I love Facebook because cool stuff sometimes falls right into my lap. Like this event, tomorrow night (Monday, April 19th) from 9pm-1am at Public Assembly, "Burlesque Bras for A Cause," is going down...it's a burlesque show and artistic bra auction in support of Angela, a breast cancer survivor and mother of 3 in Jamaica who has fallen behind on her chemo payments. Her niece, burlesque dancer "The Incredible, Edible Akynos" coordinated this fundraiser to help her aunt in her treatments. Details are below...this is a wonderful idea to provide some hope in a heartbreaking situation. My best wishes to Goddess Angela.
The art bra auction sponsors and designers include:
- BUST Magazine
- Dirty Dolls Lingerie
- Angie Pontani- Burlesque Bombshell
- World Famous *BOB* - The Dream Come True Girl!
- Garo Sparo- Costume Designer
The burlesque show will feature:
- Maddy Mann
- Margoh and Manee
- Stormy and Max
- Della Dare
- The Incredible, Edible, Akynos
- Brown Girls Burlesque
- Charlie Demos
Proceeds will benefit:
Angeleta Hewitt, known to friends as “Angela” is a 40 year old mother of three. She lives in Jamaica and is battling breast cancer. She is also the aunt to New York based burlesque performer: The Incredible, Edible Akynos. In July of 2009, Angela found a lump in her breast, which turned out to be cancerous. She had this lump removed the following November, but unfortunately that has not been the end of her battle with cancer.
Angela desperately needs to continue her chemotherapy. Her cancer is aggressive and can easily spread throughout her body. However, Angela continuously misses her chemotherapy sessions because of her financial circumstances. Angela is a hairdresser by trade, and makes money whenever she can get a client, but she is finding it harder to work due to her condition. Unfortunately, Angela missed her last chemotherapy session because she was recently robbed. This incident really set her back—that money was also meant to pay her doctor bills. Presently, she is unable to afford any sort of treatment for her cancer.
The Incredible, Edible Akynos has organized the Burlesque Bras for a Cause event, to save her aunt’s life. The goal of this event is to raise enough money, so Angela can get the vital medications and treatments that she needs.
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