Woooah! The Keep A Breast Traveling Education Booth will be kicking off this spring touring season full steam ahead! We are super excited to come out to a city near you around the world this spring. We have several exciting tours and festivals that we will be on site with our Traveling Educational Booth with important information for you, your friends and your family to come check out. We will be on the road a total of 241 days, we will set up in 55 different cities, 4 providences, and 10 countries as well as set up at 9 festivals. We will have new tee shirts, hoodies and of course our I Heart Boobies wristbands for donations to help support Keep A Breast’s breast cancer awareness, prevention and support programs. Make sure you come say hello at one of these events! We can’t wait to meet you!
We have embarked on our 4th bracelet fundraiser with Spencers this last week (Hurry they are almost sold out!!) and we wanted to share with you a letter from one of the Spencer’s employees Jasmine that worked with us on the road in our Educational Booth. We are so grateful for this partnership and the way Spencer’s has embraced our organization and initiated the Spencer’s Volunteer Army!
Hi Keep A Breast!
I really want you to know how much of an impact the experience made on me
and my experience with KAB at Warped 2009.
Cancer is a word that for some reason has lingered over my whole life. My mother had a whilms tumor as a child which caused a kidney to burst. She survived and lived her life as if nothing happened. At 23 during her pregnancy with my younger brother they found that she had cervical cancer. While my brother was in the whomb! They both survived and live normal lives. In 2002 my grandfather was diagnosed with rectal cancer. He is still to this day fighting for his life. The cancer has spread to his stomach and chest and sadly he is getting to the point where he is losing the fight.In 2005 my father died of cancer. He was living with a softball sized tumor in his chest that was not operable. He died leaving a wife and 7 children.
So as you can see cancer is not a subject, let alone a life altering state, that is new to me.
When my employer, Spencer Gifts, started supporting KAB I found it refreshing that someone I worked for was willing to help out an organization that not only touch close to a subject in my life but did it in a way that related to my life style. On top of that I was given a chance to volunteer at Warped Tour (a very big aspiration of mine to work and tour with musicians/ festivals). What more could I ask for.
I had the chance to work three dates ( Fresno, Mt. View and Sacramento California). Every second working with KAB was rewarding and educating. I hardly left the tent in fear of missing anything! Speaking and connecting with everyone I came into contact with about a subject that I am well versed in and listening to the stories of others truly opened my eyes to what KAB has been doing. Its is not just a funny bracelet or a cool t-shirt that catches peoples eye… its an organization educating so many people it touches through music, arts and so much more. Just having the chance to work side by side with people who have devoted their lives to educating anyone and everyone on a scary subject… not trying to use it as a scare tactic but trying to help them realize that we can prevent and eventually eradicate this!!!
I am utterly grateful for the chance to work with KAB. I hope to have the chance to do so again many many more times.
It was truly an honor working along side KAB.
Thank You.
Jasmine H.
Speakeasy Tiger closed out 2009 with an amazing Keep A Breast Music For Awareness show in Denver, Colorado. As a fan of theirs, I was super stoked to have them approach KAB to do an event to benefit the cause and educate their community and peers. They successfully raised $720 for the organization and created one of a kind pieces of art to help raise funds. The band will also be on the Vans Warped Tour this summer, so be sure to check them out! I have included some words from Kyle, the lead singer for the band below.
I am so thankful for such inspiring young people that truly want to make a difference in the health and well being of others.
xo erica
“The show was a wonderful experience. We created a really intimate setting for everyone to really take focus on why we were throwing the event. I am proud to say we reached our goal for KAB with the help of our dear friend Rachel Yarbrough, who created custom canvas pieces with the silhouette of a woman with lyrics from one of our songs “I can feel it in my chest”. We sold each one with the hope that everyone would walk away with a much deeper awareness on the truth’s of Breast Cancer. Making KAB apart of our music was especially important to me because my mother was diagnosed with cancer when I was 10. Watching Breast Cancer affect the ones you love from a personal level shows how dangerous it can be and how easily it can be prevented if you check yourself and stay in tune with your body. Our great friend Alicia Garrison went through a step by step process on how to check yourself for our audience to see. Not only were we engaged but everyone who attended was wonderfully receptive to the information being shared. I am so hopeful when I see programs like KAB available to young artists like ourselves. With influence comes great responsibility and we are so happy to have the ability to share with others through our music. I am excited for the future and excited to promote good health for all of us! Thank you so much to a great show!” Kyle Simmons of Speakeasy Tiger
The Vans Warped Tour is helping the Keep A Breast Foundation win $20,000 through SocialVibe this month with Givapalooza. Givapalooza is a month-long competition for 10 charities on SocialVibe.com to compete and reach their goal before another one does. If the goal is reached by December 31st, SocialVibe will double the donation amount. On top of that, SocialVibe will be donating to the teams who reach their goals first. This is where you come in.
Our goal is reached by completed activities on Keep A Breast’s socialvibe page. The more activities you complete, the more points you get, the quicker we make it to our goal! Go to socialvibe.com/kab to start completing activities and help us win $20K for Keep A Breast!
We are honored to be a charity on Social Vibe. Social Vibe believes that empowering people to leverage their influence online can create positive impact for themselves, their brands, and their communities. Thier site allows you to Get Sponsored by your favorite brands on your social profiles while earning points for the reward of your choice. Raising ‘points’ mean donation dollars for Keep A Breast. KAB and Social Vibe believe that making a real difference is possible without making a real difference to your bank account.
We were happy to be able to give out two sets of tickets to the Warped Tour Anniversary Movie. Here is a photo of one of our Vibers with her brother and best friend celebrating the night away.
