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...Square-wide effort started off with an individual cause. After her father was diagnosed with breast cancer, Pamela Giller—a former bartender at Grendel’s Den and current Assistant Director of Student Care at Lesley University—approached Grendel’s owner, Kari Kuelzer, seeking help to raise money for a family breast cancer walk...
Kuelzer—whose mother died from breast cancer, according to Giller—immediately agreed to sponsor Giller’s team, “Breast Man Walking.” The team—which consists of Giller, her parents, and her brother—has raised over...
When Kuelzer brought the idea of a breast cancer awareness campaign to a meeting of the Harvard Square restaurant committee on May 16, Jillson jumped on the cause. Within the hour she returned to her office, pitched the idea to Lapidus, and the two soon after began working with Kuelzer on a letter that they mailed to the entire HSBA’s membership on June...
...over fifty businesses have become involved with the effort, raising money for local organizations such as the Hoffman Breast Center at Mt. Auburn Hospital, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. Although the HSBA has participated in community campaigns like “Locks of Love” and promoted breast cancer awareness before, Jillson said that this is the first time the businesses have coordinated a month-long campaign of this scale. Giller is overwhelmed by the support, and says the community’s response has been...
October is the nation’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Lapidus said she believes that many of this July’s efforts can be carried through until then. Organizing breast cancer awareness efforts amid major events like the Head of the Charles Regatta and Oktoberfest can be difficult, but Lapidus hopes this summer’s campaign will facilitate fall efforts...