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Panera Bread Honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Pink Ribbon Bagels

Panera Bread is joining the fight against breast cancer by baking its signature Pink Ribbon Bagels

This October, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Pink Ribbon Bagel sold in the participating Johnstown and Altoona area Panera Bread bakery-cafes will be donated to Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber. Additionally, on Monday October 3rd, 100 percent of the net proceeds from the sale of the Pink Ribbon Bagels will be donated to the organization

“The Windber Healthcare Foundation is honored to continue our ongoing partnership with Panera Bread,” commented Kim Oleksa, Foundation Coordinator at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber. “Together we have raised over $38,000 in the last seven years for the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center and our Pediatric Therapy department through Pink Ribbon Bagel sales and April’s Autism Awareness cookie sales. We thank everyone for their continued support of these important causes.

Shaped in the form of the iconic pink ribbon, Pink Ribbon Bagels feature cherry chips, dried cherries and cranberries, vanilla, honey, and brown sugar. They are baked fresh early each morning by Panera’s bakers at each bakery-cafe

In addition to the Pink Ribbon Bagel sales, Panera Bread also supports Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber through donation collection canisters placed at the registers of the participating Johnstown and Altoona area bakery-cafes

To learn more about the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber visit www.windbercare.org/jmbcc

About Pan American Group
With 90 bakery cafes in Washington, California, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Pan American Group LLC is the second largest Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe franchisee in the US. PAG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flynn Restaurant Group LP along with Apple American Group LLC and Bell American Group LLC. Flynn Restaurant Group operates over 840 restaurants and directly employs 38,000 people in 28 states across the US. More information is available at www.flynnrg.com.

About Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Founded in 1906, Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) is an independent, non-profit acute care hospital in northern Somerset County, bordering Cambria County. The 54-bed hospital shares a campus and collaborates with Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber (CSSIMMW), a private, non-profit biomedical research center. With more than 450 employees, CSSMCW is the fourth largest employer in Somerset County. CSSMCW’s mission is to provide excellence in personalized, quality health care services through innovation, research and education in response to community needs. For more information visit www.windbercare.org.