BOCA RATON — At The Pap Corps’ recent Presidents’ Meeting, Panera Bread officials presented the cancer fundraising group with a check for $9,500.
Panera Bread had teamed with The Pap Corps for a special week-long event that raised funds for and awareness of The Corps throughout the bakery-cafes’ 25 locations in both Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The Pap Corps is the largest all-volunteer organization in the United States dedicated solely to funding research on all types of cancer. Over the past ten years alone, they have donated more than $29 million to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine.
“Our members were absolutely thrilled that Panera Bread partnered with us for this SOUPer BOWL event,” said Rita Seiff, The Pap Corps’ Co-VP of Fundraising. “Their dedication to our cause and their wonderful generosity has touched all of us.”
“Panera Bread and their outstanding team worked so diligently to make this event a success,” said Sheila Alper, The Pap Corps’ other Co-VP of Fundraising. “We are extremely grateful to them and to the numerous patrons who purchased bowls of soup for our cause. We are most appreciative.”
“We are so impressed by The Pap Corps volunteers,” said Nicky Tesser, Marketing Director for Covelli Enterprises, franchisee of Panera Bread. “They truly are the Champions for Cancer Research. And we are very glad that Panera Bread was able to support this outstanding charity.”
For more information, visit www.papcorps.org <http://www.papcorps.org/> or call 877-495-8100.
The Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer Research, DBA The Pap Corps, is a 501 (c) (3) organization. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Florida State Consumer Services by calling 800-435-7352, toll free within the state. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the State.