Bad Sons raises money for Pancreatic Cancer

DERBY-  BAD SONS Beer Co. featured Project Purple as their BAD SONS doing good things charity tap recipient for December 2018 and January 2019!

BAD SONS selected their Light Rider lager as the charity tap for Project Purple, donating $1 of every pint sold in December 2018 and January 2019. BAD SONS also donated their tap area to host a Mullett Unplugged concert on Friday, January 4^th. This event was sold out with 65 participants rocking the tap room floor! BAD SONS donated a percentage of the bar sales from the 4^th to Project Purple. 

This effort of both donations brought in $1,801 for Project Purple’s mission to raise awareness, support patients and families, and fund research efforts to defeat pancreatic cancer.

The Project Purple team would like to thank BAD SONS and Mullett. They would also like to send a special thank you to Zois Pizza, Antonio’s, and Dew Drop Inn for supporting our mission and the event on January 4th.

For questions about Project Purple or other fundraising events please contact us at (203) 714-6052 or email katie@projectpurple.org.  

About Project Purple

Project Purple is a 501c (3) not for profit organization with a mission of raising awareness and funds toward a cure of Pancreatic Cancer. To learn more about Project Purple visit – www.projectpurple.org

(This is a press release from Project Purple)

New Haven Law Group Gives Valley Non Profit a Big Boost

New Haven’s Faxon Law Group continued its yearly Bucket List Challenge campaign by donating $10,000 to Project Purple, a CT-based pancreatic cancer research and patient financial aid charity, and to Hartford’s Camp Courant, the oldest and largest free summer camp in the United States.

 

The trial law firm raised close to $60,000 in total for the two charities by collecting donations online and entering donors who contributed $100 or more into a raffle to win a bucket list trip to Kona, Hawaii.

 

According to Faxon Law Group’s website, the trip is valued at $10,000 and includes round trip airfare for two guests, a 7-night deluxe hotel stay, complimentary entries to the Kona Marathon and/or Family Fun Runs, a gift card for spending, and more.

 

The trip’s two lucky winners, Marisa and Paul Valentinetti, were thrilled to win after Marisa generously donated to Project Purple in honor of her mother who passed away from pancreatic cancer.

(This is a press release from Project Purple)

Shelton Firm Donates Big to Project Purple

           

SEYMOUR - Staff members at Dworken, Hillman, LaMorte and Sterczala, P.C. (DHL&S) in Shelton took it upon themselves to support Project Purple, a Seymour-based nonprofit, by naming the charity as the recipient to its 2018 Jeans for Charity Fundraiser.

 

The staff was encouraged to donate to a fund which was matched by the firm every Friday, in exchange for being allowed to wear jeans. DHL&S raised more than $4,805 for Project Purple as part of its annual campaign.

 

DHL&S, which specializes in accounting, tax, auditing, and business consulting, has raised more than $58,905 for local charities with its Jeans for Charity campaign since 2004.

 

“Fundraisers like this are so important for spreading awareness and sharing our mission,” said Project Purple CEO Dino Verrelli.

 

Project Purple is a national charity that paid out $100,000 in patient financial aid to 152 patients and families who were fighting pancreatic cancer in 2018, while donating $1.38 million in research grants last year.

 

This cause is near and dear to the DHL&S office staff, as some of its members have been impacted personally by the disease.

 

“We are proud to support such a worthy organization,”  DHL&S said in a Facebook post.

 

(This is a press release from Project Purple)

Win a 2018 Polaris Ranger

SEYMOUR- Project Purple and the Team Carone Foundation are joining forces in the name of pancreatic cancer research by raffling off a 2018 Polaris Ranger 900 in sage green with power steering.

Tickets to win the utility vehicle which is valued at over $13,600 will be sold at $100 per entry in order to benefit the Rick Carone Fellowship Grant for pancreatic cancer research at the University of Chicago Medicine. Only 250 tickets are being sold.

Rick Carone and his family founded the Team Carone Foundation in 2014 after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Carone passed away from the disease in June of 2017.

Dino Verrelli, founder and CEO of Project Purple, knew Carone personally and often worked with Rick on fundraising efforts, so it was only natural for Project Purple to join the Team Carone Foundation in funding the RIck Carone Fellowship Grant.

“This is just another way to fulfill Rick’s desire of shutting down cancer,” Verrelli said.

Those interested in participating in the raffle can call the Project Purple Office at 203-714-6052 or email dino@projectpurple.org to purchase tickets which are on sale now.

The winner will be drawn on September 22 at the Team Carone Foundation’s #Shutdowncancer Music Festival in McHenry, Illinois. However, Project Purple guarantees delivery to their office at 115 Main Street in Seymour, CT so there is no need to drive to Illinois.

Check out Projectpurple.org or Project Purple’s Facebook or Instagram pages to learn more about how you can join the fight against pancreatic cancer.

 

(This is a press release from Project Purple)

Shred Unwanted Paper for a Good Cause

SEYMOUR - Project Purple is bringing Shred-it, a shredder truck, to downtown Seymour on Saturday, July 28 to provide local Connecticut residents and businesses with an opportunity to dispose of their unwanted personal papers to benefit pancreatic cancer research and patient financial aid. 

Project Purple asks that those interested bring boxes of paper they would like to shred to 115 Main St. between 8 and 11 a.m. for a recommended $10 donation per box.  

2 Bills Grill, a food truck from Fairfield, will be selling sandwiches at the event.

More details about this event can be found on Project Purple’s Facebook page. The nonprofit has a Facebook event page called “Shred for a Cause.”

Check out Projectpurple.org or Project Purple’s Facebook or Instagram pages to learn how you can join the fight against pancreatic cancer.

Food Truck Fridays Kicks off July 27 in Seymour

SEYMOUR- Cados Egg Truck, which specializes in egg sandwiches made from clean and locally sourced ingredients, will be parked outside Project Purple’s office at 115 Main St. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 27, kicking off Food Truck Fridays.

Proceeds from sales will help benefit the non-profit Project Purple, www.projectpurple.org,

established in 2011 to raise awareness, support patients and families and help fund research efforts for pancreatic cancer.

More information about Project Purple and its upcoming events can be found online at:  www.projectpurple.org; on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Run4ProjectPurple/

on Instagram: @projectpurple and on Twitter: @Run4Purple. There is also a podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud at: soundloud.com/projectpurple. 

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