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“Bras for a Cause”

The Commuter

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

By Lacey Jarrell

Creative Crafts & Frame Shop in Corvallis is busting out and getting creative in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The store, which is inviting community members and customers to join them in their first “Bras for a Cause” charity fundraiser, is trying to get community members excited by imaginatively decorating bras for display in the store Oct. 10 – 15.

Community members are then encouraged to vote for their favorite bra for a $1.00 donation to Project H.E.R. (Help, Enlightenment and Resources) of The Corvallis Clinic Foundation. Creative Crafts is donating 100 percent of the proceeds directly to the foundation.

The Corvallis Clinic and Project H.E.R. (Help, Enlightenment, and Resources) are non-profit organizations that provide resources for disease education, awareness and treatment. Donations toward Project H.E.R. are aimed at raising breast cancer awareness and to help support women from the time of diagnosis to survivorship throughout Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties. By help from The Corvallis Clinic and from donations, Project H.E.R. is also able to provide financial assistance and free services to breast cancer patients who qualify.

“It is an organization that helps out our local community members directly,” said Trish Hiatt, store manager of Creative Crafts.

Hiatt says that for some time she had been looking for a way for the store to actively participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Month. She found her inspiration last year at a trade show in Anaheim, CA. While viewing bras on display by other vendors, Hiatt found the spark of inspiration she had been looking for.

“It was perfect. Since we are a craft store, we thought this would be a fun way that our customers could get involved in the cause,” Hiatt said.

Each bra on display is tagged with both the name of the creator and who the bra is in memory of. Several of the bras are for sale. Those that are not sold will be donated to local health organizations.

Many of the employees at Creative Crafts also made bras for the event, including Marcia Henderson who is a breast cancer survivor.

Henderson, who was diagnosed last year with ductal breast cancer, says that the most important thing a woman can do is receive yearly mammograms. Her decorative bra is titled “Pink and Purple Pizzazz.”

Several of the 47 bras entered portray humorous, playful themes such as, “Ra Ra for the Ta Ta’s,” and “Hooters,” which was decorated with feathers and felt to look like an owl’s face.

There is still time to vote and donate, Bras for a Cause will be on display at Creative Crafts & Frame Shop Oct. 14 and 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The store is also accepting direct donations for Project H.E.R.

The store is located at 934 N.W. Kings Blvd. in Corvallis. For more information and to learn how to get involved with next year’s “Bras for a Cause,” call 541-753-7316 or visit the store’s website at www.creativecraftsandframeshop.com.

For more information on Project H.E.R. visit www.corvallisclinic.com/projecther.

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