We are proud to announce that this year’s contributions enabled us to fund all of the families nominated for a Pink Dish! gift, meeting our goal of giving to 50 recipients in 2008.

Being a part of Pink Dish! has again been a moving experience for all of us.  The dedication and generosity of those who nominated a friend or family member for a potential gift is a powerful testament to all the forms that support of breast cancer survivor can take.  Those of you who sent Pink Dish E-Dedications and brought them to the store went the extra mile to fight breast cancer and help those fighting it personally.  Finally, we appreciate everyone who has shared their Pink Dish! Story, both online and in person.

That story continues as we get to know the Pink Dish! Families, who come from all walks of life here in the mid-Atlantic. We will be giving Let’s Dish! meals to mothers, daughters, sisters, even husbands who were nominated.  They are teachers, business professionals, volunteers, community directors, presidents of the PTA and homemakers. They have all coped with breast cancer and deserve a gift, a surprising act of kindness.  We are honored to be able to give that gift to each and every one of them - and hope our healthy, homemade meals will make some of their nights a little easier.  All of our Pink Dish! Families will have the opportunity to sit with their family and enjoy dinner together without the work of preparing that meal.

We want to take a final moment to thank all of the media outlets who supported our mission, giving us an opportunity to spread the word about Pink Dish! to as many as possible.   Without publicity, we would not have achieved our goal for this year.

We hope to share the new Pink Dish! stories after the families are notified so all of you can get to know them as well.  And, stay tuned for the moving story of our Pink Dish!-For-A-Year recipient - hers is a true testament to the strength of support and community.   We look forward to next year and aim to give Pink Dish! gifts to even more families.

We appreciate the generosity and support of all those who were involved in Pink Dish! this year. You have helped us to give Let’s Dish! meals to so many families; you have made a difference in the lives on those coping with breast cancer.

Thank you.

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As I read the stories that have been submitted to the

A year ago right now I was just finishing up my last AC chemo treatment for my Stage II breast cancer. All of my hair had fallen out, I was feeling nauseous most of the time and really tired but yet I would look around at the leaves changing and marvel at the energy so many people had to help find a cure and help eradicate breast cancer during this month. Alexa, my business partner at Let’s Dish!, called to talk to me about her idea to help families during breast cancer awareness month, what would become the Pink Dish! Campaign. I was so touched. Alexa was looking for a way to help me and others like me keep getting through the day, to make life just a little bit easier when I was feeling down.

Now we are back in the craziness called “Fall”… soccer games, football practice, Fall Festivals, hikes to see the fall foliage and apple picking at the local orchards to make yummy pies and goodies for treats all winter long. A year later I have hair again! I feel strong again! I just finished my last Herceptin treatment and have only one last surgery to go….I am done! I have my life back and it feels great.

The second Pink Dish! Campaign is also in full swing with more ways to get involved and a goal of providing more families with meals as they cope with breast cancer. And, this year, one family will even be given meals for a year! I love the fact that we can once again help families when they need it and I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to our efforts from coming into Dish, to making an E-Dedication, to purchasing the 2008 Pink Dish! (Antioxidant-Rich Greek Isle Chicken) which we developed with the approval of the American Cancer Society who honored me this past summer at their Pink on the Links Golf Tournament for our efforts with the Pink Dish! Campaign.

As I spoke that at the Pink on the Links dinner, I talked about the “unsung” heroes helping to eradicate breast cancer. They are people like you - those who are taking the time to listen and read the stories from survivors. They are people like you who are making small contributions from picking up the phone to check on a friend who has been diagnosed with breast cancer or who is going through treatment. They are people like you who are making sure they help spread the word about ways to help all of us fight this disease. They are people like you who are participating in races such as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Race.

Thank you for bringing us so much HOPE. Thank you for being our heroes!

Join us in the fight against breast cancer and support Pink Dish! 2008. The more support we get, the more FREE meals we can deliver to deserving local families. Here are some of the ways you can get involved:

• Register for a Session: Enter promo code DISHPINK2008 and we’ll make a $10 donation in your honor to the Pink Dish! Campaign.
  
