Since this is the first email Newsletter of 2025, we wanted to take a moment to reflect and say…
Thank you so much for an incredible 2024!
With your help, Pinked Perspective experienced:
- 390 Kit Requests
- Breast Cancer Kits reach across 50 states
- 15 Kit Assemblies (including a College Sorority, a High School Cancer Awareness Club, a Gymnastics facility, a Dance studio, a High School Varsity Soccer Team, a Church Youth Group, Neighborhoods, 2 Local Small Businesses, and a Girl Scout Troop)
- 8 Kit Supply Drives (Maximum Performance PT, Proformance PT, Y of Arnold, Sheehy Lexus of Annapolis, Chesapeake Breasties Happy Hour Gatherings, Linstead Community, The Edge Dance Complex, and Thrive Gymnastics)
- 4 *New* Empower Hour Workshops (with topics including mobility, lymphatic drainage, strength training and nutrition)
- Expansion of our leadership team with the addition of an Executive Director! (Stay Tuned for more on this exciting news in our March Newsletter)
- $57,000 in fundraising thanks to amazing community partnerships with other breast cancer organizations, local businesses, family foundations and YOU!
Thank you to all the Local Pink Warriors that joined us for our last Empower Hour Workshop. Dr. Christy Asonglefac kicked off our time together with a mobility sequence that we can do in standing for those times during our workday that we might not have our yoga mats on hand nor be able to get to the floor. Once we were able to move better through our shoulders and spine, we were led in an interesting discussion around “Nutrition and Breast Cancer” by Christy’s husband Kevin Asonglefac, FNP, IFMCP, Certified Integrative Sports Nutritionist. Kevin discussed creating a Balanced Nutrition Plan including improving our food choices to decrease inflammation and insulin resistance. Stay tuned for information about our next Empower Hour!
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Kit Assembly
| January was a busy month for Pinked’s Kit Assembly Gatherings! From Diane’s Happy Hour Kit Assembly in Annapolis full of fun and culinary delights, to an afternoon Kit Assembly with Wellness House of Annapolis* members (comprised of cancer thrivers, some in current treatment, and a few caregivers), Pinked was able to come away with several kits which will be shipped throughout the next few weeks. In addition, just last week students from Broadneck High School’s Cancer Awareness Club helped with a few “Pinked Projects” getting some of the items in the kits ready for our upcoming kit assemblies. Grateful for so many helpful hands who make the work lighter! *Wellness House of Annapolis provides a safe space for cancer patients and their loved ones to learn, connect, and support each other during treatment and recovery. |
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Pinked Needs
| Since the start of 2025, we have been working hard behind the scenes to get organized and make Pinked Perspective better than ever! We are so excited for what lies ahead as we attempt to further our reach to share HOPE and provide support in the form of a breast cancer kits and Empower Hour workshops this year. In order to fulfill the requests for our breast cancer kits, we continue to utilize our Amazon Wishlist. If you are able to help with a pair of Button down pajamas, we would so appreciate the support of Pinked Perspective this way! Monetary tax-deductible contributions can also be made through PayPal on our Website, Venmo @Pinkedperspective, or a check payable to Pinked Perspective to P.O. Box 63 Arnold MD 21012. |
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Hear What Kit Recipients Are Saying…
 “Thank you so very much for such a wonderful box full of much needed gifts. I am overwhelmed by your generosity. And the handmade items just feel like they are full of love and that’s so comforting. Please thank everyone who took the time to make those. Be sure I am bringing them with me for my upcoming surgery & recovery at my sister’s house. And as you can see, it really was like Christmas as I opened the box under our holiday Valentine’s tree.” ~Kit Recipient, Point Pleasant, NJ |
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| We are so thankful to all that choose to give to Pinked Perspective so we can support those facing treatment. Your contributions are making an impact. |