"Pink-Out" Day -- Friday, October 14th

2011 "Pink-Out" Event a HUGE success!

 

  • Over 1700 t-shirts were sold!   Following are photos of the JEH employees who proudly participated by wearing their pink on Friday! 

  

                  

 

  • Congratulations to Julie Gregory of Council Bluffs, the winner of the "Jungle Fever Quilt!"  We sold over 850 raffle tickets for the quilt that was crafted and donated by a local breast cancer survivor. 

 

  • 50 businesses participated (see complete list below) by allowing their employees to wear their pink t-shirts.  Below are a few photos sent in by our Pink-Out Partners.

              

       The Daily Nonpareil      Doll Distributing       Tish's Restaurant

 

                        

                                  Council Bluffs Savings Bank

 

                           

                                      First National Bank

 

  • Approximately 180 people joined us for the reading of the Proclamation on Friday evening, October 14th.  The first 100 Breast Cancer Survivors to arrive were given a free rose from Bloom Works.   

 

       

          Steven Baumert                   Matt Walsh                   Marcia Antworth
         President & CEO                 Mayor Pro-Tem                         Chair
   Jennie Edmundson Hospital     City of Council Bluffs        Bosom Buddies Committee

 

  •  100 Block Window Displays, twenty businesses along the 100 Block of Broadway participated in the event by decorating their storefront windows during the month of October.  With over 700 votes the top three vote getters were:

1.  Bloom Works
2.  Johnson / Beresford
3.  Sweet Stop  

 

Click here to view all the window displays of participating businesses.   

 Our Sponsors:

Barley's Bar & Grill
Bloom Works
Council Bluffs Savings Bank
Council Bluffs Surgical Associates
Diagostic Radiology, PC
Doll Distributing, LLC
Hy-Vee
Iowa Western Community College
JEH Cancer Center
JEH Foundation
JEH Imaging Services
JEH PathLab
Methodist Physicians Clinic, Council Bluffs
Michelle Haessler, MD -- Radiation Oncology
Midwest Sports & Tees, Mall of the Bluffs  
Neola Fire & Rescue 
Pottawattamie County Assessor's Office
Rotary Club of Council Bluffs
Scooter's
Synchronicity Training & Development
The Daily Nonpareil
Tish's Restaurant

Our Partners: 

1892 German Bier Haus 
20/20 Vision Wear Ltd.  
4 Seasons
Abraham Lincoln High School
Barley's Bar & Grill
Beauty on Broadway
Beer & Loathing
Bluffs Art Council
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce
Council Bluffs Schools
Council Bluffs Fire Department 
Creative Edge
Ehrhart, Griffin & Assoc.
Fiddlin Monkey
First National Bank 
Glory Days
Heartland Family Services
J. Development Company
Kirn Middle School
Liberty Bank
Lidgetts Music
Marcus Shoes
McDermott & Miller, PC
Moore's Service, Inc.
Peoples National Bank
Snyder & Associates 
St. Albert High School 
Sweet Stop LLC
T'z
Thomas Jefferson High School 
Tri-Center High School
Tyson Foods
Venue 162

Cities Participating in the City-Wide Pink-Out:

Carter Lake
Council Bluffs
Crescent
Glenwood
Macedonia
Neola
Treynor 

2011 Pink-Out Committee:

 

Chair:  Marcia Antworth

Committee:  Pat Andersen, Alexa Antworth, Caitlin Beresford, Erinn Beresford, Dr. Annabel Galva, Julie Gregory, Amber Hawk, Matt Johnson, Tammy Johnson, Anna Jordan Michelle Kaufman, Karen Krause, Ally Lainson, Chris Olson, Amanda Partridge, Carol Reeder, Joan Rostermundt, Gina Schochennaier, Clodagh Slevin, Tara Slevin, Tammy Stuart, Barb Walsh, Sandy Westphal and Kelsy Young.

2012 Pink-Out:

Mark your calendars for Friday, October 12, 2012 and join us for the next city-wide "Pink-Out."  For more information on how you or your organization can get involved in 2012, contact:

Tara Slevin, Director of Foundation

712-396-6086 or Tara.Slevin@nmhs.org