Project Pink raises money for breast cancer charities with Chili-Cook Off and Bras for TaTas October 17-19, 2014.  This year we have added a “PINK PARTY” on Friday, October 17 starting at 8pm.  Then come back Saturday for the big day with a Charity Chili Cook-Off from Noon to 5pm with 100% of the proceeds going to breast cancer charities.  We also have a Craft Beer Walk going on at the same time (after all what goes better with Chili than beer?) Stop by the Shops of the Colony and see the Bras on display all designed and donated by local residents and businesses. You help us raise money and awareness by voting for your favorite bra or bidding on one in our silent auction.  Sunday is the awards ceremony in the Shops of the Colony where we will award our Best on the Beach Chili and announce the silent auction winners!

FRIDAY 10/17/2014
8PM – 1AM  BREAST CANCER PINK PARTY
Join us as we kick off the Project Pink weekend with a Pink Party.  Come dressed in your funiest, craziest, cutiest pink attire in a celebration of life and awarness for those battling Breast Cancer. Don’t have anything pink?  No worries, New Smryna Beach Professional Firefighters Local 2271 will be on hand selling their “Cares Enough to WEar Pink” T-Shirts.

SATURDAY 10/18/2014
NOON TO 5PM – BRAS FOR TATAS “VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE & SILENT AUCTION
Come to the Shops at the Colony courtyard on Saturday from Noon to 5pm and view the 75+ bras decorated by local residents and merchants for auction.  For a $1 donation to the American Cancer Society you can vote for your favorite bra!  Winner will be announced on Sunday.  Want to help us raise even more money?  Bid on your favorite bra in our silent auction.  Its not to late if you would like to decorate a bra for this event, please contact Kate at LoLo’s Boutique.
NOON TO 5PM – 6TH ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF
Also from Noon to 5pm is the 5th Annual New Smyrna Beach Chili Cook-Off at inside locations along Flagler Avenue.  100% of your $10 donation for this event will go The Save the TaTas Foundation and Bert Fish Hospital’s Mammogram Program.  For your generous donation you will receive 2oz tastes of over 20 homemade chili’s from NSB’s local restaurants. Vote for your favorite in our “Best on the Beach” awards.
NOON TO 5PM  – CARES ENOUGH TO WEAR PINK
New Smyrna Beach Professional Firefighters Local 2271 will also be on hand with their “Cares Enough to Wear Pink” wrapped fire truck parked in front of the Colony. They will be located inside the courtyard serving up their award winning chili (they won last year) and selling their “Cares Enough to Wear Pink” t-shirts.  Proceeds of those sales go to breast cancer charities.

SUNDAY 10/19/2014
2 TO 4PM – BRAS FOR TATAS AUCTION WINNERS & CHILI COOK-OFF AWARDS CEREMONY
Drop by the Shops at the Colony courtyard on Sunday for a last look at the bras and last chance at the silent auction.  Winners and Best on the Beach Chili awards will be presented at 3pm.

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DID YOU KNOW THE FOLLOWING FACTS?

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. About 1 in 8 (12%) women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for breast cancer in the United States for 2013 are:
**About 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
**About 64,640 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
**About 39,620 women will die from breast cancer

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. The chance that breast cancer will be responsible for a woman’s death is about 1 in 36 (about 3%). Death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1989, with larger decreases in women younger than 50. These decreases are believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness, as well as improved treatment.

At this time there are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.