Celebrate 15 years of VANS Warped Tour with an exclusive One Night Event taking place on September 17th in over 400 movie theaters nationwide. This theatrical event will feature a two hour compilation of the best performances from the 15th Anniversary Celebration which will be originally performed and recorded in Los Angeles on September 6th.
Featuring larger-than-life performances on the big screen by 3oh!3, The All-American Rejects, The Aggrolites, Bad Religion, Blink 182, Ice-T, Katy Perry, NoFx, Ozomatli, Pennywise, The Decaydance All Stars, Rise Against and Underoath – many of whom are teaming up with VANS Warped Tour for this one performance only!
Whether the tour is stopping in your city this summer, or if this event is your only chance to get in on the action – there will be special behind-the-scenes footage and red carpet clips that you can’t get anywhere else!
**TAKE TWO SECONDS, CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE AND TYPE IN YOUR ZIP CODE TO SEE THE CLOSEST THEATER NEAR YOU PLAYING THE WARPED MOVIE – YOU CAN BUY YOUR MOVIE TICKETS NOW!
Look for ways to win free tickets to VANS Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration just by supporting KAB on Tuesday!!
Celebrate 15 years of VANS Warped Tour with an exclusive One Night Event taking place on September 17th in over 400 movie theaters nationwide. This theatrical event will feature a two hour compilation of the best performances from the 15th Anniversary Celebration which will be originally performed and recorded in Los Angeles on September 6th.
Featuring larger-than-life performances on the big screen by 3oh!3, The All-American Rejects, The Aggrolites, Bad Religion, Blink 182, Ice-T, Katy Perry, NoFx, Ozomatli, Pennywise, The Decaydance All Stars, Rise Against and Underoath – many of whom are teaming up with VANS Warped Tour for this one performance only!
Whether the tour is stopping in your city this summer, or if this event is your only chance to get in on the action – there will be special behind-the-scenes footage and red carpet clips that you can’t get anywhere else!
**TAKE TWO SECONDS, CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE AND TYPE IN YOUR ZIP CODE TO SEE THE CLOSEST THEATER NEAR YOU PLAYING THE WARPED MOVIE – YOU CAN BUY YOUR MOVIE TICKETS NOW!
Here at Keep A Breast, we are lucky to have some amazing volunteers come out to help us. I am so fortunate to meet the people I do and they truly are what keeps us going during these long hot days. It’s such a revitalizing thing to have new people come out every day and pump us up with energy-just when I think I’ve lost my voice completely, some awesome volunteer shows up that keeps me laughing all day.
A few years ago, I met three awesome girls, Gail, Ellen, and Jenna at a Warped show, even before I worked for Keep A Breast. The girls were super passionate about the cause and were already heading to a bunch of Warped dates so I asked them if they’d like to volunteer. This was all before Twitter obviously…volunteers were a lot harder to find and keep track of Along the way, we’ve had some crazy adventures and they’ve gone above and beyond the call of duty for KAB. Here’s what they have to say about their time with Keep A Breast:
It all began Warped ‘07 when we walked into the Girlz Garage… We met Katie, chatted a bit, well, chatted for awhile and mentioned that we were going to a couple more dates. Katie needed volunteers and we offered to help out. That summer we helped out at all of the tables in the Girlz Garage.
We kept in touch with Katie and Erica and the next summer decided it would be really fun to go to a bunch of dates. We ended up going to 10 dates between Philadelphia and Chicago, where we’re from. We had so much fun last year that this year we added on 2 more dates and expanded the trip all the way down to Florida.
A trip like this is a lot of hard work. We drive long distances and sleep when we can, but we keep coming back because we love it. Our days generally include set up and tear down, spending the better part of the day handing out information and selling a t-shirt or two. We also catch a band’s set every so often.
We love Katie, Erica, everyone at KAB, and everyone who works in the Girlz Garage. Every year we meet awesome people and see new things. Being surrounded by music is great and Warped Tour rocks every year, no matter the lineup. Most of all, we like helping a cause that we all believe in and have personal experiences with. It’s the highlight of the summer because summer would not be summer without the Warped Tour and Keep A Breast.
A few word from Baptiste from KAB on the Vans Warped Tour.
This is the story of 2 people that don’t know each other that have been working for a couple of years for the same foundation, but not in the same places. Katie and Baptiste are those two kids. The foundation is Keep A Breast. I am so glad I got to meet so many new people, such a cool feeling, and I love the fact of doing something that I consider being really good for Breast Cancer Awareness.
After four weeks on the road, I am still enjoying everything. From the reactive and positive attitude kids have toward Breast Cancer education, to the cool shows I get to see everyday, to such cool bands such as 3oh!3, Chiodos… wearing our tees, making educational videos, and spreading the KAB love all around. And I have to say as a French guy, American people are cool, and girls are way too cute for me haha.
I really like sharing ideas, try to educate people so please, everyone, come and meet Katie and I at one of the upcoming Vans Warped Tour venues . Get some cool stuff such as bracelets, tees, necklaces, stickers… knowing that the money you spend goes toward something good and important. We all know that awareness and education are the keys for a more healthy life for young people. Prevention is part of the cure. Warped Tour 09 is a way for us to spread the word about it!
The Vans Warped Tour is helping the Keep A Breast Foundation win $20,000 through 
believes that empowering people to leverage their influence online can create positive impact for themselves, their brands, and their communities. Thier site allows you to Get Sponsored by your favorite brands on your social profiles while earning points for the reward of your choice. Raising ‘points’ mean donation dollars for Keep A Breast. KAB and Social Vibe believe that making a real difference is possible without making a real difference to your bank account.
Along the way, we’ve had some crazy adventures and they’ve gone above and beyond the call of duty for KAB. Here’s what they have to say about their time with Keep A Breast:
