Beacon Hill Businesses Support Boston Bakes For Breast Cancer

From Bakes For Breast Cancer: Treat the special women in your life to decadent desserts while also helping fight breast cancer during Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer from May 7 through Mother’s Day on May 13. Restaurants, supermarkets, bakeries, cafés, and ice cream shops throughout Massachusetts will participate in Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer, including Figs and Tatte Bakery & Café in Beacon Hill.

Establishments have the option to designate all sales of one specific dessert or fifty-percent of proceeds from their entire dessert menu to support breast cancer care and research. Proceeds raised will benefit the nonprofit breast cancer organization Bakes for Breast Cancer. This year, we will be supporting the research of Dr. Shom Goel at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Goel’s research focuses on focuses on combining immunotherapy and a promising new class of drugs called CDK4/6 inhibitors to more effectively treat breast cancer.

Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer was founded in 2000 by Carol Brownman Sneider in memory of her mother, Eva Brownman, who lost her battle with breast cancer. Since its inception the event has raised more than $1,000,000. The 19th Annual Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer is dedicated to the memory of Toni Berry. Toni was the mother of our long-time participant Tom Berry, Culinary Director of COJE Management whose restaurants include Yvonne’s, Ruka and Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar.

For more information, a list of participating establishments, or to learn more about how to become involved in Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer, visit here, follow Bakes for Breast Cancer on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Dessert lovers can also visit here and have a sweet treat delivered.

Image courtesy of Bakes for Breast Cancer