Personal note from Kim (the mom of millionshirtmom) I am honored to be featuring the Pink Panthers Organization. The founder of this group is an amazing young woman named Brittany. This group’s endurance beyond a senior project is a testament to Brittany and all the Pink Panther members. The money they raise goes directly to benefit breast cancer patients. I have added pink t-shirts in support of breast cancer awareness and the Pink Panthers. I would like to thank Brittany, her mom Jane, Marge and all of the Pink Panthers for including millionshirtmom in their effort. Here is Brittany’s story…… In the year 2000, I lost my Aunt Louise, my mother’s sister, to breast cancer. In the year 2002, my mother lost another sister, my Aunt Ellen, to the disease. Both my grandmother and my great grandmother on my father’s side of the family were diagnosed with breast cancer but they won their battle and are survivors.
In 2004, my sophomore year of high school, as my senior project, I started a group called the Penn Cambria High School Pink Panthers A.B.C. I wanted to do more than just the normal senior project; I wanted to do something that would honor my aunts and celebrate my grandmothers. Yet, another one of my mother’s sisters has been recently dianosed with breast cancer. Having this organization has helped my mother and my family cope with the reoccurrence of breast cancer.
So far this amazing group of girls have sold hundreds of t-shirts and raised thousands of dollars to support the breast cancer survivors in our area. Our main goal is to help women battling breast cancer and give them the support they need and deserve. From get well cards to pink blankets and gas cards, the pink panthers do all they can to make breast cancer patients feel as important as they are.
I am so proud of the group and everything that it has accomplished. I hope the Pink Panthers not only continue to help women in our area, but reach out to those who have no one else to turn to, no matter what the distance.