Pink Ribbon Bagels Raise Money for Breast Cancer

As October kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness month, Westborough’s Panera Bread celebrates its 10th Anniversary of the Pink Ribbon Bagels, fighting breast cancer by baking bagels. Panera Bread will be donating proceeds from its Pink Ribbon Bagel to the UMass Memorial Comprehensive Breast Center.

Shaped in the form of the iconic pink ribbon, Pink Ribbon Bagels are baked with cherry chips, dried cherries and cranberries, vanilla, honey, and brown sugar. They are baked fresh early each morning by Panera's bakers at each bakery-cafe.

"The Pink Ribbon Bagel is a customer favorite, in part because it's a delicious way to start the day and because each bagel sold helps bring us one step closer to finding a cure for breast cancer," said Mitch Roberts, operating partner of PR Restaurants, LLC, a Panera Bread franchisee. "Panera Bread is proud to work with the communities we serve to help raise money for such a worthy cause.  In our market, we are fortunate to be able to support a number of valuable institutions with the funds we raise, ensuring that people across the Northeast benefit from this effort."

- Nearly two million Pink Ribbon Bagels were sold in 2010, raising more than $75,000 for charity. 

- Donations from the sale of the Pink Ribbon Bagel have now raised more than $1 million for breast cancer charities. 

- Since 2001, more than 7 million Pink Ribbon Bagels have been sold, $1 million has been raised for breast cancer charities.

Help Panera make 2011 the largest year for donations ever by heading down for your Pink Ribbon Bagel today. 

Panera Bread is convenirntly located in Bay State Commons at 600 Union Street.