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Keep A Breast and Macbeth Athletics Launch Online Auction of Painted Breast Casts Featuring Celebrity Artists and Musicians
- Foo Fighters, No Doubt, DJ Greyboy, Tom DeLonge, The Donnas, Dita Von Tesse, among those participating in breast cancer awareness benefit -

San Diego, CA, October 18, 2005 —Keep A Breast Foundation and Macbeth Athletics kicked off an Ebay.com auction today featuring over 100 plaster forms of the female torso painted by celebrity musicians and artists to benefit breast cancer education and outreach programs for teens and young adults.

Through October 28, the auction offers a chance to bid on casts from notables including The Foo Fighters, DJ Greyboy, Tom DeLonge, members of No Doubt, Taking Back Sunday, Burlesque star Dita Von Tesse, Catherine D’Lish, Maya Ford of The Donnas, pro surfers Lisa Anderson and Layne Beachley, the Suicide Girls, Shepard Fairey, and more.

“Breast cancer affects women of all shapes, sizes, ages and ethnicities, and the same diversity is reflected in the casts created for this auction,” said Shaney jo Darden, founder of Keep A Breast. “Our goal is to draw attention to the increasing prevalence of breast cancer and empower young people to think about the issue in a different way.”

Images of the painted casts and a link to the online auction are available at http://www.keep-a-breast.org. Proceeds benefit the Keep A Breast Youth Awareness Program.

An exhibition of these one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork will open on October 22 at TheLAB101Gallery, located at 8530B Washington Blvd. in Culver City, Calif.

About the Keep A Breast Foundation:
The Keep A Breast Foundation is a nonprofit breast cancer awareness organization that creates one-of-a-kind plaster casts of the female torso, which are customized by fine artists and auctioned to raise funds for breast cancer research, treatment and support programs. Combining sculpture, philanthropy, and symbolic artistry, this original approach to raising awareness and funding for breast cancer was founded by Shaney Jo Darden and Mona Mukherjea-Gherig in 2000. Keep A Breast has traveled across the globe and staged events in France, Germany, New York, San Francisco, Hawaii, and more. Thousands of dollars have been raised on behalf of Young Survival Coalition, Susan G. Koman Foundation, The Breast Cancer Fund, Asha-Killgallen Fund, Kapiolanni Breast Center, and Europadonna. For more information, visit www.keep-a-breast.org.

About Macbeth Athletics:
Tom DeLonge, formerly of the band Blink-182, had a vision to create a high fashion footwear brand designed by musicians and inspired by the vigor of athleticism. Founded in 2002, Macbeth delivers exceptional, high quality products that acknowledge the timeless aspects of education, creativity, passion, courage, commitment and friendship. The company recently expanded its footwear brand to include the product lines Macbeth United as well as Macbeth Vegan. Macbeth is not about the current trend or fad. It is about challenging yourself to find that which inspires you to be better, do better and to live with greater meaning. For more information, visit www.macbethathletics.com

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