Pink Ribbon King Cake is Back!

Posted by Haydel's Bakery on 8th Oct 2014

Once again, Haydel’s has partnered with The Pink Ribbon Shop Fund for Breast Cancer Research at MD Anderson Cancer Center.For every Pink Ribbon King Cake sold during the month of October, Haydel’swill donate $5 to fund breast cancer research at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

This is our third year partnering with The Pink Ribbon Shop.Here’s the back story on our partnership. Founder of The Pink Ribbon Shop, Kim Hellmers is a New Orleans native. She was originally diagnosed with stage II breast cancer at age 32 in 2000. Her diagnosis prompted her to think about the people around her and their own risk.In an effort to reach as many as possible, The Pink Ribbon Shopwas born, continuing its mission today to promote breast cancer awareness and fund the cure one pink ribbon at a time.

Kim has documented her personal journey in her own blog. “From the mundane everyday to the ongoing cancer treatments, I chronicle it all in Ya Only Live Once … A Survivor’s Journey. I hope to reach others who are on their cancer journey with information, inspiration, encouragement, humor and maybe some I’ve been there.”

A resident of Texas now, I asked Kim to share what she misses most about New Orleans…

“Having grown up in the New Orleans area, and then moved away, I realize that there’s a lot that I took for granted! I heard people say how much they miss the food when they left, and both my husband and I didn’t understand it. We figured there are restaurants everywhere, right? Well now I can honestly say that WE MISS THE FOOD!

When we visit, once or twice a year, we eat. A lot! Seafood, po-boys, etc. My parents and sister, who live in Metairie, visit us here in Texas 2-3 times a year, and we ask them to bring us the Louisiana goods that we just can’t get here. If I could figure out how my parents could transport chocolate snowballs to Texas, I’d have them do that too!”

Pink Ribbon King Cakes are available online for shipping and in-store purchase. Please call ahead to place in store orders for pick up.Applies to all Pink Ribbon King Cakes sold online and in-store between October 1st & October 31st, 2014.