Rock Pink® Donation
Brings Unique Benefits to Cancer Patients at
MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando
Breast
Cancer Philanthropy Donates Apple iPads® for
Music and Humanity Project™
Orlando, FL. (September 26,
2011) –Rock Pink, a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization whose mission is to raise breast health awareness and support
local breast cancer charities, has donated Apple iPads to MD Anderson Cancer
Center Orlando to serve cancer patients undergoing treatment. The donations are
part of Rock Pink’s Music and Humanity Project™.
The iPads have all been given a custom look thanks to the generosity of GelaSkins Inc. Based in Toronto, Ontario Canada, GelaSkins Inc. manufactures custom covers or “skins” for a wide variety of electronic devices and cellular phones. Their customers can choose from pre-designed GelaSkins from in house artists or design their very own one of a kind GelaSkin for their item. For more information about GelaSkin Inc. and their line of products, please visit their website: www.gelaskins.com .
The 10 Apple iPads donated by Rock
Pink will provide patients at MD Anderson - Orlando the opportunity to watch
television and movies, stream live music, play games, read books, and surf the
Web all in the hopes of offering a positive distraction during chemotherapy,
radiation, and other difficult cancer treatment sessions. Rock Pink Roster
Bands megaphone, Traverser, and Tina Nicole Band
,
amongst others, donated their albums for the music and humanity project and
will be featured on the iPads.
“Given the commitment of MD Anderson
- Orlando to do everything possible to provide the highest level of quality and
compassionate care to cancer patients,” said Mark Hollamon, Rock Pink Founder,
“a partnership with Rock Pink was a natural fit. We look forward to giving more
in the future and intend to be a long-time supporter of MD Anderson - Orlando.”
“We are very appreciative of Rock
Pink’s donation of this technology which will certainly benefit our patients
undergoing cancer treatment,” said Clarence Brown,
III
,
MD
,
President and CEO, MD Anderson – Orlando. “We know that the fight to beat
cancer depends upon patients maintaining a strong positive attitude. The
entertainment that these iPads will provide will certainly bring many smiles to
the brave faces of cancer patients who walk through our doors.”
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| Pictured using the iPad is Jose Guzman and he is receiving chemotherapy for multiple myeloma. Actually he was just wrapping up a phase of chemo on the day these photos were taken and we wish him the best in his recovery! |
About Rock Pink
Rock Pink is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization
that is on a mission to bring music and humanity together center stage while
raising breast health awareness and supporting local breast cancer programs.
Organizations like Libby’s Legacy, the Young Survival Coalition, Florida
Hospital’s Eden Spa, and MD Anderson - Orlando are among those who have
received financial and volunteer support from Rock Pink. Rock Pink has reached
out to hundreds of thousands of
Central Floridians
,
spreading the message “Get to Know Your Breasts™” through musical events, social
gatherings and partnerships with local organizations and media. Rock Pink is a
volunteer organization; no salaries or benefits are received by any member of
the Board or volunteers. For more info: RockPink.com.
MD
Anderson
Cancer
Center
Orlando
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Orlando, part of Orlando Health, is affiliated with The University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston
. U.S. News & World Report recently
ranked
M.
D.
Anderson
Cancer
Center
as the top cancer treatment
center in the
U.S.
and has ranked it as one of the top two cancer centers for the past 13 years.
Orlando Health, a 1,882-bed community-owned,
Florida
not-for-profit organization established in 1918, annually servesnearly 2 million Central Florida residents and more than 4,500 international patients. More information is available at www.mdacco.com.
