March 2009 – The Bone Daddy’s House of Smoke restaurants in Austin, North Dallas and Grapevine, Texas, recently sponsored a “Pink Week” fund drive to raise money for the Dallas County, Tarrant County and Austin Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. In one week, the restaurants’ servers, who wore pink uniforms to promote the effort, raised $20,000 for the cause.
Shown in picture #1 (below), standing in front of Bone Daddy’s are Gari Phillips, Finance Manager/Sponsor Coordinator for Komen Dallas, (far left), Bone Daddy’s Regional Director Kjell Knutson, and Chris Packard, Executive Director, Komen Dallas (far right.)
About the Dallas County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
The Dallas County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® – along with those who generously support us with their talent, time and resources – is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in our community. We join more than 100,000 breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer.
Twenty-five years ago, 800 runners participated in the first Komen Dallas Race for the Cure®. Today, it is one of the largest runner’s events in Dallas with more than 25,000 participants, 1,000 volunteers and over 2,000 breast cancer survivors. Through events like the Komen Dallas Race for the Cure®, we have raised more than $12 million over the past 5 years. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Komen Dallas Affiliate stay in Dallas County for local breast health and breast cancer awareness projects and at least 25 percent goes to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Grant Program supporting research, awards and educational and scientific programs around the world. Join us by calling 214-750-7223 or visiting us online at www.komen-dallas.org.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives empower people, ensuring quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877-GO KOMEN.
About Bone Daddy’s
Founded in 2000, privately held Bone Daddy’s Inc. (www.bonedaddys.com) owns and operates Bone Daddy’s House of Smoke restaurants in Dallas, Grapevine, and Austin, and just recently opened a new location in Arlington, Texas. Bone Daddy’s are full-service barbeque and steak restaurants with a full bar, serving great smoked meats, slow smoked baby back ribs, sandwiches and killer steaks. Bone Daddy’s owner and operator, Mike Leatherwood, was the original founder of Razzoo’s LP, which operates 11 Razzoo’s Cajun Cafés in Texas and North Carolina.
PHOTO # 1 : Bone Daddy's check presentation to the Dallas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Photo # 2: During Bone Daddy’s Komen for the Cure "Pink Week", all waitresses wore a specially designed pink shirt to draw attention to the cause. Shown in this picture are several staff in their Pink Week uniforms along with some the Komen Pledge Ribbons they collected that week.
