The pink ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer/cancer awareness and hundreds of thousands of products are sold each year (worldwide) with a portion of the sales going to breast cancer/cancer research charities.
Here is a very brief history of the pink ribbon (with thanks to Wikipedia):
In the fall of 1991, the Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out pink ribbons to participants in its New York City race for breast cancer survivors.
The next year, Alexandra Penney, who was the editor-in-chief of Self, a woman health magazine, was working on the second annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Month issue. Evelyn Lauder, who was the senior corporate vice president at Estée Lauder, was invited to be the guest editor of the NBCAM issue edition in 1992. Penney and Lauder came up with the idea to create a ribbon and to enlist the cosmetics giant to distribute it in stores in New York City. Evelyn Lauder then promised to spread the ribbons throughout the entire country, but a color for the ribbon was not yet decided upon.
Charlotte Hayley, who battled breast cancer, produced peach color ribbons. She sold them with a card saying, "The National Cancer Institute annual budget is 1.8 billion US Dollars, and only 5 percent goes for cancer prevention. Help us wake up our legislators and America by wearing this ribbon". Her message spread fast. This made Penny and Evelyn Lauder interested in Hayley's concept.
They offered to adapt Hayley's idea by working with her. But Hayley rejected the offer, saying that they were too commercial. After discussing opportunities with Lauder, Hayley and their lawyers, they came up with a "new" color. The new color of the ribbon was pink and became an international symbol for breast cancer awareness.
Which, brings us nicely to the brand spanking new ranges which, can be found in the Team Armitage Fundraising Store.
Here's a taster of the cool goodies you can buy!
Is your man "man enough to wear pink?" Even the men in your life can show their support for the cause buy wearing a product or two from this specially designed range of products just for men!
Be "proud to wear Pink"! It's not a dirty colour! In this range you'll find loads of t-shirts, bags and badges.
Let everyone know you're "helping to find a cure" for cancer by proudly wearing a t-shirt or badge or by slinging a bag over your shoulder! Between £2.00 to £3.50 ($3 to $5) from the sale of these goods will go direct to Cancer Research UK.
If you or a loved one is a survivor of cancer then why not let the world know? With the "I'm A Survivor" range you'll be able to do just that!
It's a race to find a cure and to save as many lives as possible. Together we can help find a cure and make a difference. The "racing for life" range of products will help to raise awareness (and funds!) for Cancer Research.
The "pink ribbon" range is a cool range of goodies (t-shirts, bags and badges) that feature a solitary pink ribbon. In most jurisdictions, the pink ribbon is considered public domain, which is how they can feature on the our products.
Remember, you can still buy "doodles" by our featured doodlers, Lucy Griffiths, James Thornton and Tom Riley. Of course there are loads of other doodles by loads of other Celebrity Doodlers as well!
Thanks for your continued support.
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