Support Your Local Goddess This October; Five Rivers Winery & DeLuca Liquor & Wine Ltd. Will Donate $1 Per Bottle Sold To Las Vegas Affiliate Of The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Five Rivers Winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker will join DeLuca Liquor & Wine Ltd. to donate $1 for every bottle sold in greater Las Vegas during October 2006 to the local affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation supporting local cancer patients and cancer survivors Cancer survivors are those individuals with cancer of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with during National Breast Cancer Awareness month Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure. . Five Rivers, which features a series of Goddesses on labels of its popular California Central Coast wines, is working with local retailers and participating restaurants to promote the donation, calling attention to the effort to "Support Your Local Goddess", honoring all the Goddesses of Everyday Life. The donation will be made for sales in Las Vegas and the Komen Foundation's North Affiliate area of coverage. Eye-catching pink point of sale material materials styled after the familiar pink breast cancer ribbons will hang from bottle necks, appear on shelf alerts and in table tents on restaurant tables. The materials note that in 2006, an estimated 270,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among U.S. women, with some 11,000 less than 40 years of age, and 2,000 will likely be Nevada residents. The Susan G. Komen Foundation estimates 40,790 women will die this year from breast cancer, with 320 in Nevada. More information is available online at www.komenlasvegas.com . Up to $10,000 will be donated by Five Rivers Winery and its distributor partner, DeLuca Liquor & Wine Ltd. Five Rivers is making similar donations in several states in conjunction with distributor partners. Five Rivers Winery is located in Paso Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
n. 1. A variety of black grape used to make red wine, notably in Bordeaux and the Napa Valley. 2. A dry red wine made from this grape. [French. and Pinot Grigio sourced from vineyards along California's Central Coast from Monterey to Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . It is widely available in Nevada. For more information, visit the Goddesses on the web at www.fiveriverswinery.com . Note To Editors: Digital Images of Program Elements Available |
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