2024 Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Third-Party Events
Shades of Pink Foundation (SOPF) is proud to recognize our partners who are raising funds and recognition on our behalf by holding innovative community fundraisers during the month of October. Click here for more information on hosting a third-party event to benefit SOPF or email Nina Googasian at executiveadministrator@shadesofpinkfoundation.org.
We are grateful for the continued support of local businesses, municipalities, schools and athletic teams!
Attend a Third-Party Event
Lakes Area Hawks Youth Football and Cheer program (Walled Lake)
Family Day Fundraiser on 9/28 beginning at 10 am (Hickory Glen Park)Shelby Junior High School
Pink Out football game on 10/1Tanger Outlet (Howell)
Tanger Beauty Event on 10/5 from 12-3 pm (Cosmetic Warehouse Store - 1475 N Burkhart Road, Howell); local beneficiary of monthlong campaignVersiti Blood Center of Michigan
Monetary donation on behalf of every blood donor that donates at one of their donor centers from 10/6-10/12Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Eastern Michigan University)
Breast Cancer Walk on 10/07 around EMU’s campus, followed by a presentation back at the Student CenterGrosse Pointe North/South Girls Volleyball Team
Dig Pink match on 10/8 at 6:30 pm (Grosse Pointe North High School)J.McLaughlin
For the 4th year in a row, J.McLaughlin is hosting a Think Pink Sip & Shop on 10/10 from 2-6 pm at the Troy and Grosse Pointe locations with 15% of sales benefitting SOPF during the event, including phone-in ordersFraser High School Girls Volleyball
Dig Pink fundraiser on 10/10 (Fraser High School)Joe Louis Greenway Partnership
Pink on the Greenway on 10/12 from 9 am to 12 pm (8034 W. Warren Ave, Detroit)Macomb Mustangs Youth Football and Cheer Club
Pink Out game on 10/12 beginning at 10 am (Dakota High School)Trenton Blades Travel Hockey Team
Pink Out the Rink game on 10/12 at 3 pm (Feldman Rink, Kennedy Recreation Center)Cranbrook Kingswood High School Girls Volleyball Team
Dig Pink game on 10/22 at 6:30 pm (Keppel Gymnasium - 550 Lone Pine Rd, Bloomfield Hills)Carlson High School Girls Volleyball Team
Pink Out games on 10/22 starting at 5:30 pm (30550 W Jefferson Ave, Gibraltar)Busted Bra (Ann Arbor)
Bra fittings and tabling event on 10/19 from 10 am to 2 pm (899 W Eisenhower Pkwy, Ann Arbor)Ruby's Balm and Ehrlooms Fine Jewelry Designs
Sip, Shop & Think Pink event on 10/24 from 4-8 pm (6400 Telegraph Road, Suite 1200, Bloomfield)Northfield Township Police Department
Comedy Night on 10/26 at 6 pm - Captain Joe’s Grill (9901 N. Main St., Whitmore Lake)TITLE Boxing Club Shelby Township
Pink Out Day on 10/30 to support SOPF; free class for all breast cancer patients and survivorsGreater Metropolitan Association of Realtors (GMAR)
GMAR Gives Back on 11/15 at 6 pm (Fifth Avenue - 215 W 5th St, Royal Oak)
Purchase Goods or Services
Busted Bra (Detroit, Ann Arbor, Rochester Hills)
Promo code: Pink10 option (in store or online) to donate 10% of your sale to SOPF throughout OctoberEmagine Entertainment
Donating a portion of pink popcorn sales throughout OctoberKitty’s Cheesecakes (Ferndale)
Donating a portion of proceeds from strawberry shortcake cheesecake monthlong fundraiserPenny + Clover
Selling an all-pink floral arrangement called ‘Shades of Pink’ throughout October and donating 10% of all sales to SOPF (floral vending machines at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and at Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Auburn Hills); available on their website and on DoorDash, tooPet Ritz (Howell)
Bark for Boobs fundraiser throughout OctoberXena Workwear
Selling an October Pink Limited shirt and donating proceeds to SOPF
Donate
Ace Auto Wash
Free car wash with in-person donation of $5 or more throughout October at all seven locations throughout Metro DetroitDrip Car Wash
Free car wash with in-person donation of $5 or more throughout October at any location
Corporate / School Fundraising Campaigns
Abbot Elementary School (Ann Arbor Public Schools)
Pink Party for staffCaffeinated Conversations with Brooke Allen
Nonprofit spotlight with weekly live-to-stream podcast appearances throughout OctoberCornerstone Adams-Young Elementary
Donating proceeds from school fundraiserDisability Attorneys of Michigan
Donating Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign proceedsHARMAN Women Network (HWN)
Donating proceeds from fundraiser on 10/29Hoffman Dental Care
Donating Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign proceedsKIG Insurance
2nd Annual Walk in the Parking Lot for all staff on 10/23 at 2 pmLear Corporation (GROW: Women Employee Resource Group)
Donating Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign proceedsMarian High School
Pink Out Jeans Day on 10/25Pingree Detroit
Donating proceeds from Pop-Up Shop at Lear on 10/17Stevenson High School’s DECA Chapter
Donating proceeds from fundraiser on 10/23Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART)
Pink Out event for employees of Oakland, Macomb and Wayne terminals on 10/17; donating proceeds from Transit in Pink initiativeThe Friendship Factory (West Bloomfield)
Donating a portion of sales at Lakes Area Hawks Family Day fundraiser on 9/28