community events supporting the mission
Baton Rouge’s Bumble Lane Spa Retreat hosted its third annual Spa for the Cure extravaganza in October. Bumble Lane’s staff members generously donated their time for the evening and proceeds benefited Mary Bird Perkins. Pictured with the honor tree on which guests could hang personalized pink ribbons are Bumble Lane employees Stephanie Grunitz and Donald Chube who organized the 2009 Spa for the Cure event. Back row (l to r): Phil Lister, Todd Stevens, Ron Gerard, Paul Nowacki, Eric Phillips. Front row (l to r): Wayne Cash, Sue Sheets, Carolyn A. Chassee, CFRE.
Rubicon L.L.C. held its 12th golf tournament at the Country Club of Louisiana for Mary Bird Perkins, raising $45,000 for the fight against cancer.
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, students and teachers at St. Peter Catholic School in Covington donating to the cause got to wear jeans to school on Denim Day and raised more than $1,700 to help fight breast cancer. From left to right: Breast cancer survivors Sandra English and Liz McKee; Robert Taylor; Christine Boudreaux. Students Max Dufour, Adaline Fogle. 22
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center