“Promise Me/For My Sister” Book Campaign Announced for Inspirational Memoir by Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, Founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Broadway Books and Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, today announced the launch of the “Promise Me/For My Sister” campaign, offering consumers who pre-order a copy of Komen for the Cure founder Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker’s forthcoming inspirational memoir Promise Me the opportunity to have a free, signed copy of the book sent to the person of their choice.
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 22, 2010
Broadway Books and Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, today announced the launch of the “Promise Me/For My Sister” campaign, offering consumers who pre-order a copy of Komen for the Cure founder Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker’s forthcoming inspirational memoir Promise Me the opportunity to have a free, signed copy of the book sent to the person of their choice.
The Promise Me/For My Sister campaign was announced at the Komen for the Cure global Affiliate Leadership Conference in Dallas, where Brinker’s memoir was unveiled to a crowd of nearly 1,000 Komen Affiliate representatives, sponsors and corporate partners.
From March 22 through Sept. 13, consumers who pre-order a copy of Promise Me from any online retailer are invited to forward their order confirmation e-mail to PromiseMe(at)RandomHouse(dot)com along with the name, address, and email address of the person receiving the free, signed copy.
Promise Me will be released nationwide on Sept. 14. On that day, the retailer will begin sending copies to consumers who pre-ordered, and Komen will begin sending the free limited edition signed copy to designated recipients, to arrive on or around Oct. 15.
Consumers are also invited to join the “Promise Me by Nancy G. Brinker Facebook Event” starting today at Facebook. com/SusanGKomenForTheCure to share their response to the book and tell others why they are sending a copy to their nominee.
Promise Me: How a Sister’s Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer tells the story of two sisters, Nancy G. Brinker and Susan G. Komen, their loving bond from childhood through adulthood, the cancer that took one sister’s life and threatened the other’s, and the Promise between them that launched the global breast cancer movement, transforming and saving the lives of millions of women.
Brinker ignited the global breast cancer movement 28 years ago by promising Susan, who died at age 36 of the disease, that she would put an end to the shame, pain, fear and hopelessness caused by breast cancer. In 1982, with a handful of dedicated friends, Brinker founded Susan G. Komen for the Cure in her sister’s memory.
A year after creating the organization, she started the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® series, the most successful series of 1k/5k walks and runs for charity. Additionally, she pioneered cause-related marketing, which has enabled millions of people from all walks of life to join the fight against breast cancer. To date, Komen for the Cure has invested more than $1.5 billion into breast cancer research, awareness, education and support programs, playing a role in every major advance in breast cancer research and treatment. Komen is today the world’s largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer.
Said Diane Salvatore, Vice President, Publisher, Broadway Books, “We are deeply honored to be bringing Nancy G. Brinker’s inspiring story of unwavering determination and optimism to a broad readership, and we hope that the Promise Me/For My Sister campaign will help spread the message, one person at a time, of how important it is that we continue to combat this disease.”
Broadway Books is an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group at Random House, Inc., whose parent company is Bertelsmann AG.
Official rules can be found at www. promisemebynancygbrinker. com or through the official Promise Me
Web page at komen. org.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, we have invested nearly $1.5 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit komen. org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.
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