Cancer Day

Last night, at one of the local groceries, they had Cancer Day. They run great specials for only one day, and they donate 5% of the total sales of the day to the Cancer Society. They have guests working at each store bagging groceries and giving away things. I had the pleasure of having my groceries bagged by the Indiana Purdue women's basketball team. Well, only five of them were with my groceries.

I remember when this grocery chain started this day. I was working for that company at the time. The owner's wife had died of cancer, and he wanted to do something to get people to give a contribution while taking advantage of good specials at the same time. There are health groups at each store passing out screening tests and brochures with warning signs, etc. They have been doing it for over 30 years now, and have given over four million dollars to the Cancer Society.

It's nice to know that there are still people out there willing to part with their profits, even if for one day.