Amy's Blend at Caribou Coffee

I noticed today that the local Caribou Coffee (southside) is donating proceeds from the sale of their "Amy's Blend" coffee to the Cancer Caring Center, my favorite local cancer support organization! The concept is a tribute to Caribou Coffee roastmaster Amy Erickson, who passed away in 1995 after dealing with breast cancer. She was 33 years old. To learn more, click HERE, and get yourself over to Caribou to support the Cancer Caring Center!

Somehow I missed all of July....

...but August promises to have lots of good info!

Lets start by talking about the Crawl for Cancer to benefit my friends at the Cancer Caring Center!

This team-based bar crawl is held at location all over the country, with the Pittsburgh event taking place on Saturday, September 17. For more information visit the Crawl for Cancer web site!

So its been a while.....

....and things have been a little slow around BRICKS headquarters. Here are a couple of important things we wanted to share with you:

1: The SAMFund is now accepting applications for its grant program for young adult cancer survivors.

Part I of the application for 2011 SAMFund grants is available now. The deadline for submitting Part I is: Wednesday, July 6th by
5:00 pm EST.

The SAMFund proudly provides financial assistance to young adults as they move forward with their lives after cancer. With our support, survivors are empowered to achieve their educational, professional and personal goals.

Grants provided by The SAMFund cover a wide range of post-treatment financial needs, such as (but not limited to): rent and utilities, car and health insurance premiums, graduate tuition, vocational training, student loan repayment, current and residual medical bills, family-building expenses, gym memberships and transportation costs.

Learn more by CLICKING HERE.

2: The Cancer Caring Center will be hosting their Jeans, Jewels & Jazz event on Wednesday, June 22 from 7-10pm. All proceeds benefit the Cancer Caring Center: celebrating 23 years of service to our community. This local non-profit has provided a wide variety of free support services to cancer patients and families including children. All services are free.

To learn more about this fundraising event CLICK HERE.

Hey Steelers fans!

Put your fandom to good use and help the Cancer Caring Center!

Enter to win a football w/ Lithographed signatures from the 2010 team (pictured above)! Entries are $10 or 3/$20. Donate securely through Google Checkout or call the Center at 412-622-1212 with a credit card. Winner will be drawn at noon on the Friday before Superbowl. All proceeds benefit cancer patients in Western PA.

Learn more about the Cancer Caring Center and their amazing work by clicking here.

Walk at the Waterfront

Join the Cancer Caring Center for a

WALK AT THE WATERFRONT

Sunday, October 10 at the Waterfront in Homestead

The Top Ten Fundraisers will be guests at a luncheon
at the Lemont hosted by Honorary Chairs
Yonka and Ryan Clark (#25 of the Pittsburgh Steelers).

Register online at 3WS!

Download a Registration form!


Cancer Caring Center
Don't Confront Cancer Alone

Dedicated to providing free emotional support services to cancer survivors,
their friends and loved ones since 1988.

http://www.cancercaring.org

6/25: Cancer Caring Center benefit!

From the Cancer Caring Center:

You are cordially invited to join us for an evening in paradise. Come join the fun as we let loose in 10,400 square feet of the uber modern jewel of Mt. Washington, located at 207 Bailey Avenue.

Wear your jeans and jewels, but add some island flare for a night of dancing to the sound of Pittsburgh’s premier party band, John McDonald and the Mango Men.

Enjoy the open bar and taste the wonderful hors d’oeuvres from some of Pittsburgh’s finest restaurants. Don’t forget to browse and bid on items in the Chinese and silent auction.

WHERE
207 Bailey Avenue,
Mt. Washington Pa

WHEN
Friday, June 25, 2010
7 – 10 p.m.

INFO
Only 200 tickets are available for $100 each. Reserve your tickets today.

Call 412-622-1212, e-mail info@cancercaring.org or visit www.cancercaring.org

All proceeds benefit the Cancer Caring Center: celebrating 22 years of service to our community. This local non-profit has provided a wide variety of free support services to cancer patients and families including children. All services are free.

RESTAURANTS:
BELLA SERA
ANDREWS STEAK & SEAFOOD @ RIVERS CASINO
BUCA DI BEPPO
FRANKLIN INN
GLUUTENY
MANDARIN GOURMET
MARK'S GRILLE & CATERING
SHADYSIDE MARKET
OLIVE OR TWIST
PANERA
SAUSALIDO
THE MELTING POT

Cancer Caring Center benefit

(click on image above to see full sized version of the beautiful flyer!)

Join the Cancer Caring Center at Diesel on the southside for ENCHANTED, on Friday May 28th. Events include a showcase of fashions, hair and makeup styles, and drink specials. Tickets are only $5.

The mission of the Cancer Caring Center is to help cancer survivors, their families and concerned friends cope effectively with the emotional impact of cancer through a variety of FREE support services. Its an AMAZING community resource, staffed by incredible people, doing such important work. Please come out and support them!

Tomorrow!!

So, here we are. The night before the big event. Theres still so much to do before 3pm tomorrow, but I wanted to take a minute to remind you all to come out and join us at AIR, 518 foreland St on Pittsburgh's Northside, for the BRICKS for Young Adults Cancer Awareness & Resource Guide release party!

This is the culmination of 6 months of hard work. I can hardly believe its here, and that I did it. SO many hours, so many helpers, so many stories and emails and on and on and on and all worth every single minute. The booklets look great, the posters (shown above) are out of this world. So many people came together to help make this vision a reality. I am eternally grateful. If I was able to do this much, in such a short amount of time, who knows what the future holds!! I feel really optimistic about BRICKS and proud of what we've accomplished so far.

In addition to bands and booklet contributors, we will have information and/or representatives from Gilda's Club, the Cancer Caring Center, Central Blood Bank, Be Well! Pgh, and the Sprout Fund on hand. Its a great opportunity to collect information and learn about these amazing organizations in our city, all doing such important work.

Details of the event are below, hope to see you all tomorrow!!!


March 20, 2010- BRICKS for Young Adults Cancer Stories Booklet release party

Release party for the BRICKS for Young Adults Cancer Awareness & Resource Guide, to be held at AIR, 518 Foreland St, Pittsburgh, from 3-10pm. This project supported in part by a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund.

This event will include readings by booklet contributors and performances by local bands. With the help of the kind folks at AIR, attendees can bring a tshirt to screen with the BRICKS logo. Local healthcare comrades will be in attendance with info as well, such as the lovely Jude of Be Well! Pgh.

Bands playing are:

Coal Miner
Code Orange Kids
The Frantic Heart of It
Onodrim
Devil Deer
Shambolish

Booklet contributors are:

Katlyn Basilone
Robin Belinsky
Stuart Boslow
Ezra Caldwell
John Elliff
Luke Ferdinand
Joe DeFerrari
Charissa Hamilton-Gribenas
Jenn Gaugler (r.i.p.)
Rick Gribenas (r.i.p.)
Kristen Griener
Eric Meisberger
Jim Semonik
Louise Silk
Douglas Weaver