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Who We Are and What We Do
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to unite a community in the fight against breast cancer. Through fundraising efforts, our goal is to fund breast cancer research, provide education and to empower and assist breast cancer victims and their families.
We are a 100% volunteer organization funded through generous donations from our community.
Our Board of Directors
The Seymour Pink Board of Directors is
100% volunteer.
Mary Deming | Christine Vartko | Tina Godkin | Caroline Sweeney | Kari Ballaro | Mary Bucciferro | Barb Hemenway | Lisa Roshkind | Dawn Scott
Our Core Values
Compassionate Support
Community-Driven Impact
Commitment to the Fight
Our Story
It all began with a simple fundraising goal. The goal was to raise the most money for the Susan G. Komen 3 day walk in Boston, Massachusetts. This small goal turned into a community’s outreach to FIGHT a horrific disease: breast cancer. In the fall of 2009, the small town of Seymour, located in South Central Connecticut, proclaimed a date in October as a SEYMOUR PINK DAY. The goal was to play off the name of our town and to SEE MORE PINK in hopes of raising awareness of this devastating disease. What happened along the way was much bigger than a single day in October, when a town would SEE MORE PINK. What happened was the birth of SEYMOUR PINK INC…a community’s fight against breast cancer. In the spring of 2010, Seymour Pink, Inc. became “official” so to speak as We were granted 501 (c) (3) non profit status.
To date, through our fundraising efforts, we have raised over SIX MILLION DOLLARS in the FIGHT against breast cancer. We have made substantial donations to local hospitals, such as Yale’s Smilow Cancer Institute and Hewitt’s Breast Cancer Center at Griffin Hospital. We have fought alongside individuals personally fighting the cancer battle by helping to defray some of the financial burden. Comfort baskets are delivered to those who have heard those life altering words, “You have breast cancer.” In addition to our fundraising efforts and personal assistance, we have awarded several scholarships to High School students in the community whose lives have been impacted by breast cancer. As we stand here today, we make a commitment to FIGHT as long as is necessary, until cancer is found only in history books.
Our Heroes
Meet those people in our lives who have shown us what strength, courage and HOPE is all about.
The names that follow are those who have heard the life altering words, “You have cancer”…but have chosen to FIGHT with an admirable amount of determination, perseverance and faith. Some fought daily battles and won the war! Still other loved ones fought, won daily battles but in the end lost their lives to the war this horrific disease has waged against our community and around the globe. This wall is dedicated to each and every one of them. Meet our loved ones…meet our HEROES!
TESTIMONIALS
We have received so many grateful notes over the years and are highlighting just a few here.
I KEEP FIGHTING
We want to thank everyone for the generous gift certificate our family received for the holidays. It sure helps with groceries and a few extras. I keep fighting this terrible disease every day despite its metastasis from breast, lung, brain, and now kidney. I will continue to fight for myself and my sons. May God Bless you all!
Mary Ellen
HELP FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES
Please express my sincere gratitude to the Seymour Pink Board for their very generous monetary gift to help pay for some of my medical expenses. I appreciate your kindness and generosity.
Mary B.
COMFORT BASKET THANKS
I loved receiving the comfort basket. It was so much fun seeing all the goodies inside. I think your organization is wonderful and it's really inspiring to know that your group is working so hard to support women with breast cancer. THANK YOU!
Lynn
SEYMOUR PINK IS A GODSEND
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for a sincerely kind gift. It has taken a load off my shoulders. Seymour Pink is a Godsend in a time of need. Thank you again!
Debra
Our Events
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN IMPACT
1
A PINK NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Our night will include hors d'oeuvres including new stations for 2026, complimentary cocktails throughout the evening, a few wine and beer samplings in the garden downstairs along with a photo booth and a wonderful live auction and abundant raffles.
2
PASTA DINNER
The annual pasta dinner at Brookside is very special to Seymour Pink’s tradition as the first ever fundraiser event in the fight against breast cancer.
3
Seymour Pink Golf Tournament
Each year we have so many foursomes compete for contests, prizes and “bragging rights."
4
Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5k
Each year, on the first Saturday in October, we walk and run through Seymour in the fight against breast cancer.
5
Seymour Pink Day
Our goal is to bring more awareness and education to the public about this disease and support to those that have been victimized by the breast cancer diagnosis.
Regular Shop Hours:
Tuesdays 11 AM - 2 PM
Saturdays 10 AM - 1 PM
Our shop is run by volunteers and we thank them very much for their dedication!
Come visit the SEYMOUR PINK GIFT SHOP
3 Franklin Street in Seymour, CT!