Quilt Pink Day
September 30, 2006
Saturday
Palmer, Alaska
32° at 6:30 a.m.
ground fog, sunny afternoon
11 hours, 32 minutes, 1 second of sunlight
- 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Sunrise 8:02 a.m. Sunset 7:34 p.m.
Quilt Pink Day, for Breast Cancer Awareness.
Women from all over the Mat-Su (Matanuska Susitna) Valley took part in Quilt Pink Day today. We gathered at the local quilt shops and cut up pink and white fabrics into squares and triangles. Sewing machines hummed and pink quilt blocks were pieced together. These quilt blocks well be stitched together with other blocks from around the country and sent as a finished quilt to “American Patchwork & Quilting®” magazine for an online auction in Spring 2007. Net proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Today, the Foundation is an international organization with a network of more than 75,000 volunteers working through local Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure® to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. A global leader in the fight against breast cancer, the Foundation fulfills its mission through support of innovative breast cancer research grants, meritorious awards and educational, scientific and community outreach programs around the world. Through fiscal year 2005, the Komen Foundation, together with its Affiliate Network, corporate partners and generous donors, has invested $630 million in breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs.
For questions about breast health or breast cancer, visit the Komen Foundation's Web site at www.komen.org or call the Komen Foundation's National Toll-Free Breast Care Helpline at 1.800.I'M AWARE® (1.800.462.9273).