• Come to Our Stores: Pick up an Antioxidant-Rich Greek Isle Chicken from our Ready Made case, or buy a Let’s Dish! Pink Tote, and we’ll donate another $5 to the Campaign. (While supplies last; Pink Dish! Entree must be purchased at retail for donation.)
• Send an E-Dedication: Honor a friend and get a FREE treat. Plus, we’ll donate a dollar to the Campaign.

Pink Dish! contributions provide nutritious and convenient Let’s Dish! meals to local families coping with breast cancer. Find out more at www.letsdish.com/pinkdish

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This year, Let’s Dish! is even more committed to the fight against breast cancer. The mission for our Pink Dish! Campaign in the mid-Atlantic is to do what we do best - provide meals to those who need them – by supporting families coping with breast cancer through the donation of healthy Let’s Dish! meals at no cost.  

After last year’s Campaign, we set our sights on helping even more breast cancer survivors during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 2008 - and we need your help to provide meals to as many nominated families as possible.

Here are some easy and delicious ways you can directly contribute to Pink Dish!:

• Enter promo code DISHPINK2008 at checkout when you sign up for a Let’s Dish! session this month.  We’ll make a $10 donation to the Pink Dish! Campaign on your behalf!

• Add a donation of $5 (or more) to any Let’s Dish! order (via the Ready Made page when ordering online)

• Purchase a snazzy Pink Dish! tote from one of our stores.  Supplies are limited, and $5 from your purchase will go toward the Pink Dish! Campaign

• Stop by and pick up an “Antioxidant-Rich Greek Isle Chicken” from our Ready Made Case. This special limited-time entree was developed with the American Cancer Society–  it tastes great and is full of cancer-fighting ingredients.  Each time you purchase a “full” (serves 4-6) from our Ready-Made case, we’ll donate another $5 to the Campaign 

• Help us raise funds AND increase awareness: blog about the Pink Dish! Campaign and Let’s Dish! or add a Pink Dish! Story to the website - for each, we’ll add $5 to the Campaign on your behalf.
  

Don’t stay on the sidelines… there are so many ways to get involved:

Blogging about Pink Dish!? Let us know and we’ll add $5 to the campaign.

Visit the Pink Dish! website at www.letsdish.com/pinkdish today to start helping breast cancer survivors in the mid-Atlantic, one dinner at a time.

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As we at Let’s Dish! began the planning for the 2008 Pink Dish! Campaign, I found it hard to believe that it had already been a year since our first initiative.

Lisa is now a “survivor” - her chemo complete, her hair has grown back (and is quite adorable, I must say) and her life just as active as ever. Her story inspired us to action last year as we launched the Pink Dish! Campaign in the mid-Atlantic.

We really had no idea what to expect in terms of support for the Pink Dish! mission: to provide Let’s Dish! meals at no cost to families coping with breast cancer. We knew that our customer base was largely women - and with the sobering (and now very personal) knowledge that one in every eight women either has or will be diagnosed with breast cancer, we thought that our initiative would be something we could all support.

In the end, the 2007 Pink Dish! Campaign achieved more than we had ever hoped. Through donations from friends, family, customers and the greater community, we were able to give Pink Dish! gifts to all families that were nominated last year. These courageous women and families received a gift certificate for Let’s Dish! meals and future free assembly to help them through the difficult time.

As the main liaison to the nominating friends and family as well as the Pink Dish! families, I can tell you I felt so honored to be a part of Pink Dish!. I was the messenger of a tremendous swell of best wishes and direct support for our Pink Dish! families. Personally, I found my Inbox a place of joy and tears as I came to know these families through our email communications. Some of our Pink Dish! Stories are full of triumph and recovery, but as we know with cancer, happy endings are not guaranteed. These stories only strengthened my resolve to make this year - the 2008 Pink Dish! Campaign - reach even more families to directly help them cope with the impact of breast cancer on their lives.

I hope you’ll join us as we strive to grow the Pink Dish! Campaign this year - to help more families with healthy and nutritious meals that they can enjoy together. Please take a moment to read through the Pink Dish! website for all the ways you can contribute.

Whether you share your story,