Moffitt Cancer Center Partners With Saks Fifth Avenue For KEY TO THE CURE

Join Saks Fifth Avenue and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) Oct. 18 - 21 for the KEY TO THE CURE shopping weekend at Saks Fifth Avenue in Westshore Plaza, Tampa. During the four-day event, Saks Fifth Avenue will donate two percent of all sales for research of women's reproductive cancers at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.


A Kickoff Party will get the weekend started. On Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saks Fifth Avenue will be open to more than 500 guests for a private VIP reception chaired by Susan Taulbee and Susan Thompson. The honorary chairs are Don and Erika Wallace of Lazydays RV. Guests once again will be dazzled by a fashion show featuring women who have survived cancer and who will have Tampa Bay Buccaneers as their escorts. Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar will provide the food, and Barefoot Wines will bring the wine to this evening of entertainment, auctions and shopping. Saks Fifth Avenue will close its store during the party. Tickets are $100 per person, $250 for event supporters and $600 per patron, which includes two tickets to the Patron Party and the Kickoff Party.


Also, Tampa Saks Fifth Avenue and Moffitt will again feature the Sponsor a Survivor program. Individuals and businesses are invited to make a $750 donation to honor a woman who has survived some type of women's reproductive cancer: breast, ovarian, uterine or cervical. Honorees will receive a day of pampering at The Salon & Spa at Saks Fifth Avenue. The sponsor and the survivor will receive two tickets to the Kickoff Party and the Patron Party.


KEY TO THE CURE, in partnership with EIF, takes place each fall in Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide to benefit organizations involved with the treatment and research of women's reproductive cancers. Actress Renee Zellweger has been named EIF's 2007 ambassador for this event. Zellweger will appear in national public service announcements and in major fashion and lifestyle magazines wearing the limited edition T-shirt designed by Juicy Couture. Mercedes-Benz will continue its national partnership.


Saks Fifth Avenue initiated its shopping weekend in 1999. Since then, the company has donated more than $20 million to women's cancer research and treatment organizations throughout the United States. Locally, the Tampa and Sarasota communities have demonstrated their dedication to ending cancer by donating more than $600,000 to research efforts at Moffitt.


About H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute


Located in Tampa, Florida on the University of South Florida campus, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute is the only Florida-based cancer center with the NCI designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center for its excellence in research and contributions to clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. Moffitt currently has 15 affiliates in Florida, one in Georgia and two in Puerto Rico. Additionally, Moffitt is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a prestigious alliance of the country's leading cancer centers, and is listed in U.S. News & World Report as one of "America's Best Hospitals" for cancer and ear, nose and throat. Moffitt's sole mission is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

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