Panera Bread bakery-cafes throughout Queens will kick off their annual month-long Pink Ribbon Bagel fundraiser for local breast cancer organizations on Tuesday, October 1. To jumpstart the campaign, on day one, October 1, "Power of Pink Day," 100 percent of the purchase price of each Pink Ribbon Bagel sold in its cafes will be donated to Gilda’s Club New York City (GCNYC). Then, throughout the remainder of the month a portion of the proceeds will continue to go to help sustain the free cancer support program run by Gilda’s Club NYC and its metro area satellites.
Panera is urging businesses, organizations and individuals to get involved.
“Our Power of Pink Day provides the perfect excuse to start off the month with a bagel party at work or with friends on the 1st,” says Greg George, Vice President of Operations for the Queens bakery-cafes. During the remainder of October a portion of the sales of Pink Ribbon Bagels will continue to benefit the programs offered through Gilda’s Club NYC.
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Last year, Panera Bread’s Pink Ribbon Bagel October campaign raised over $30,000 locally and the chain expects to top that this year.
Queens locations: Rego Park in the Rego Center on Junction Boulevard; Long Island City at 38-01 35th Avenue, between Steinway and 38th Street, Little Neck at 254-41 Horace Harding Expressway in the Douglaston Shopping Center, just north of the LIE, Glendale at 73-25 Woodhaven Boulevard, just south of Metropolitan Avenue at 73rd Avenue, near The Home Depot, and Bayside in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center at the corner of Bell Boulevard and 24th Avenue.