Chumash Casino Resort is running its annual Project Pink campaign to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, and raise funds for a local nonprofit by selling pink-colored sweets, snacks and drinks throughout the resort’s eateries.
A portion of this year’s proceeds, along with a dollar-for-dollar matching grant from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, will be donated to the Breast Imaging Center at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, which is supported by the Foundation for Cottage Rehabilitation and Goleta Valley Cottage Hospitals.
“Project Pink has grown into a meaningful annual tradition at the Chumash Casino Resort, thanks to the incredible dedication and passion of our food and beverage team,” said Kenneth Kahn, tribal chairman for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
“We’re honored to continue supporting the Breast Imaging Center at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, whose life-saving work impacts our community every single day,” Kahn said.
Some of this year’s new Project Pink menu items that will be on display throughout October in the resort’s Grains & Grounds dessert case will be cherry blossom coconut cake, raspberry orange panna cotta, cherry limeade cupcake, and chocolate raspberry cookies.
The annual campaign’s popular returning sweets include funfetti pound cake, chocolate raspberry cake, red velvet cake, rosewater pistachio mousse, strawberry lemon crunch, and the campaign’s staples chocolate molds of high heel shoes and purses.
The month’s featured cocktail will be the Prickly Pear Margarita, a pink-colored concoction described as “a blend of watermelon, kiwi and bubblegum.”
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is designed to raise awareness of breast cancer risks and the value of screening and early detection, while raising funds for cancer research.
“We are grateful to be chosen for the second consecutive year as the beneficiary of the Chumash Foundation’s Project Pink campaign,” said Arie Dejong, vice president for Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital and Therapy Services.
“This support will enable our team at the Breast Care Center at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital to continue the early detection of breast cancer that helps save lives in our community,” Dejong said.
“Thank you to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation for this honor and for championing breast health and awareness,” Dejong said.
The Breast Imaging Center at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, 351 S. Patterson Ave., offers a variety of services, including 3D digital mammography, soft mammo pad, targeted ultrasound imaging, whole breast ultrasound screening, ultrasound-guided biopsy, stereotactic biopsy, and DEXA bone density scanning.
For more information or to make an appointment, call 805-681-6459. To donate to the Foundation for Cottage Rehabilitation and Goleta Valley Cottage Hospitals, visit https://www.cottagehealth.org/giving/now/#Goleta-Valley.
To find out more about the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation and its giving programs, visit www.chumash.gov.