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Hope and Joy have crept in to co-occupy the space

September 1, 2010 – 3:50 PM

Hello Friends,

Well today is September 1st and the 24th anniversary of my Mum passing from breast cancer and even though my heart is heavy on this day for the first time ever I think hope and joy have crept in to co-occupy the space. Today also marks one year since we started The Pink Cart. This was the year that my path became clear and I was blessed with an opportunity to collide my personal life and my career with the desire to help Kick Breast Cancer to the Curb.

Our little Pink Cart idea is changing the conversation in municipal solid waste management today. Trash carts are usually dark colors like green, brown, black…the color of bruises, but lately women are changing the landscape and trading out the dreary for the meaningful and their influence, one cart at a time, is making a real difference.

Just the mere thought that rolling her pink cart to the curb would remind a woman to do her self breast exam or that our $5/cart donation could help find a cure simply gives me goose bumps.

Today, my only daughter landed in Estonia to do God’s work with the young mothers and children of the area and here at home in the United States I have landed in the exact spot intended for me. I am certain that my Mother is proud of us both.

Jo-Anne

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Begorra! Shouldn’t that Pink Cart be green?

March 4, 2010 – 4:14 PM

It is! Well, it depends on your perspective. Fill it with recyclables in the garage or with mulch in the yard and this Pink Cart plays a big part in the Green movement. But is it green enough for St. Patrick’s Day? Why not? Wednesday, March 17, a day of shamrocks, shillelaghs, green beer and “Éire go Brách!” is also a fine day to add a new tradition: Pink Carts for the lassies who are fighting breast cancer!

Give a Pink Cart on the greenest day of the year

Why a Pink Cart on St. Patrick’s Day? Why not? North of the Equator, St. Patrick’s Day heralds the arrival of Spring, and Spring means yard work, cleaning out the garage, and getting ready for backyard cookouts and pool parties. A Pink Cart is perfect for all this and more. It’s useful (built-in handle, easy-rolling wheels and a hinged cover) and it’s pink, so that everyone who sees it will know that you purchased a Pink Cart and we gave $5.00 to the American Cancer Society to help fund the fight against breast cancer.

St. Patrick will be proud that you purchased a Pink Cart

St. Patrick will be pleased that you remembered him on his special day, especially if you also remember the almost 193,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the coming year, and the approximately 41,000 who will not survive.[1] Moms, wives, sisters, daughters, girlfriends, best friends – we all know and love someone who has faced this awful disease. The National Cancer Society continues to look for ways to beat breast cancer, but research takes money. Where will it come from?

Curb cancer with a Pink Cart

Finding a cure for breast cancer is going to take a lot of Pink Carts – in yards, garages, storage sheds, and especially at the curb on trash day. That’s where you can help. Contact Cascade Cart Solutions for a list of local/regional haulers to place an order for a Pink Cart. You can order the 35, 64, or 96-gallon Pink Cart directly from Cascade Cart Solutions on-line.

What are you going to do with your Pink Cart?

There are plenty of ways to put a Pink Cart to work – trash cart, garden cart, laundry cart, recycles cart, toy and sporting goods cart – a Pink Cart in any size is an easy way to organize your life. Suggestions for St. Patrick’s Day – fill a Pink Cart with four-leaf clovers, or St. Patrick’s Day party favors.

St. Patrick and over 193,000 women are counting on you in the fight to beat Breast Cancer. The only thing you can’t do is paint your Pink Cart green.

[1] National Cancer Institute – http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast
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