Breast Cancer Awareness with Melina Kanakaredes

Hanes® joins Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and Actress Melina Kanakaredes in Providing Comfort in the Fight Against Breast Cancer.

America’s No. 1 Brand of Apparel Essentials Mark Increases its Commitment to the Cause as the Official T-Shirt of the 2010 Komen Race for the Cure® Series.  In addition to serving as the Official T-shirt of the Komen Race for the Cure Series, Hanes will reprise its role as the Official Apparel Sponsor of Passionately Pink for the Cure®, a fundraising program created by Komen to inspire breast cancer advocacy and honor those affected by the disease.  As part of this partnership, Hanes is proud to enlist actress Melina Kanakaredes, star of the television show “CSI:NY ” who will lead the Passionately Pink for the Cure mission and has designed three Hanes T-shirts to help fight breast cancer.  Hanes will make a total cash and in-kind contribution of $500,000 to Komen in 2010.

My daughter and I are pretty big CSI fans so when I received this stylish pink Hanes tee designed by CSI actress, Melina Kanakaredes herself, it was a pretty special treat.  It makes me proud to see actors/actresses reach out and back such an important cause.  I feel like Melina is doing a wonderful thing by reaching out to her fans and taking time to join with Hanes to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Melina Kanakaredes’s three specially designed Hanes T-shirts are meant to inspire and encourage others to join the fight against breast cancer. The T-shirts communicate strength, love and fearlessness and were designed to honor those affected by breast cancer.   “I am thrilled to join Hanes and Susan G. Komen for the Cure to raise funds and awareness about breast cancer,” Kanakaredes said.  “Like so many, I have been affected by the disease through the loss of family members and dear friends.  I was inspired to join this fight to celebrate survivors and to honor the memory of those we have lost, and it is my sincere hope that my inspiration is evident in the Hanes T-shirts I have designed.”

Hanes® has also refreshed its campaign Web site which features highly interactive elements designed by the Night Agency of New York City to encourage others to join the mission for breast cancer awareness.  Visitors to the site will have the ability to create their own T-shirt design, invite friends to join the mission and interact with digital applications, including customized Facebook® messages.

To help kick off this campaign I am giving away one pink Hanes tee designed by Melina Kanakaredes shown in the photo above.

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Full Disclosure: MommaDJane was sent a complementary Hanes pink tee designed by Melina Kanakaredes to review for this campaign courtesy of Hanes.