CLOSER THAN EVER Will Collect Avon Foundation Donations Throughout October

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and The Company of the hit musical Closer Than Ever will join forces to collect donations following each performance through October 21st to benefit The Avon Foundation for Women in conjunction with the Tenth-Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer at York Theatre at Saint Peter's (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

At each performance, a curtain speech will be made informing the audience of the partnership and encouraging them to support this great cause. In addition to the donation collection at the end of the performance, the York Theatre Company will make pink ribbons and Breast Cancer Awareness Materials available to its patrons while raising awareness for the Avon Walk and the work of The Avon Foundation for Women.

On October 20th and 21st, the Avon Foundation for Women will host the tenth-annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in New York City, NY. The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, which observes its 20th anniversary in 2012, has placed Avon at the forefront of the fight against breast cancer. Today, Avon is the leading corporate supporter of the cause globally. In the 20 years since the Crusade's launch, Avon breast cancer programs in 58 countries have donated more than $780 million for research and advancing access to care, regardless of a person's ability to pay. Avon awards funding to beneficiaries ranging from leading cancer centers to community-based grassroots breast health programs to support breast cancer research and access to care. The Crusade has enabled more than 17 million women globally to receive free mammograms and breast cancer screenings, educated more than 100 million women about breast cancer, and funded promising research into the causes of breast cancer and ways to prevent the disease. Avon raises funds for the Crusade through the sale of Avon "Pink Ribbon" products and through fundraising events in more than 50 countries annually, including the U.S. Avon Walk for Breast Cancer series and Avon Walk Around the World for Breast Cancer events.

For more information and to get involved, please visit www.avonwalk.org.

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