Our Activities
Planning for our events starts early, with many events being planned up to a year in advance. We always need volunteers with a wide range of expertise. We are expanding into other new and exciting fundraising events to support our core mission. If you have an idea for an event or fundraiser that you’d like us to consider, please contact Lynda Canatay at 321.841.2272 or lynda.canatay@orlandohealth.com.
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. (WPFT) sponsors a range of activities every year to fund raise for M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando and to raise awareness of breast cancer and other cancers affecting women. The core activities of WPFT traditionally have been golf and tennis. Today, we organize and sponsor world class golf tournaments, we average of 14 tennis tournaments each year, and we've expanded to include new venues in rowing and dragon boat racing.
In addition to golf, tennis, rowing and paddling, below is a list of other activities we have or will participate in during 2009 (YTD), to help raise funds to support our mission to defeat cancer. Here are some great examples of fundraisers held during Pink October and throughout the rest of the year:
The Pink Dragon Boat Event
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. was proud to sponsor the first Central Florida Pink Dragon Boat Racing Team – Warriors On Water – at the Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival, held annually at Walt Disney World Resort and hosted by Disney's Wide World of Sports®. This years’ event was be held on October 17, 2009 and attracted over 2,200 team participants and 30,000 spectators and was tremendously successful.
Click here to see the media gallery from this event.
Click here to see the Video from this event.
Saks Fifth Avenue - Key To Fine Dining
On Thursday, October 15th, Saks Fifth Avenue hosted “Key to Fine Dining,” a gala evening event with food, drink, and displays of beautiful table tops created by local designers. Designers that participated in the event were Hattie Wolfe, Godfrey Design Consultants, Inc., Wolfe-Rizor Interiors, Seminole Community College Design Students, Julyan Hayward Interiors, Ida Bransford, Michael Duval Interiors, Liz Salierno, Blue Daze Designs, and Melissa Rajsky. Participating restaurants included Capital Grill, Ocean Prime, Mortons, Emerils, Tommy Bahama, Senso Supper Club, and Foodie Catering.
Click here to see the media gallery for this exciting event!
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando and Women Playing For T.I.M.E. were the recipients of the proceeds for this event. In addition, Saks also donated 2% of retail sales purchased during October 15-18th.
Bloomingdale's Walk For T.I.M.E.
Bloomingdale's Partners in Time employee program and Panera Bread hosted the 2nd Annual Walk For T.I.M.E. Breast Cancer Awareness event at the Mall At Millenia on Sunday, September 27, 2009. More than 150 people from the Orlando community joined WPFT Volunteers, mall employees and outlying store employees, on a walk in the air conditioned comfort of the Mall At Millenia, while raising funds to benefit Women Playing For T.I.M.E. and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.
A special thanks to Audrey Myers and Tom Nooft at Bloomingdale's for their continued support. Additional thanks and appreciation to Panera Bread for providing the Pink Ribbon Bagels and special thanks also to Indigo Productions, DJ Willie, McCormick and Schmidt, and Prive Salon. Click here to see the video from this event.
Panera Bread Pink Ribbon Bagel
During the month of Pink October, all Panera bakery-cafes throughout Central Florida offered special pink ribbon bagels and donated a quarter from each sale to Women Playing For T.I.M.E. which benefits M. D. Anderson – Orlando. The tasty treats feature cherry chips, dried cranberries, vanilla, honey and brown sugar are shaped in a breast cancer ribbon. This year, they had a pink ribbon traveling coffee tumbler for sale and donated seventy-five cents from each sale to WPFT. Since Panera began the Pink Ribbon Bagel in 2004, they have contributed over $67,000 from their October bagel sales to WPFT and M. D. Anderson – Orlando.
Good Golly - It's Cupcakes
Sweeten your life with cupcakes from Sweet! By Good Golly Miss Holly During the month of Pink October, Sweet! By Good Golly Miss Holly located at Waterford Lakes Town Center – 711 North Alafaya Trail, Orlando, Florida, 32828 donated 15% of her custom designed breast cancer cupcake sales to Women Playing For T.I.M.E. Stop in and enjoy a delicious cupcake and take some to go to share. Miss Holly has created a tennis ball cupcake with a breast cancer ribbon especially for WPFT’s Tennis players. To view their website, click here.
