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Pink Promise Brunch - A half day event celebrating life and women's health
Saturday, May 5 - 10:30 AM - 1:00PM
We would like to invite you to be a champion of women's health and show your support for breast cancer survivors in the Kansas City area, by joining Komen Greater Kansas City Affiliate at the 2012 Pink Promise Brunch. This year's event will to be held on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Overland Park Convention Center. The celebration will feature "retail therapy" shopping from a variety of vendors, a health partner expo, silent auction, prize drawings and the sharing of powerful stories.
Click here for a complete schedule of events
Featured Speaker - Susan McBride
Komen Kansas City is proud to have author Susan McBride as the featured speaker with this year's Pink Promise Brunch. Born in Kansas City, Susan lived in both Overland Park and Mission Hills as a child, and graduated with Distinction from the Journalism School at the University of Kansas. She calls herself an "accidental Cougar" after meeting a man nine years younger in 2005 when she was St. Louis Magazine Top Single. They were married in February 2008 and live happily ever after in a suburb of St. Louis. Susan is a five year breast cancer survivor and often speaks to women's groups about her experience.
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Susan McBride is the author of Little Black Dress (William Morrow Paperbacks, 09/11), a Target Recommended Read, a Literary Guild bestseller, and Doubleday Book Club bestseller. She also wrote The Cougar Club (02/10), selected by Target Stores as a Bookmarked Breakout Title and name a Midwest Connections Pick by the Midwest Booksellers Association. Currently, Susan is conjuring up Little White Lies, another women's fiction book for HarperCollins/Morrow due out in the fall of 2012, and she has a young adult thriller, Dead Address, in the pipeline at Random House/Delacorte.
Menu
Check out the menu for this year's brunch
"Retail Therapy"
Shop for the cause - all our "retail therapy" vendors are donating 20% of their sales to Komen Kansas City.
Action Alley
Question: What can you do to lower your risk of breast cancer and increase early detection - when breast cancer is more treatable?
Answer: Visit Action Alley at the 2012 Pink Promise Brunch.
Inspired. Take Action.
Action Alley attendees will have the opportunity to become breast self-aware and pro-active about their health. Action Alley will include everything from health screenings to breast cancer risk assessments to healthy life style choices.
Action Alley Partners:
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| AstraZeneca | Hallmark Cards, Inc. | Life Cell | Swope Health Services |
Sponsorship/Ticket Information
Sponsorship opportunities are available. Download a 2012 Pink Promise Brunch Sponsorship Opportunities Packet.
Pricing for individual tickets starts is $40 and $400 for a table of 10. Buy your tickets online today!
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