joy & nostalgia: Pink Ribbon Society

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Pink Ribbon Society 11th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Tea

Nikki, Jen, Kim, Becky and Jen

This was the most successful Tea thus far! 760 attendees...sold out 6 weeks early!! $9,200 raised from the raffle baskets (nope, still no win for me!!)!!!

We were also joined by Deb and Che (he is our photographer). Mary ended up out of town, so Che took her spot, the little gentleman. Deb's daughter, Peyton (a previous attendee), had a cheer competition, so she had to bow out and Deb's mom, Andrea (also a previous attendee), was busy with her sister who just moved back to the area. So, we had an empty seat from our original 8. (And there were 2 other spots not filled, which I found out later were a mom & daughter we all knew from CPHS ~ so they would have been a perfect addition to our crazy selves!!)

Of course, if we are still living in the area, I will be attending next year ~~ fingers crossed that I FINALLY win a raffle!!! ;)

Monday, September 26, 2011

10th Annual Pink Ribbon Society Breast Cancer Awareness Tea

How I spent my Sunday

The link above will take you to a Northwest Indiana Times article about the Pink Ribbon Society Breast Cancer Awareness Tea that I attended yesterday, with some 700 other guests!! My cup runneth over because I was able to get 9 other ladies to attend with me and fill an entire table!

This was my fourth Tea, with my long-time friend, Deb, who has joined me every year! It is our thing!!

Deb's daughter, Peyton, joined us years 2 and 3. While Deb's mom, Andrea, has joined us years 3 and 4. My friend Kim joined us 2 & 4 (should have been there year 3, also, but had to back out that day). This year we added 3 more high school friends (Nikki, Nicole and Becky) plus another mom (Nicole's mom, Roz) and my friend from the gym, Mary.

I thank, from the bottom of my heart: Kim, Deb, Andrea, Nikki, Nicole, Roz, Becky, Mary and Mikki (who had to cancel at the last minute).