114 Trust employees put on their jeans and joined the fight against breast cancer not just for a day… but for a whole week!
To participate on Lee National Denim Week, employees paid $10.00 to wear jeans for the whole week or $5:00 to wear jeans on Thursday and Friday. Participants in the Lee’s Denim Week this year collected a total of $1,290.00!
Net proceeds from Lee National Denim Day will benefit the Women’s Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to:
- Benefit Lee Laboratories nationwide, which work to find more effective, less toxic treatments for breast cancer and increase patient access to some of the most significant clinical trials in the nation.
- Support a multi-year effort led by world-class scientists to develop a blood test for earlier detection of breast cancer when survival rates are the highest, known as the Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project.
- Through Right Action for Women, Christina Applegate’s foundation, provide aid to individuals who are at increased risk for breast cancer and do not have insurance or financial resources to cover the high costs associated with breast screenings.
- Create resources with the National Breast Cancer Coalition to offer individuals with breast cancer evidence-based information, and train advocates nationwide.
