BRAS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI–SUCH SUPPORT! THANKS!

Posted November 4th, 2009 by Jill Conner Browne

Y’all, the Queendom has once again rallied “in support” of this oh-so-worthy cause and I cannot thank you enough!  I just spoke with Jan Michaels at Q-105 FM and she has spent ALL DAY hooking bras together to string across the Mississippi River at Vicksburg and she called me as she was driving back from actually hanging them up on the old Bridge–we made it again–ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND THEN SOME!  No O-fficial count yet–but LOTS and LOTS IS GOOD!  First of all,  the bras in good condition go to many Women’s Shelters in Mississippi.  Many times when a battered woman FINALLY gets it together enough to flee from her abuser and take shelter–she does so with only the clothes on her back at the moment–and quite often, that will turn out to NOT include a bra!  So those will be put to very good and much appreciated use.  BUT THERE’S MORE!  The folks at RIVERWALK CASINO in Vicksburg have once again pledged to give $1 per bra to the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY–so that THEY, in turn, can give a whole bunch of folks MORE BIRTHDAYS!  This is just such a total win, it’s an easy project to “support,” isn’t it?  And y’all get new bras–so YAY!

TOMORROW, 11/5–be sure you go to Jan’s Clear Channel radio website–which I’m sure she will post for you here as soon as she sees this–to see all the photos of the great work you’ve helped accomplish and pay special attention to the FABULOUSLY CREATIVE BRAS DONATED BY ANNELLE PRIMOS AND ASSOCIATES.

Last week, we had The Power of Pink at Highland Village Shopping Center here in Jackson and all the stores decorated their windows accordingly–to commemorate October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  George and Pippa and I judged the window decorations and ANNELLE PRIMOS’ WINDOW WON BY A LANDSLIDE–they did the CUTEST BRAS you have ever seen–and now Jan has ‘em and there will be photos up tomorrow, along with all the ones flapping in the breeze over the Mighty Mississipp!  Jan will be hanging on to those done by Annelle and her genius assistants–BRA OBAMA, HOOTERS, BOSOM BUDDIES, just to name a few–because I’m thinking we’ll have some real competition on this subject for next year…always thinking ahead!

So thanks for helping the American Cancer Society make MORE BIRTHDAYS possible, thanks for helping some women in need, thanks for helping us get such a big check from RiverWalk and thanks for helping us continue to raise awareness of breast cancer.  I can’t wait til we find a cure so we can move on to something else!  We done wo’ out wit’ dis ‘un!  GET YOUR MAMMIES GRAMMED!