Todd & Moore fights breast cancer, giving more than $1,000 to Walk for Life
January 26, 2016
Todd & Moore donated more than $1,000 to Palmetto Health Foundation last week to help beat breast cancer in the Midlands. The amount was 5 percent of sales during Todd & Moore’s Sport Your Pink weekend to benefit the Foundation’s 25th annual Walk for Life and Race for Life.
“Sport Your Pink was a great success,” said Chuck Todd, owner of the Columbia landmark. “Not only were we able to help raise money for Walk for Life, but we were able to help spread awareness and get breast cancer on people’s minds in a month other than just October.”
Photo: Pictured from left: Katie Miller, events director at Palmetto Health Foundation, Samuel Tenenbaum, president of Palmetto Health Foundation, Beth McCrary, sales associate and buyer for Todd & Moore, Tim Robertson, vice president and general manager of Todd & Moore.
The Walk had been postponed from its usual October date to Jan. 9 because of the historic floods that the Midlands experienced in the fall. That inspired Todd & Moore to offer special pink sweatshirts to help Walk participants keep warm.
“We want to thank Todd and Moore for highlighting the walk with the special products they offered, and especially for their generosity in sharing from their proceeds in the days leading up to the Walk,” said Samuel Tenenbaum, president of Palmetto Health Foundation. “This shows the importance of having locally owned companies that understand the needs of our community. This reflects the deep values that Todd & Moore have, and we thank them very much.”
Proceeds from Walk for Life and Race for Life will be used to purchase 3D Tomosynthesis (DBT) software for Palmetto Health Breast Center at Richland, a whole breast ultrasound system for Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge and a new mammography system with DBT software for the mobile mammography unit.
About Todd & Moore
Todd & Moore has provided sporting goods and apparel to people in the Midlands since 1944. The store is located at 620 Huger Street in downtown’s Vista District. A friendly atmosphere, outstanding service and expert advice are reasons many folks won’t shop anywhere else for their sporting needs.
About Palmetto Health Breast Center
The largest provider of screening and diagnostic breast imaging services in our community, Palmetto Health Breast Center is critical to the health of women and men in our community. An average of 40,000 mammograms are performed each year at the Breast Center. It was the first program in South Carolina to be fully accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, administered by the American College of Surgeons, which ensures that patients will have access to comprehensive care, an interdisciplinary team approach to coordinate the best treatment options, breast cancer conferences, nurse navigators, information about ongoing clinical trials and quality breast care close to home. The Breast Center also provided the first mobile mammography unit in South Carolina.
About Palmetto Health Foundation
Palmetto Health Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, engages community partners to enhance health care for patients and families served by Palmetto Health. For more, visit PalmettoHealthFoundation.org.
