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Many national and local food and food-service companies are tying their products into a bright pink bow this month for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Here is a small sampler platter of some of the special products and events:
Bellbrook Chocolate Shoppe, in the Crosse Pointe Shopping Center at Ohio 48 and Ohio 725, will host its 10th annual “All You Can Eat Chocolate Party” from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, and a portion of the event’s proceeds will go to provide mammograms for underserved and underinsured Dayton-area women.
Caribou Coffee will honor the memory of Amy Erickson, a Caribou roastmaster who lost her battle with breast cancer in 1995, by offering Amy’s Blend coffee, tea and merchandise. Ten percent of sales of Amy’s Blend products and merchandise will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A Caribou spokeswoman said the chain has raised more than $500,000 for breast cancer research.
Utica, Ohio-based Velvet Ice Cream is selling its Vanilla Lovers Trio Ice Cream in a pink package, and a portion of the sale of each carton is donated to the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. Velvet Ice Cream treasurer Tatla Dager and her daughter, Joanne, who is vice president of Velvet’s food service division, are both breast cancer survivors.
Dove Chocolates will print messages from survivors inside the wrappers of its Promises of Hope chocolates so that survivors can share their stories and messages of hope to support others battling breast cancer, a spokeswoman for the chocolate company said. The effort is part of a $850,000 donation from Mars Snackfood US, the maker of Dove chocolates, to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
George’s Family Restaurant, 5216 N. Dixie Drive, is selling $1 pink cupcakes, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. The restaurant’s owner, Elesha Snyder, said her sister, Kelli James, died from breast cancer three years ago at the age of 40.
Breads of the World, the local Panera Bread restaurant franchises, is selling “pink ribbon bagels” through the end of October, with a portion of each sale benefiting the American Cancer Society.
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