by Trudy Ginsburg | Oct 30, 2018 | Recent News
This is Mary Newell, in the middle. Mary is one of our team members and has run over 50 marathons around the world…read her personal experience at Sunday’s MCM as she approached the hill before the finish line…this marathon is a life changing experience… “I have to tell the story about this picture. The last .2 of the Marine Corps Marathon is uphill to the monument on the right. I ran into Donna, my friend who lives in England, in the last 3 miles of the race. She was waiting for me at the bottom of the hill so we could finish together. I started on the hill and my legs started to buckle, the guy in the picture took my right hand (a stranger), Donna took the left and we ran up the hill to the finish together. Yesterday morning I was having breakfast with friends at the hotel when a woman asked me if I was wearing a pink shirt in the marathon. When I said yes, she said, “I have a picture of you.” She was watching at the finish when she saw what happened and was amazed by how these two angels came to my aid. She had no idea she would ever see me again. This is why I...
by Mary Deming | Oct 30, 2018 | Recent News
The 43rd Marine Corps Marathon is in the books! The impact it had and will continue to have on the lives of our team members, our marathoners, and all whom supported them along their journey to get to the start line and to cross the finish line, will last FOREVER. So many of our Team Seymour Pink MARATHONERS have attempted to share with all of you their experiences and the impact of running this marathon has had on them..what it meant to them to cross the finish line. For many, the words to adequately capture the emotions of the day escape them. I too am at a loss for words. So let me just say this, you truly have to BE THERE to understand this experience. As a runner and also as a spectator, it is a life changing experience! To all our team members, your commitment to sacrifice time, energy, to train for this marathon (often persevering through painful injuries), for those less fortunate, for those in need, for those who can’t run, for our loved ones who themselves have fought through the pain of breast cancer and it’s barbaric treatment, THANK YOU! As a member of your support crew, I know I speak for all of the support crew…you have changed OUR lives forever! With hearts full of gratitude, THANK YOU!!! Poppy, Princess Aurora and your entire MCM support crew! YOU ARE the Class of 2018 MCM...
by Mary Deming | Oct 14, 2018 | Recent News
This week there have been so many sports teams and organizations that have supported Seymour Pink with their Pink games and Pink meets! I was hoping to get pictures of all of the events however I don’t have pics of the boys soccer or the girls swim meet…sorry… Thank you to the SHS Girls and Boys Soccer team for holding their PINK games on Tuesday of this week…SHS DIG Pink Volley ball game was Friday Night…great turnout…and the SHS girls Swim meet was the 11th…and today Seymour Pop Warner had their PINK Day!… Over $3,000 was raised by these teams…gratitude to all…Great kids and role models for us to...
by Trudy Ginsburg | Oct 9, 2018 | Recent News
Thanks to the New Haven Register for this great article about Seymour Pink Day! NH Register...
by Mary Deming | Oct 7, 2018 | Recent News
Probably the most difficult part of the 5K happens the day after when I try to put into words what the 5K meant to me! Perhaps it’s a trite saying, but I am at a loss for words which would even come close to describing what yesterday meant to me and what it felt to me. There are so many times during the morning when the view my eyes capture brings me to tears; yes tears of sadness but so much more, tears of joy. The sadness is selfish! I think of the loss of my mother and I think to myself another time another place life would’ve been different. But the tears of joy overwhelm those tears of sadness. Yesterday, the aerial view of all of you lined up to start the race (yes you all made behind the starting arch before 9 am…a former student whispered, later to me, that my “teacher voice” came out…sorry), brought me to the edge. The line of runners and walkers seemed ENDLESS! Then as you all headed down Derby Ave, I saw a “See of Pink”…Pink, Pink and more Pink, and once again my eyes filled. Many views from the stage are inspiring as much as emotional. I see the faces of those who have heard those words, “You have breast cancer” (sometimes more than once) and have fought the Fight-and WON! I see the faces of family members holding each other, remembering the loved ones they’ve lost, wishing they could have had one more day… I am inspired by the strength of all of you, because YOU bring HOPE to...
by Mary Deming | Jun 10, 2018 | Recent News
“PERFECT” describes yesterday’s 9th Annual Seymour Pink golf tournament at Woodhaven Country Club in Bethany Connecticut! Perfect weather Perfect golf course Perfect food/drink Perfect raffles The 9th Pink golf tournament was Perfect in EVERY way because we are blessed with thee most generous support from thee most CARING community. In everything we do, the success we meet is a reality because of the VOLUNTEERS who endlessly give of their time and energies! They are PERFECT! Lastly, the distinguishing mark of our Annual Golf Tournament is our tournament director, Mary Ellen LoGiudice! From the very first year that Maryellen committed to organizing and presenting a PINK golf tournament to yesterday’s ninth year, she has given so much time and energy and in other ways unseen by many! The monies that have been raised over these nine years by this event have help to lift the financial and emotional burdens of more than 1000 men and women diagnosed with breast cancer and their families. Mary Ellen on behalf of all of those men and women and their families, please know the difference you have made in their lives. Through your dedication to PINK and this community, you have eased their burdens uninvited and unexpectedly brought on by the breast cancer diagnosis! THANK YOU to Mary Ellen and my ENTIRE volunteer Pink Board of Directors and Officers… ?? … and a very special thank you to our husbands and wives who always say “Yes...
by Trudy Ginsburg | Apr 26, 2018 | Recent News
Seymour Pink, Inc. is a non profit organization that was founded in 2010 but the concept began in 2007 when Sara and Gary Morgatto, owners of the Brookside Inn in Oxford, agreed to host a pasta dinner to help raise money for a breast cancer walk that Mary Deming, founder of Seymour Pink, Inc., was participating in that year. The Morgattos have hosted Seymour Pink’s annual pasta dinner now for 11 years and in thanks and appreciation of their generosity, the Board of Seymour Pink has established a scholarship in their honor. This year the Board of Directors’ of Seymour Pink will be offering a $500.00 scholarship in the Morgattos honor to a deserving college bound student. Find the application...
by Trudy Ginsburg | Apr 9, 2018 | Recent News
The Seymour Pink Golf Tournament is approaching its ninth year at Woodhaven Country Club. This year’s event will be held on June 9, 2018. Each year we have had almost 128 golfers compete for contests, prizes and “bragging rights”. This year’s tournament is almost sold out. Only morning tee times are available. For more information and registration… click...
