Putting the 'Hop' in 'Hope'
In the past two years, we have raised over $12,000 for local cancer research with your help. This year is shaping up to be bigger than the past two years combined. We have our sights set high – $20,000 in fact!
To get us there, we have put together an exciting lineup of events. We wanted to share how you could be a part of them! We have something for everyone, including non-beer drinkers aka cider fans!
Our three key values at Drink for Pink are transparency, local (meaning keep the money in Colorado), and research (focusing on cancer research exclusively). A big part of both the research and transparency angles is providing a detailed breakdown of where our donations go at the end of each year. In 2015, our funds went to Dr. Diana Cittelly PhD from Anschutz Medical Campus. We were beyond thrilled to support Dr. Cittelly, and we were even able to tour her lab at Anschutz to learn more about her research.
Today, we’re excited to share where our funds went from 2016, and the research you all helped to fund with your donations.
As Drink for Pink enters its third year of operation, one of our goals is to continue to expand our partnerships to increase fundraising efforts within the community. We had an opportunity to partner with Ann Wolta’s Rally for the Cure event, a local golf tournament at Indian Tree benefitting men and women battling breast cancer in Colorado. Ann and her team have done an incredible job hosting an event that is celebrating its 9-year anniversary with over $105,000 raised. We sat down with Ann to learn more about her background and involvement in the fight for Breast Cancer.
Like any nonprofit, our main focus is on the beneficiary. In our case, that means the individual researchers involved with finding a cure for breast cancer. The research angle is baked into our three core values – local, transparent, and research-focused.
From day one, our goal has been to create value for all parties involved (including breweries and corporate sponsors) while shining the spotlight on the researchers as well. In this manner, all parties involved feel the connection that is forged by their efforts.
Shortly after receiving word of where our 2015 donations would go (courtesy of the fantastic Review Board of the Cancer League of Colorado), we knew we wanted to bring partnering breweries to the actual lab benefiting from our work. In this case, it was the lab of Dr. Diana Cittelly. The world-class staff at Anschutz (big shout out to Jerry Sinning and Allison Krebs for being rockstars!) was able to make this happen and made the experience even better than expected.
Drink for Pink operates on three key values: research, local, and transparency. Our mission is to support critical breast cancer research local to the Colorado area in a transparent way.
Part of that transparency is letting you know exactly how much we raised in a given year and where it’s going. We did our first transparency report in 2015, and we’re excited to do it again this year!
I’ll start by just saying that 2016 was truly an amazing year. Although we fell short of our goal of hitting $10,000, we nearly doubled our donation from last year, partnered with some new breweries, and had 10 total events throughout the year! We can’t thank you enough for your support.
Looking forward, we’re setting some ambitious targets for this year. We think we can double our donation from this year and get close to that $25,000 mark we’re looking for to fully fund our own seed grant.