Clients Invited to "Create While You Wait" During Pink Days at The Rose

Individuals making an appointment for a mammogram will also get the opportunity to make art when two local breast cancer organizations combine their strengths for Pink Days at The Rose Galleria. This collaborative effort of the Pink Ribbons Project, in motion against breast cancer, and The Rose, a nonprofit breast cancer organization offering screenings and diagnostic services for the insured and uninsured, is a six-month venture on the first Tuesday of each month from June to November.


“We want to offer Houston women a positive, powerful tool with which to take charge of their breast health and overall wellbeing,” said Dorothy Gibbons, co-founder and CEO of The Rose. “By pairing Pink Ribbons Project’s expertise in arts education and The Rose’s high-quality breast health services, we can provide the women of Houston with a unique and positive breast health care experience.”

Each first Tuesday will feature a different guest presenter. Artist Kermit Eisenhut, a member of the Pink Ribbons Project Advisory Board, launched the program on June 7. He provided instruction on a simple, fun art project for those awaiting their breast screening appointments or those who chose to stay after.

The subsequent first Tuesdays will feature opportunities for clients to be creative with jewelry-making and needlework as well as relax through yoga and massage.

Along with helping to coordinate the activities for Pink Days at The Rose Galleria, Pink Ribbons Project is covering the costs of the initial screening mammogram of uninsured clients who book on those Tuesdays: June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, or November 1. Should further services be necessary for those uninsured clients, Pink Ribbons Project will cover those costs as well.

“Pink Ribbons Project mission is to save lives and improve the quality of life for those touched by breast cancer,” noted Loubel Cruz Galik, Executive Director for Pink Ribbons Project. “Helping to provide a day of art and education while also ensuring that uninsured women are well cared for is perfectly in line with what we are all about.”

For a complete list of activities, please contact Karen Campbell at kcampbell@therose.org. To book an appointment during the Pink Days at The Rose Galleria program, call 281.484.4708.

The Rose Shrimp Boil - Back for the 22nd Year!

Time to pull out your Hawaiian Attire and Hula Skirts again ‘cause The Rose 22nd Annual Shrimp Boil is coming to the Pasadena Convention Center, Saturday, July 9. Bring your family and enjoy scrumptious food, great fun, and entertaining dancing and music, while raising money for one of the area’s most enduring charities – The Rose.

Last year, Southeast Houston’s oldest and largest fundraising event attracted over 1,000 people and grossed more than $110,000 with 80 Silent Auction items, 10 Live Auction items, and 2 Raffles. This year promises to be even better.

Doors open at 4:00 p.m. Pre-sale adult tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at https://therose.ejoinme.org/MyPages/ShrimpBoil/tabid/125625/Default.aspx. At the door, it’ll cost you $25. For kids 4-10 years of age, tickets are only $10, which includes a Kid’s Hot Dog Meal plus admission to the popular “Kids Zone.”

As you finish off mounds of fabulous, finger-licking good shrimp and sides, enjoy the entertainment and auctions. The Grateful Geezers and The Pee-Wee Bowen Bands will keep the joint jumping; while you cruise the Silent Auction tables (4:00-7:30 p.m.). You’ll want to purchase some Raffle Tickets, too, for a chance to win our first prize – a 46” LED-LCD HDTV, donated by the ZACHRY Company. Our amazing Live Auction begins at 6:00 p.m.

This year’s theme, Aloha Hollywood, kicks off a celebration of The Rose’s 25th Anniversary, which culminates in a grand 25th Anniversary Silver Gala on November 10, 2011. For 25 years, The Rose has provided screening mammograms, diagnostic services, and access to breast cancer treatment for all women regardless of their ability to pay. So when you buy a table, raffle ticket, or auction item, you are helping The Rose continue this important service to the community. Co-founders of the organization, surgeon Dr. Dixie Melillo and The Rose CEO Dorothy Weston Gibbons, as always, will be at the Shrimp Boil meeting, greeting and thanking the 1000-plus supporters and survivors expected to attend.

Sponsorships are still available. You can find all the information you need on our website under our “News & Events” tab. We are very grateful to last year’s sponsors including Bayshore Medical Center, Pinnacle Financial Strategies, Precision Radiotherapy Center, The Greensheet, Bayway Lincoln, Buffalo Flange, Inc., Coastal Plastic Surgery, East Houston General Surgery, Phelps Insurance, Casa Olé, Best Buy, Bay Area Elite Properties, Buxton Interests, Inc., Rosewood Funeral Home, KBR, Shell Deer Park and Taylor & Taylor Construction LP.

“We prominently publish and display a sponsor’s name as a supporter of The Rose and the fight against breast cancer,” said Michelle Hanson Special Events Manager. “Even if a sponsor can’t attend, we still recognize them publicly and in print,” she said.

Another way for Houston businesses to support the event is to donate an item for the live and silent auctions. “There’s room in the mix for prizes big and small,” Hanson said. “Participants will bid on everything from airline tickets and automobiles to free dinners at the area’s best eateries, to gift cards at favorite stores.”

“Additionally, we invite everyone to visit The Rose website (http://www.therose.org/) to learn more about the many women we’ve assisted and the many lives we’ve helped save,” said Hanson.

For more information about The Rose 2011 Shrimp Boil and how to participate, call Hanson at (281) 464-5165 or contact her via e-mail at mhanson@TheRose.org.