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A check was presented to Kevin Poirier (left) Director of Development of the Sturdy Memorial Foundation by Lyndsey Smith, left, Mike Mathieu, Monica Fernandes, Katie Lee, Carmen Pineda and general manager, Lana Quann, all of Panera Bread North Attleborough. Wendy Kopp (right), Marketing Manager for Panera Bread/HBG, looks on.
Pink Ribbon bagels raise money to fight breast cancer
Fri Jan 11, 2008, 02:31 PM EST
As a result of its Pink Ribbon Bagel campaign to help fight breast cancer, Panera Bread bakery-cafes in North Attleborough, North Dartmouth, Seekonk and Plainville, recently donated a check for $1,078.61 to Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro.
The money was raised thanks to the participating bakery-cafes’ customers joining the fight against breast cancer and choosing to eat a Pink Ribbon Bagel for breakfast, lunch or dinner during national Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Twenty-five cents from each Pink Ribbon Bagel sold at the four bakery-cafes went to the cause. Panera Bread North Attleborough, North Dartmouth, Seekonk and Plainville are owned and operated by leading Panera franchisee, Howley Bread Group, LTD, based in Cumberland.
The Panera Pink Ribbon Bagel project follows the tradition of “thinking pink” during the month of October in the quest to eradicate breast cancer.
Sue Stees, one of Panera Bread’s first franchisees and a breast cancer survivor, developed the idea for the Pink Ribbon Bagel in 2001 as a way to help support the cause. Today, the program is employed in all of Panera Bread’s more than 1,150 bakery-cafes across the country.
For more information, visit the your local Panera Bread/HBG bakery-cafe or the company’s web site at www.panerabread.com.
