Friday, January 2, 2009 10:09 PM CST
Tanger Outlets donate more than $20,000 to fight breast cancer
TUSCOLA — This holiday season, the Tanger Outlet Center in Tuscola is giving the gift of hope to those in our community that are facing breast cancer, according to a company press release.
As part of Tanger’s national Breast Cancer Awareness campaign that took place Sept. 17-Oct. 19, Tanger donated $20,797 to the Mills Breast Cancer Institute through the Stanley K. Tanger Breast Cancer Fund.
Tanger’s donation was presented during a special ceremony on Dec. 19 at the Mills Breast Cancer Institute.
“We are hopeful that our donation will make a big difference to those in our community that are faced with battling breast cancer this holiday season,” said Morrie Mendenhall, general manager of the Tanger Outlet Center in Tuscola. “Tanger, along with our retail partners, remains committed to our ultimate goal of helping to find a prevention and cure for breast cancer.”
Tanger’s 2008 Breast Cancer Awareness campaign raised money through the sale of the Tanger Pink Card. For a $1 donation, Tanger shoppers received a special Pink Card that gave them bonus discount savings at participating Tanger stores.
This was Tanger’s 15th year nationally in raising funds to battle breast cancer. This fall, Tanger Outlets reached an historic, one-year fundraising milestone by raising more than $1 million. Money raised by Tanger nationally supports the local efforts of more than a dozen different breast cancer organizations through the Stanley K. Tanger Breast Cancer Fund.
Since 1994, Tanger has now donated more than $6.1 million to help fund research, programs and facilities in the communities served by Tanger in 22 states across America.
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the US in 2008. Approximately 40,480 deaths are expected.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. presently has ownership interests in or management responsibilities for 33 shopping centers in 22 states coast-to-coast, totaling approximately 10.2 million square feet, leased to more than 2,200 stores that are operated by over 400 different store brands.
In Tuscola, the Tanger Outlet Center features more than 40 brand name and designer outlet stores and is located at the intersection of Illinois Route 36 and Interstate 57, exit 212.
For more information about Tanger Outlet Centers, call 800-4-TANGER or visit www.tangeroutlet.com.
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