by Christine Conroy | Jan 10, 2023 | Recent News
This year’s A Pink Night to Remember will take place on Friday, March 31, 2023 once again at the Waterview in Monroe. This premier event offers an evening to celebrate our organization’s mission in bringing a community together in the fight against breast cancer. With the exception of our 2022 event, historically, this event has been held on a Friday evening in March, and we are back to our regular schedule for this event in 2023! We hope you can join us for an important night out. This year’s event will be from 6 PM to 10 PM and offer complimentary cocktails, cold and hot hors d’oeuvres and stations, raffles, door prizes and a silent auction. Upon arriving you’ll check in to the right or left of lobby depending upon your last name, and receive your Door Prize ticket, and signature sparkling glass of pink before heading to your designated table. We take over the entirety of The Waterview with over 500 guests expected to attend, including additional space downstairs for mingling including a beer garden, photo booth and additional food selections. Sponsorships are available through January 31st. Businesses can sponsor this special evening with packages ranging from $500 to $5,000. The sponsorship package can be downloaded from our event page or from our Forms page. More information about this event is located on our 2023 A Pink Night to Remember page which is accessible here, or through the top menu bar under Events. A few photos from our 2022 event are shown below to give you a feel for the spirit of our annual A Pink Night to...
by Christine Conroy | Oct 10, 2022 | Recent News
Our Founder and President Mary Deming and Vice President Collen Colleen Fries were LIVE on Fox61 Monday, October 10, 2022. For Breast Cancer Awareness month we were honored to share the message about our nonprofit organization with the greater Connecticut community. Check out our segment on YouTube...
by Christine Conroy | Oct 5, 2022 | Recent News
Congratulations to our Top 10 Breast Cancer Survivor finishers in our 11th Annual Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5k on October 1, 2022. Place Name Age City Time Pace ===== ===================== === ================== ======= ===== 1 Lynn Valentin 52 Vernon Rockville 27:14 8:46 2 Allison Vallance 42 Trumbull 29:49 9:36 3 Erin Barsevich 54 Shelton 31:22 10:06 4 Kathryn Cavallaro 44 Shelton 32:06 10:20 5 Jaime Matheson 46 Seymour 33:56 10:56 6 Rebecca Gonzalez 47 Westfield 34:05 10:58 7 Sharon Zinni 64 Southbury 34:52 11:14 8 Karin Marinaro 63 East Haven 35:48 11:32 9 Marci White 41 Seymour 35:48 11:32 10 Jennifer Wilson 48 Wallingford 36:14 11:40 This year we had 155 breast cancer survivors register for our event, which is one of the highest counts ever. Both a blessing to have them with us and sorrowful for there to be so many at the same time. But yet, they are here with us as fighters and for that we are...
by Christine Conroy | Oct 3, 2022 | Recent News
It rained…volunteers showed up to work at 5 am… It rained …all our sponsors/vendors arrived to set up. It rained …Adam Rivers from iHeart, the voice of our 5K, arrived. It rained …runners, walkers and spectators assembled. It rained…the honor guard marched to the start line. It rained…Shay Marie Neary sang the National Anthem so beautifully her voice reaching the heavens…and then it STOPPED raining!!! Although the weather forecast told a different story all the way through 1 o’clock in the afternoon, with the start of the race came a stoppage of the rain, as if our loved ones who had fought the fight spread their wings and formed a canopy over us. The strength, fight and determination our breast cancer survivors embody, challenges all of us to do the same in the FIGHT… to NOT QUIT!! On Saturday, October 1, 2022, NO ONE quit! For many, the choice to stay home, because of the rain, was a difficult one to make. I truly believe that everybody wanted to be there, but for some, it wasn’t the right choice this year. For those that couldn’t make it, we still felt your spirit with us. In the end we will all struggle to find the words to describe our experience yesterday. Even collectively, we can’t put it into words. As one breast cancer survivor said to me “you have to be here, to feel it”! To each and every one of you that made the journey yesterday to be with us in person, volunteers, breast cancer survivors, vendors sponsors, runners, walkers, THANK YOU! YOU brought SUNSHINE to a day weather...
by Christine Conroy | Oct 3, 2022 | Recent News
For the month of October we are proud to partner with New Morning Market in Woodbury, CT for the ‘Round Up for a Cause’ program. With community needs continuing to be at the forefront of the mission at New Morning Market, partnering with us during breast cancer awareness month helps further our mission of fighting back against breast cancer and supporting patients and their families through their breast cancer diagnosis. Please join us during the month of October to raise funds to fight breast cancer through Round Up for a Cause. Every time you check out at the register, you have the opportunity to support our organization by rounding up your change. About New Morning Celebrating 50 years of Goodness, New Morning Market has been committed to the good food lifestyle since opening their doors in 1971. Their vision is to become a leader who continually creates an environment that fosters meaningful exchanges of knowledge, services and products to sustain a healthy learning and growing community. Learn more at...
