by Christine Conroy | Mar 28, 2021 | Recent News
Design the Pink Challenge Medal We’re hosting a contest to design this year’s PINK CHALLENGE medal for the annual Pounding the Pavement for Pink races! Put your creativity to the test and design the medal that will celebrate all runners who take on the Pink Challenge – 5k & 10k – over race weekend. Our race committee is planning our event for October, though there is uncertainty on in-person events, but we know that no matter what, the 10th Annual Pounding the Pavement for Pink will happen – virtually or in hybrid form. That’s why we’re asking YOU to enter this year’s medal design contest for the Pink Challenge. Participants in the Pink Challenge will walk or run a 5k (3.1 Miles) and 10k (6.2 Miles) for a total of 9.3 miles during our October weekend. For the Pink Challenge, the 10k portion will be done virtually. IF we are able to host a hybrid event with some in person racing, the 5k may be done in person or virtually. Either way, an extraordinary feat all to support Seymour Pink & Seymour Tradition. Contest Details View the criteria and entry form here: Pink Challenge Medal Design Contest 2021 Vector Artwork Download the Vector Art Logo here. Guidance on using this vector artwork for your design: The “5k” can change of course since this has 5k and 10k for this distance – we don’t have a formal pink challenge logo. We’d like to have the little upside down ribbon people still in the logo as signature to Seymour Pink. As long as the ‘A Seymour Tradition’ remains with the softball for...
by Christine Conroy | Mar 13, 2021 | Recent News
Hello from Seymour Pink! A year ago on Friday, March 12, 2020 we made a most difficult decision. We postponed Our annual “A Pink Night to Remember” scheduled for the next day on Friday, March 13, at The Waterview in Monroe, CT. Never did we imagine it would be the first of almost all of our annual fundraising events to be modified, postponed or cancelled in 2020! When it became apparent that the 2 to 3 week period of “flattening the curve” would extend to two or three months and then an entire year and then some, we obviously had serious concerns on how we would continue to fulfill our mission to lessen the financial burdens of those men and women currently battling the horrific effects of their breast cancer treatment. Every nonprofit organization has, at its core foundation, the desire to have an impact in the community it serves, no matter their specific mission. Realizing we would have to cancel a significant number of our major fundraising events for 2020 and fearing how we would continue to help those affected by their breast cancer diagnosis, we were humbled by a surge of support both financially and emotionally from our extraordinary community. The number of new donors and the creativity of all our donors, individuals as well as businesses/organizations, have allowed us to continue to fulfill our mission and to impact the fight against breast cancer. It has been overwhelming! You have helped us continue to impact our community and fulfill our mission during the most difficult, most uncertain times! THANK YOU! As we head towards spring, we do...
by Christine Conroy | Feb 22, 2021 | Recent News
Unfortunately, after further review of the many aspects of planning and hosting some of our annual events, we have decided to postpone this year’s A Pink Night to Remember and we look forward to celebrating with everyone in 2022. Save the date: March 4, 2022. Additionally, our Annual Pasta Dinner at Brookside Inn is postponed to the Spring of 2022. The date for this event is TBD. Our Annual June Golf Tournament at Woodhaven is still in review…stay tuned… Our 10th Annual Pounding the Pavement race events will take place (hopefully as a hybrid event with virtual and in person options) in October … more on this as we finalize our plans. The 10th Annual Pounding the Pavement for Pink will be the weekend of October 2, 2021. We so appreciate your continued support and your understanding in these decisions. Be safe, stay...
by Christine Conroy | Feb 11, 2021 | Recent News
Save the Date! Mark your calendars, Seymour Pink Day will be Wednesday, October 20, 2021. We are excited that, as it normally would be, our celebration is on the SAME DAY at Hot Tamale starting at 12 Noon. We know it’s been a long year (and more) for all of us, so we are looking forward to our 2021 celebration even more....
by Christine Conroy | Feb 11, 2021 | Gift Shop, Recent News
After a brief hiatus, the Seymour Pink Gift Shop is back open again! On Saturday, February 6th our volunteers opened the shop and had an amazing day. Everyone was excited we reopened and they are HAPPY to support Seymour Pink. Here’s a couple pictures of our happy shoppers. We’d like to give a special shoutout to a great supporter of Seymour Pink, Geraldine Skurat. She drove in from out of town on our re-opening day and purchased a few small items and then made a GENEROUS $200 donation on top of it. We are blown away, thank you Geraldine for your generosity! Come Visit Us The shop, located at 3 Franklin Street in Seymour, CT, will be open every Saturday from 10:00am to 1:00pm We’re excited to see you! Thanks for supporting Seymour...
