M&M’s are Passionately Pink
October 31, 2006 by admin
Filed under Chocolate Events, Chocolate Products
Have you picked up enough goodies for the ghosts and goblins who will show up at your door Hallowe’en night? If you’re anything like me, you buy about three times as much as you need, and you always make sure you get something you like to eat!
Now those selfish ways can actually do some good for others. October is Breast Cancer Month, and M&M’s (yes the candy-coated chocolates) are turning pink in support of breast cancer research. These pink M&M’s will be available throughout November as well, but what better way to hand out Hallowe’en treats and do some good at the same time.
The idea of using the passionately pink M&M’s as Hallowe’en treats actually started with a guy named Carl who runs a blog called Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter. He points out that any living female relative he has, be it his daughter or his wife or his stepmother or whoever, could get breast cancer. In fact, over 200,000 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year (and some men as well).
So, back to my original thought. Buying excess candy and chocolate for Hallowe’en is good. Finding a cure for breast cancer is good. Combining the two can only be great.
Nicely said, Cathy!!
Thank you Cathy (my sister’s name). You give me too much credit. It is people like you and Hsien and Liz and a host of others who are making a difference. All I had to do was stop talking.