by Christine Conroy | Oct 3, 2022 | Recent News
On September 7th, board members from Seymour Pink presented leaders at The Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness at Griffin Hospital with additional funding for the Bella Blanket program. Seymour Pink presented funds, the third time this year, dedicated solely towards the purchase of Bella Blankets for the comfort of patients receiving their mammograms. Bella Blankets® protective coverlets for mammography can help capture more breast tissue. Cancers that occur at the chest wall may not be visualized if breast tissue is missing from the image. Every millimeter counts™ when looking for clusters of micro-calcifications. Seymour Pink heard about the Bella Blankets being used at Griffin Hospital during breast screenings and the comfort and benefit they provide to patients. The blankets were described as providing invaluable comfort and making an uncomfortable but necessary procedure much more comfortable. For us at Seymour Pink, it was a perfect fit with our mission. Bella Blankets allow the patient to relax and have a better level of comfort, both physically and mentally during their mammograms, acting as a barrier against the cold and hard machine, while also allowing the best images possible to be captured. It’s a win win for patients and medical providers alike. Griffin Hospital has honored Seymour Pink with a special plaque found at the Center About Bella Blankets Bella Blankets protective coverlets act as a barrier between the patient’s skin and the receptor plate to help prevent breast from sticking or tearing as the patient steps out of compression. Less skin tears, less patients avoiding annual mammograms, better for overall breast health. About The Hewitt Center The Hewitt Center for Breast...
by Christine Conroy | Sep 26, 2022 | Recent News
Reduce single-use plastic in the environment and give back to those in need in the local community, all while supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Big Y. Seymour Pink has been selected by local Big Y store leadership as the benefiting non-profit in the Community Bag Program for the month of October! The Big Y Community Bag Program is an easy way for shoppers to give back to the local community and the environment as part of the regular shopping routine. Every $2.50 reusable Community Bag sends a $1 donation to a non-profit local to the Big Y in which it was purchased. As part of this ongoing program, every month at every Big Y location a different local non-profit is selected to benefit from the sale of the reusable Community Bag. Seymour Pink was selected as the October beneficiary in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by local store leadership at the stores located at 1060 West Main St, Branford CT and 1289 Foxon Rd / Rte 80, North Branford CT. Seymour Pink will receive a $1 donation for every $2.50 reusable Community Bag purchased at this location in October. “This is such a powerful way to give back to a worthy cause as part of your regular shopping routine,” said Mary Deming, Founder and President of Seymour Pink. “Non-profits at the local level, like us, are in need of community support. This program offers the perfect opportunity to support the environment, give back locally and raise awareness during this Breast Cancer Awareness Month!” Seymour Pink, Inc. is a non-profit based in Seymour, Connecticut serving breast cancer patients...
by Christine Conroy | Sep 26, 2022 | Recent News
Our 11th Annual Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5k is this Saturday, October 1st LIVE in Seymour. Race Morning: Arrive Early. The race starts at promptly at 9 AM. ***Leave plenty of time before hand to park, meet up with your team, get your team picture taken and join in the pre-race festivities. Road Closures will begin at 5:30 AM. Broad & River Streets will be closed starting at 5:30 on Saturday. Schedule of Events 7:00 am – Team Village opens, Pre-Registration/5k Info Booth opens for pre-registration bib pick-up 8:00 am – Survivor’s breakfast begins; Sponsor Tents Open; Opening Remarks at the Main Stage; Pinkest Outfit Contest Judging; Spirit Awards 8:15 AM – Kids Run 8:25 am – Warm Up with Debbie Russell 8:35 am – Runners head to start line 8:40 am – Walkers head to start line – please move to the back of the starting area down River Rd 8:50 am – Honor Guard and National Anthem 9:00 am – Race Begins Approx. 10:20am – Race ends Approx. 10:30am – Awards Ceremonies Parking & Shuttles: Shuttle service is provided (at no charge) from Seymour High School, Chatfield-LoPresti Elementary School and Bungay Elementary School. Click here for directions to Seymour High School. Click here for directions to Bungay School. Click here for directions to Chatfield-LoPresti. The Seymour High School/Bungay School buses will drop off at the Seymour Historical Society at the corner of Church and West St. All who board this bus will walk down the hill to the festivities from their point of drop-off. Chatfield-LoPresti bus will drop off at the corner of Broad and South Main Streets (near...