Brighton Collectibles Power of Pink Kick Off Breakfast
To begin the Power of Pink Campaign, the Central Florida community was invited to attend the Brighton Collectibles Annual Kick Off Breakfast at the Mall of Millenia location on Saturday, September 26, 2009.
For the 6th year in a row, Brighton Collectibles at the Mall At Millenia has named Women Playing For T.I.M.E. and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Orlando as the beneficiary of the Campaign. This year, along with the breast cancer charm bracelet, they added a beautiful badge clip to their collection. When you bought either of these items during September 25 - October 31, 2009, Brighton donated $10.00 to Women Playing For T.I.M.E. Click here to see the beautiful charm bracelet and badge clip.
Click here to see the photo gallery from this event!
Although there are three Brighton retail locations in Orlando, The Mall of Millenia location is the only location making donations to WPFT.
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits - Fat Bastard Wine
During the month of Pink October, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits retail stores partnered with Fat Bastard wine and donated 25¢ from each bottle of Fat Bastard wine sold to Women Playing For T.I.M.E. This applied only to Fat Bastard wine sold at ABC retail outlets. Last year, Fat Bastard wine donated $6,000 to WPFT as a result of this promotion.
Walk On Water
Walk On Water’s Colonial Town Park in Heathrow and their Winter Park Village Store features a week of daily special promotions and chances to win tickets for a variety of beautiful items to help raise money for WPFT and breast cancer research. Click here to visit their website.
KaDe Cuts For A Cure
On October 4, 2009, co-owners, Katina Velez and Deanna Drew-Grisanti of Ka-De Hair Designers, located in Westwood Village at 493 W. SR 46, Sanford, offered a $10 “wash and go cuts” by their professional hair stylists to benefit Breast Cancer Research. During the month of October, they also have gift baskets displayed for raffle ticket purchases and miscellaneous “pink” items for sale with all proceeds from their event and month long sales to benefit WPFT and M. D. Anderson – Orlando. To visit their website, click here.
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar
During the month of June, Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, located in Pointe Orlando on International Drive, donated 20 percent of food purchases to Women Playing For T.I.M.E. and M. D. Anderson – Orlando during their Month of Giving Campaign. In order for WPFT to receive the donation, you had to present a copy of the flyer to your server when paying your bill. This was an easy way to support M. D. Anderson – Orlando/WPFT while at the same time enjoying a delicious, authentic Cuban meal.
Pink and White Football Game
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. was proud to help promote and support the Pink & White Football Game held May 27th between local high school rivals, the Boone Braves and the Edgewater Eagles. The two teams donated the proceeds from ticket and program sales in support of breast cancer research to M. D. Anderson – Orlando.
Orlando Rowing Club
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. was the beneficiary of the proceeds from Orlando Rowing Club’s second annual Florida Regatta held on May 16. For each team entered in the Corporate Challenge event, WPFT received $500 from the entry fee plus a portion of the proceeds resulting from on site sales.
Link to Orlando Rowing Club photo gallery
Think Pink Lemonade Stand
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. was proud to help promote and support the Think Pink Lemonade Stand that benefited breast cancer research for M. D. Anderson – Orlando. Through the efforts of two third-grade best friends, one who recently lost her mother to breast cancer, the Central Florida community came together and embraced this endeavor to help raise over $23,000 one weekend in March. After the event, the donations kept pouring in from all over the country thanks to the API newswire picking up the story. Over $30,000 has been raised so far.
Tavistock Cup
For the fourth year in a row, Women Playing For T.I.M.E. provided the volunteers to operate the beverage carts during the prestigious Tavistock Cup Tournament held March 16 and 17. This two-day exclusive tournament between the LPG players who reside at Isleworth Country Club and Lake Nona Golf & Country Club donates all of the tips generated by the beverage carts to WPFT and M. D. Anderson – Orlando for breast cancer research. This year the volunteers raised $7,587 for the cause.
Jewelry Party
On February 11th, WPFT Committee Chair, Andrea Eliscu, opened her spacious home to host a jewelry party to showcase jewelry by local designers Sheila Sigman, Lauren Sigman and Susan Caulo. The guests enjoyed the array of jewelry to choose from while socializing over wine and hors d’oeuvres.
