Contact:
Children’s Chance
Samantha Higgins
Public Relations Director
803-254-5996 - office or
803-629-4873 – cell
EarthFare, Teal Rivers
803-799-0048
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Children’s Chance & Zig the Pig team up with EarthFare to help Kids with Cancer!
Visit EarthFare throughout the entire month of September to help Children with Cancer
Columbia, SC: September, 2007- Throughout the entire month of September, Children’s Chance will team up with EarthFare located at 3312-B Devine Street to help children battling cancer and their families. Visit EarthFare anytime in September and bring or use recycled bags for your purchases and 10¢ will be donated to help children with cancer. Also, visit EarthFare on Zaturday, September 8th from 12-3 pm for a special Zig Grill Out and purchase delicious hotdogs and hamburgers to help the cause. On Zaturday, September 22nd from 12-3 pm during their annual Organic Harvest Event, EarthFare will hold Zig Zunday’s where customers can make and purchase their own Zig Zunday to help Zig help children with cancer in SC!
Samantha Higgins, Public Relations Director of Children’s Chance states, “We are so excited to team up with EarthFare during September which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to help raise money and awareness for children battling cancer right here in South Carolina. All you have to do is visit the store and bring or use recycled bags or come out to one of the special Saturday events, and you can help those families in your own community who are dealing with childhood cancer.”
EarthFare is located at 3312- B Devine Street and their hours are ! Earth Fare brings you the best tasting, most naturally produced foods and products available. They believe in supporting a healthy environment—both in the purchasing choices made and in the quality of interactions with customers and the communities in which we live. Today Earth Fare continues as a leader in the grocery industry, providing the best tasting local, natural and organic foods available without compromising its commitment to natural integrity. To find out more about EarthFare visit www.earthfare.com.
Founded in 1996, Children’s Chance is the only statewide non profit organization that is dedicated to providing children facing cancer and their families with non-medical financial, emotional, and, psychological support. Proceeds from the EarthFare fundraiser will fund a variety of programs including art therapy, counseling programs, teen support groups, Discretionary funds which help families pay non medical bills such as mortgage or electric payments, and Angel Funds which provide families with small out of pocket expenses to make their trips to the clinic a little easier, such as gas or food cards. For more information about the Children’s Chance fundraiser with EarthFare or to find out more about Children’s Chance, please contact (803) 254-5996 or visit us online at: www.childrenschance.org.
*We are asking all media outlets to please publicize as much information about pediatric cancer as possible in an effort to increase statewide awareness leading up to and throughout the month of September, which is nationally recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!