PAINTING WITH A TWIST TO HOST BREAST CANCER FUNDRAISER

By Catherine Hill Posted: February 19th, 2012



Lexington, KY—Painting with a Twist studio will welcome guests on Sunday, February 19 at a special Painting with a Purpose event to raise funds for breast cancer research. The studio will offer refreshments, special gifts from Vera Bradley, and a small silent auction will be held to benefit the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. “We’re delighted to partner with Painting with a Twist studio to raise funds for breast cancer research,” says Catherine Hill, executive director of the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. “Our family of committed partners is growing and we love their help in spreading the word about the important work of the Vera Bradley Foundation.”


The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer was founded by Vera Bradley owners Barbara Baekgaard and Patricia Miller in 1998. To date, it has contributed $15 million to the world renowned research team in the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis. The team of researchers at the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research Laboratories is making significant progress and gaining national recognition for their work in the following areas:


 · Detection of cancer long before tumors form.


 · Identification of women at high risk for developing breast cancer. · Breast cancer prevention discoveries.


 · Safer and more effective therapies through individualized therapy based on genetics. · Better treatment of recurrences of breast cancer and prevention of metastasis.


 · Enhancing lives of survivors through approaches that improve both length and quality of life.


Impressive sales of the Vera Bradley breast cancer awareness colors generate part of this revenue, but another significant portion is the donors like Painting with a Twist studios and those that support their events. For more information about the Vera Bradley Foundation, visit verabradley.org


Painting with a Twist-Lexington, is one of over 60 franchises nationwide. Painting with a Twist holds art instructional classes, and guarantees to bring out your inner artist. Bring a snack, come alone or grab a friend, and create the painting for the evening. No experience is necessary. Step-by-step and stroke by stroke, a local artist will guide you through, and you will leave with a great painting.

 


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