CREATE YOUR OWN FUNDRAISER Here are some fundraising ideas developed by supporters for the fight against breast cancer. Organize your auction, garage sale, book sale, life celebration, or any other original ideas that you may have, to help us make a giant step towards a cure for breast cancer. ARTS & CRAFTS NEEDLE ART BOUTIQUE The Needle Art boutique designed a needlepoint crossword puzzle for their fundraising event for breast cancer. Each customer gave the names of family members and Needle Art custom designed a needlepoint for them and provided them with a complimentary instruction book. Needle Art donated $25.00 to the CURE Foundation for each needlepoint sold. They also sold loot bags and had a raffle for 15 prizes. Needle Art donated $4,120.00 to the CURE Foundation from the proceeds of their event. We greatly appreciate your creativity and generosity. AUCTION Employees and volunteers of the Foundation took the initiative and organized a potluck lunch and an auction to benefit the CURE Foundation and its cause, breast cancer. Each employee brought in a favorite dish and an item from home that they no longer wanted. Among these were serving dishes, clothing, paintings, accessories, unused wedding gifts, etc. After sampling everyone’s culinary accomplishments, the auction began. There were no minimum bids and no reserves, just an old-fashioned bidding war for their co-workers' belongings. When the last item was sold and the proceeds compiled, they were shocked to find out they had raised a whopping $324.55, selling things they had thought were useless. CURE was very glad to put their efforts to good use in the fight against breast cancer. Thank you all for your generous bids! BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EVENTS Yokohama How far will these women go to beat breast cancer? How about more than 2500 km, racing across the Sahara desert in Morocco, with only their skill and courage to guide them? Yokohama is the proud Title Sponsor of Yokohama Team 172 in a field of more than 200, in the 19th annual all-female Rallye Aicha des Gazelles. They're relying on the legendary performance of Geolander A/T-S radials to go the distance. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Cure Fondation in the fight against breast cancer. For more information, visit www.Yokohama.ca. And let's leave breast cancer in the dust Geneviève Bachand and Julie Lévesque of the « Gazelles CURE » team raised $2,450.00 during their daring exploit in Morocco for the CURE Foundation. We are proud to have been chosen as the recipient of the efforts of these two exceptional women. MONTMORENCY COLLEGE The singers and dancers of Montmorency College in Laval captivated and charmed their audience during the second edition of their annual show "Escale Montmorency 2007-2008". We see them in this picture accompanying Kevin Benitez who wrote a song that reached into the reality of those battling cancer and deeply touched the hearts of all those listening. We thank all of the students who invested the best of themselves into creating an evening dedicated to the CURE Foundation and its cause, breast cancer. STE AGATHE ACADEMY In honor of Breast Cancer Month in October, Cathie Corbeil of Ste Agathe Academy organized A Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Day for the staff and students. The guest speaker was Modestina Greenfield, a breast cancer survivor. The staff and students collected $222.00, which they donated to the CURE Foundation. Thank you for actively participating in the fight against breast cancer. COMPANY INITIATIVES GIANT TIGER The CURE Foundation would like to extend its heartfelt gratitude to the staff and customers of Giant Tiger who, through their generosity, contributed $150,000.00 to the CURE Foundation for breast cancer. Mr. Denis Landreville, (at the right in the photo) Giant Tiger Store Manager from Ville St-Laurent, Quebec presents the $150.000.00 cheque to (from left to right) Roslyn Smolash, Diane Proulx Guerrera (Founder), JoAnne Braun from the CURE Foundation. GARAGE SALE The employees of the Brossard Branch of the National Bank of Canada organized a garage sale to benefit the CURE Foundation and breast cancer. They raised $351.25 from the sale of their items and refreshments. Thank you for your initiative! CENTRAIDE CAMPAIGN UNILEVER The Quebec sales division of Unilever Canada, located in Anjou, Quebec, asked their employees to give their Centraide campaign donations to the CURE Foundation for breast cancer. All of the 53 participants unanimously agreed. Unilever’s Head Office decided to match their employees’ donations. Since 2002, Unilever and its employees have contributed $91,937.01 to the CURE Foundation for the fight against breast cancer. The Foundation would like to extend its appreciation to Unilever and its employees for an incredible effort. LIFE’S CELEBRATIONS KATHERINE ISSENMAN, the 12 year old daughter of a breast cancer survivor, celebrated her Bat-Mitzvah by donating a portion of her gifts to the CURE Foundation for breast cancer. The Foundation was pleased to provide her with donation cards that were placed at her guests’ tables. Each card was identified with the person’s name and indicated that a donation was being made in their honor on the occasion of Katherine’s Bat-Mitzvah. As a direct result of Katherine Issenman’s gesture of generosity and selflessness, the amazing sum of $1,000.00 was raised for the fight against breast cancer! May she be blessed a thousand fold! BEV SHINDER is another extraordinary supporter of the CURE Foundation and its cause, breast cancer. On the occasion of her 50th Birthday, Bev Shinder advised her guests to make donations to the Foundation in lieu of birthday gifts. The generosity of her family and friends generated $1,008.00 for the fight against breast cancer! We wish her many years of health and happiness. Happy 50TH Birthday, Bev! PERSONAL FUND THE MARSHA BECKER FUND Marsha Becker set up a personal fund at the CURE Foundation where her relatives, friends and acquaintances can make donations to mark the special events in her life. That fund has generated over $1,600 of donations towards the fight against breast cancer. Thank you Marsha, for your generous support and the generous support of those who are close to you. RAFFLE WEST ISLAND NURSERY Teresa Amorosa of the West Island Nursery in Pierrefonds, Quebec, decided to promote her roses and promote breast cancer awareness, two subjects of interest to her female clientele. To combine the two interests, West Island Nursery held a raffle for a Rose book with proceeds of $210.00 going to the CURE Foundation for breast cancer. CURE thanks West Island Nursery for an interesting approach to support our cause. The CURE Foundation will be pleased to assist you in promoting your creative fundraising initiative by providing posters, balloons and pink flower ribbons to help make your event a success.