family into a dinner with a purpose, simply by asking ask each guest to make a donation to the Komen Foundation. KitchenAid and “Gourmet” magazine, with the help of celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay and Sara Moulton, have created a Home Dinner Party Kit complete with invitations, templates, menu suggestions, recipe and entertaining tips, plus an envelope and instructions for sending proceeds from parties directly to the Komen Foundation. For a free kit and more information, visit www.cookforthecure.com. Please remember to designate the NC Triangle Affiliate as the beneficiary of your event.

Many corporations partner with Susan G. Komen for the Cure on a national level and, as part of their commitment, support local Affiliates as well. There are also national partners who offer guides on how to develop a community event in your area such as Bowl for the Cure®, Rally for the Cure® and Cook for the Cure® listed below. To learn more about these and other programs go to Komen for the Cure Partners. If you have questions about starting an event, please contact our Affiliate office at 919-493-CURE(2873) or email admin@komennctriangle.org.