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Pink Glove Dance Reaches Millions :-)

Remember the Pink Glove Dance? Today, in AOL News, is a report that over three million people have clicked on the U-Tube Video promoting free mammograms for women who can’t afford them:

Pink Glove Dance Reaching Millions
AOL News

(Dec. 5) — A video showing hundreds of dancing hospital employees wearing pink gloves in support of breast cancer awareness has become an Internet sensation.
The video, put together over two days with the help of 200 employees at a Portland, Oregon hospital, has more than 3 million hits and thousands of comments on YouTube.

Martie Moore, nursing manager at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, told CNN the hospital has received hundreds of calls, e-mails and notes about the video.

The idea for the video came from Medline Industries Inc., the company that makes the pink gloves. The company said it would donate a portion of its glove sales to fund mammograms for women who would struggle to pay for them, ABC News reported.

The employees dance to “Down” by singer Jay Sean. Moore said many of the employees had been personally affected by breast cancer.

The janitor who closes out the video with a solo performance had a mother who battled with breast cancer. Moore said he told her, “This is just a disease that just keeps touching lives.”

December 6, 2009 - Posted by | Blogging, Charity, Family Issues, Health Issues, Living Conditions |

2 Comments »

  1. I loved that! Thank you for posting it.

    Comment by Desert Girl | December 6, 2009 | Reply

  2. You’re welcome, Desert Girl. I love it, too! :-)

    Comment by intlxpatr | December 7, 2009 | Reply


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