Girls Night Out at C.C. & Company Salon [02.05.10]

C.C. & Company hosted our first Girls Night Out fundraiser for 2010 at their salon and spa last Friday. Mother nature wasn't on our side. It was extremely cold and rainy but we still had a good turnout.

We raised a little over $100 on raffles alone.

Plain & Fancy Catering was kind enough to donate some appetizers for the ladies. DELICIOUS!

All the ladies took part in the pampering: hair styling, make-up touch up, mini manicure, and massages. After they were finished, it was time to be photographed! Here's a sneak peek at the profile images...

We will post our favorite image of each lady on our facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/IPbyKG. All the images from Friday evening will be posted on Friday, Feb 19th at http://www.irresistibleportraits.com/. You can click on client images and enter girlsnightout (all lowercase) as your password. We're offering a 50% discount on our studio pricelist for any orders placed from the Girls Night Out images!

Our first fundraiser for 2010 was successful. We raised just over $500 and we're looking forward to the next few weeks. We've got two events - "A Taste of Dream Dinners" on Monday, March 8th at the Kannapolis Dream Dinners location in Cloverleaf AND The Brow Lounge Grand Opening on Saturday, March 13th in Cornelius, NC. Keep an eye on our facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/focusedonacure) and calendar for info about these events.

Pretty in Pink with C.C. & Company Salon & Day Spa

Last Friday, C.C. & Company Salon and Day Spa hosted Pretty in Pink. This was an evening of pampering similar to our recent Girls Night Outs, with a catch - Everyone had to wear pink!

It was a blast! All the ladies had their hair styled, their nails painted, their necks massaged, their makeup applied, their bras fitted, and then they were photographed! Karen photographed some beautiful images of the ladies.

Check out some candids from the evening...

Here's a sneak peek at some of the portraits from Pretty in Pink!

Thank you to C.C. & Company for all of your support and donations! You have been a huge part of us acheiving our fundraising goals for Focused on a Cure. And we appreciate all the girls (and Hutch) for all your hard work at fundraising events!

Thank you to Sara Pless (The Bra Lady) for all your hard work and helping ladies find their best fitting undergarments! Thank you to Kristi Deese from Dream Dinners for all the food Friday evening! It's always delicious!!!

Thank you to all the ladies who attended! We raised over $700 Friday night and we're almost to our goal for the Avon Walk!

The portraits will be posted soon on our IP fan page at www.facebook.com/IPbyKG. There will also be directions on how to view ALL the images from that night through our website. Karen is offering a 50% discount off of our studio prices for any portrait orders from Pretty in Pink.

Thanks again! We enjoyed Pretty in Pink and look forward to the next event! And if you haven't been to C.C. & Company Salon & Day Spa, you haven't experienced pampering! Check them out!

$10,000 Donation to NorthEast Foundation

Monday was the big day! We met at the entrance to the Breast Imaging Center at CMC-Copperfield to give the $10,000 check to the directors of the program. We had alot of support from some of our survivors and sponsors who attended and wore their FOC shirts!


Adam Cook, the director of the NE Foundation, started with a thank you and a brief update of the NE Foundation's success with their breast health program. He told us some very interesting facts and statistics about healthcare in our community - which has improved since the founding of the NE Foundation!

Here we are with our oversized check! $10,000 to the order of NorthEast Foundation!

Then we moved inside for a tour of the Breast Imaging Center. Paula Galvin showed us around and shared with us about the smallest details of the program. She mentioned that a lot of thought was put into the decor and feel of the lobby. They wanted women to feel like they were waiting in a spa atmosphere to reduce the stress and nerves while waiting. She shared about the "Be a Champion" campaign, where they train and inform mostly men about breast cancer and coping with it. Men can be such a huge part of their wife's battle against breast cancer.

Paula showed us around the facility and explained the process of being examined and consulting with your doctor, etc. She showed off their dressing rooms, where women wait to be taken in for their mammograms. Each dressing room has one of our survivors' prints in it with a successful story of breast cancer. There are journals in each room for women to write their thoughts and feelings, which is inspiring for the next woman to look through.

One thing that really stood out in our minds was a wall of information in the lobby. In the center is an image that the NE Foundation has used as their representation on all their breast cancer pieces. Notice the image is three young women of different races. Paula expressed how that image was strategically chosen because of the word they're trying to spread. You don't have to be older. You don't have to be unhealthy. Breast cancer affects everyone!

We appreciate Paula for taking the time to show us around. We really enjoyed the tour! Thank you to Meredith, Adam, and Paula for attending our event and supporting us along the way! We appreciate all of our sponsors and everyone who attended the event. This year was a success and we hope next year will be even bigger! What do you think we should set our goal at for next year - $15,000? $20,000? Thoughts?

Focused on a Cure isn't idle until then. We've got the Avon Walk fastly approaching in October. Relay for Life in May of 2010. And I'm sure find a few more in between!

Thanks for all your support!

Girls Night Out at C.C. & Company

Last Friday, we partnered with C.C. & Company for a Girls Night Out! The salon and spa hosted the event and volunteered their time and facility to help us raise money for Focused on a Cure.



For $20, each lady received a hair style, a mini manicure, make up, a neck massage, one underarm hair removal treatment, and 10% off any retail products. The Bra Lady, Accent Your Life with Style, Cherry Picked Creations, and other vendors joined us for the evening, offering their products and services, with a percentage going back to our foundation. Dream Dinners provided dinner for everyone... which was DELICIOUS!

C.C. & Company gave raffle items about every 30 minutes. This lady won a beautiful pink ribbon bracelet.

At one point, there was over 100 cars parked in the salon parking lot and neighoring parking lots. CRAZY!!!!

Although they were outnumbered, we had the help of a few men.

Can you say "FULL HOUSE?"

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to C.C. & Company for their generosity. We raised $1,585 for Focused on a Cure in one night! That's AMAZING! We appreciate everything you've done for Focused on a Cure.

If you haven't been to C.C. & Company before, you're missing out. They have the friendliest staff and they're all GREAT at what they do. Their facility is gorgeous and we promise you won't be disappointed.

Check out their website at www.ccandcompanysalonspa.com.