Picture The Cure

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My friend Irina is doing the Weekend to End Breast Cancer again this year. The walk will be on the weekend of 10-11 september in Toronto and their
team is called "Titsy Daisies". They are 7 people in the team, you can see
the list of participants here :
to05.endcancer.ca/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=1000&team...

But this is not the main reason I am writing to you today. On top and beyond doing the walk, Irina has organized a one night Photo exhibit and Silent Auction called "Picture the Cure" to raise money for the cause.

Here are the details

Picture the Cure
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
The Gladstone Hotel.
1214 Queen Street West
6pm to 12am

The evening will showcase the work of Irina Souiki, Carrie Musgrave, Catherine Jaimeson, Charles Bodi, Kendall Anderson, Matt O'Sullivan and Miles Storey.

presale tickets are 5 dollars, at the door tickets are 10 dollars.
You can order you presale tickets by calling 416-937-3859


Here is what the evening is about in Irina's own words.

The idea of organizing a photo exhibit that would benefit the breast cancer research came to me last year while I was raising money in order to participate to the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. Last year I was selling my prints in the street, but this year I have decided to take this fundraiser one step forward and do something more significant to raise the awareness and in the same time honor survivors and sufferers who had to fight this horrible disease.

Along with 6 Canadian photographers, my teammates, walkers for Weekend
to End Breast Cancer, and friends from the Toronto community, we are going to give this project life and make it a recurrent one. We have named this event "Picture the Cure" because not only it is about photography and showcasing amazing talent, but also because we believe that every dollar raised will bring us one step closer to a cure.

It is extremely important to me and to my teammates because each one of us had or have a family member or a friend who had to battle breast cancer. Some of them made it, some didn't. Life is short and everyone should have the same chances. Breast cancer is not only unfair, but also devastating physically and psychologically. My aim is to prove that our
efforts are not meaningless and together we can make a difference.

Thanks for reading this far, and pass this along to anyone who you think would be interested in purchasing affordable photography for a good cause.