Tanger Outlet Center Shoppers Choose Pink to Help Find a Cure for Breast Cancer
Tanger's 13th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Supports Yale-New Haven Breast Cancer Center
For Immediate Release
Date: 10/3/06
Contact: Renee Gaudete, (203) 436-6300 or renee.gaudette@yale.edu
Mark D'Antonio, (203) 688-2493 or mark.dantonio@ynhh.org
Westbrook, Conn. – Shoppers visiting the Tanger Outlet Center in Westbrook always have plenty of brand name choices. This fall, they can also choose to make a big difference in their community and help in the fight to find a cure for breast cancer. Tanger's 13th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign is taking place September 15-October 31, 2006. Funds raised during this year's campaign will benefit Yale-New Haven Breast Cancer Center.
This fall, Tanger shoppers can save even more money and help save lives in their community each time they purchase the all new Pink and Choose Discount Card. For a $2 donation, shoppers will receive a special discount card that will give them three bonus discount offers of 10%, 15% & 20% OFF at participating Tanger stores nationwide. The Pink and Choose Cards will be available at the Tanger Customer Service Center (or Tanger Management Office) September 15-October 31, 2006.
“It is important to our organization that we continue to help and support the funding of research needed to discover a cure to stop this terrible disease that affects so many of our friends ands loved ones,” stated Stanley K. Tanger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. “Our hopes are that our efforts are not only helping to save lives but also giving hope to thousands that are afflicted with breast cancer,” Mr. Tanger added.
Tanger shoppers can also help to fight breast cancer each time they purchase a Tanger Gift Card. Tanger will donate 10% of the value of each gift card purchased September 15-October 31, 2006, to the Yale New Haven Breast Cancer Center. And, in honor of Tanger's 25th Anniversary in 2006, Tanger will increase the contribution October 2nd - 9th by donating 25% of each Tanger Gift Card purchased. Tanger Gift Cards are redeemable at all Tanger Outlet Center stores coast to coast.
Since 1994, Tanger Outlet Centers across the country have now contributed in excess of $4 million for breast cancer research, for educational programs and tools that create awareness for the importance of early detection and for other special projects and programs that improve the quality of life for those with breast cancer and their families. All money raised locally by Tanger during the 2006 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign will be donated from the Stanley K. Tanger Breast Cancer Fund.
This year, more than 211,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected in the United States. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40-55. Approximately 1,600 men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and 400 are predicted to die according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., (NYSE:SKT) a publicly traded REIT, presently has ownership interests in or management responsibilities for 35 shopping centers in 23 states coast-to-coast, totaling approximately 9.2 million square feet, leased to over 2,000 stores that are operated by over 400 different store brands. For more information on Tanger Outlet Centers, visit www.tangeroutlet.com or call 800-4-TANGER.