Pink Ribbon Bagels: A Life-saving effortDuring October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Panera Bread restaurants in the Tulsa area are selling Pink Ribbon Bagels. Sue Stees, one of the owners of Panera Bread, came up with the idea.
"I'm a 26 year survivor," said Sue Stees. "If I had heard that terrifying news and then couldn't afford to pay for any treatment that would have been devastating. We want to raise money for Tulsa Project Woman so more women and men in our community can get treatment if they need it."
This is the tenth year Stees' bakery-cafes are offering the Pink Ribbon Bagels. On October 1, "Go Pink at Panera" day, all of the proceeds from the Pink Ribbon Bagels will go directly to Tulsa Project Woman, a non-profit agency that provides breast health education, no cost mammography, diagnostic procedures and surgical services for women in need.
