In the pink Fundraisers are really

HAIRDRESSERS in Basingstoke were pretty in pink for a breast cancer charity fundraising day.
For the Breast Cancer Campaign’s Wear it Pink Day, Taylor’s Hair and Beauty, in Wote Street, Basingstoke, invited patients from the breast cancer care unit at Basingstoke hospital.
They were able to enjoy an afternoon of pampering that included help with nails and hair.
Owner Janis Taylor said she decided to hold the event after a long time client and good friend Julia Dingwall was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2007.
Mrs Taylor said: “We have all been wearing our pink bras and giving free treatments to the patients. We wanted to do something for them after everything they have been through.”
Mrs Dingwall, a 44 year old mum-of-two and lecturer at Basingstoke College of Technology, said: “These treatments are actually key if you have just had chemotherapy and you have lost your hair and have rotten nails.
“They can actually make you feel better and help with your recovery.”
Mrs Dingwall and Mrs Taylor have already together raised £4,000 for the breast cancer care unit by holding a ball in Oakley Village Hall in June as well an auction. They are planning another ball next year.
Meanwhile, Graham Kent, who owns FHC For Hair in Elmwood Way, Winklebury, was in the pink.
The 58 year old gave himself an unusual new look and asked his staff and customers to wear pink items, and by the end of the day they had collected £270.
He told The Gazette: “It was great fun and all the girls enjoyed dressing up in items like pink pyjamas and pink slippers.
“We took the liberty of phoning all of our customers on that day to say if they wore pink we would donate £2 to the charity on their behalf. It was actually pleasing to look how many people wanted to be involved.”

Pink's Chili Dogs for 70 Cents?

Cheap chili dogs, and for a good cause too. Pink's Hot Dogs wants to thank LA for 70 great years by selling "Chili Dogs for Charity". Here's how it works: this week starting at 7 PM every day and going for 70 minutes for going, Pink's will sell chili dogs for just 70 cents. They normally cost $3.50 and all proceeds will go to the charity of a celebrity's choice. Mayor Villaraigosa will choose today's charity. Jason Alexander and Bill Cosby will stop by later in the week.

In pink Binmen look pretty

WESTMINSTER residents may have done a double take when they saw these binmen doing the rounds.
Caps of Pink were donned by waste contractors across the borough, to raise cognizance of the Breast Cancer Campaign's Wear it Pink week.
These binmen from Mayfair's Farm Street depot, together with other Veolia waste management contractors, bought more than 450 particularlly made hats between them, raising nearly £1,400.
The money raised will go to support 130 research projects in 43 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland.
Scott Edgell, Veolia's contract manager in Westminster, said: "Breast cancer is sadly all too common and we all know somebody who has been affected by it in some way."And we all have mothers, grandmothers, sisters and daughters who we would want to be able to get the very best available treatment should the unthinkable ever occur.
"We support Wear it Pink every year as it is a fun and easy way to donate and I would like to thank all the employees who took part in this important fundraising initiative by buying our pink headgear."

Pink OTC Markets to Present at Merriman Curhan Ford's

Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK), provider in the U.S to the leading financial information and technology services. Over the Counter marketplace today announced that R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO, will present at Merriman Curhan Ford’s 6th annual Investor Summit on November 10, 2009 at 11:30am. This event will be held in New York City.
About Pink OTC Markets Inc.
Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK) is a financial information and technology services company that operates the leading electronic quotation and trading system in the Over-the-Counter, or OTC, securities market. The OTCQX® and Pink Sheets® marketplaces that we operate constitute, by dollar volume, the third largest U.S. liquidity pool for trading public company shares, after The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. and The New York Stock Exchange. Our technology platform provides a comprehensive suite of information products and trading services for OTC market participants. Our products and services promote market transparency, improve price discovery, facilitate regulatory compliance, and increase the quality of issuer disclosure, to the benefit of all OTC market participants. To learn more about how Pink OTC Markets’ products and services make OTC markets more transparent, informed, and efficient,

In New York City Pink OTC Markets is headquartered.
About Merriman Curhan Ford
Merriman Curhan Ford (Nasdaq: MERR) is a financial services firm focused on fast growing companies and the institutions that invest in them. The company offers high quality investment banking, equity research, institutional services and corporate & venture services, and specializes in five growth industry sectors: CleanTech, Consumer, Media & Internet, Health Care, Natural Resources and Technology.

On a day for charity to Pink and proud

YOUNGSTERS and staff at Clever Clogs day nursery in Radcliffe turned pink — to raise £150 for charity.
In pink dressed everyone for the Wear It Pink day, Pink part of the Tickled campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer.
And there was good news for the nursery when Bury Furniture Charity presented the Green Street nursery with a piano to help music teacher, Erika Kalmanczhey, show youngsters the basics of music.
Erika said: “The children take part in singing activities every day while I play the piano. They are all encouraged to join in.”
Nursery manager, Geri Nicholson, added: “The piano has helped the children a lot. They actually enjoy singing along and it helps boost their confidence.”