FUNDRAISING WITH STYLE:
GLENEAGLES KUALA LUMPUR SPEARHEADS PINK OCTOBER FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN WITH THE LAUNCH OF DESIGNER BAG
‘Campaign Aims to Raise RM75,000 for Women with Breast Cancer’
Kuala Lumpur, 5 October 2010: What happens when a renowned fashion designer and a premier private hospital collaborates to help raise funds for women with breast cancer?
3000 designer recyclable shopping bags exclusively designed by renowned fashion designer, Bill Keith, will be up for grabs to raise funds for Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur’s Pink October fund raising campaign.
Together with Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad [Great Eastern], the main sponsor for this unique campaign, the sale of these bags aims to raise RM75,000 which will be channelled to the Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia (BCWA).
The Pink Couture bag was unveiled by Professor Datuk Jimmy Choo today. Also present during the launch; YB Datuk Hajah Rohani Haji Abdul Karim (Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism) Winnie Sin, the owner of Rafflesia Pearl Centre, consultant breast cancer surgeon of Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Dr. Suseela Nair and other local celebrities.
Members of the public can purchase the bags priced at RM25 each at Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur and at Menara Great Eastern.
For a complete list of activities that will be organized by Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur for the Pink October month, visit www.gleneagleskl.com.my
