BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

Cure, Aware, Awareness and Giving are pink bears. Each (except Giving) wears a pink ribbon where most Beanies wear an emblem; Giving has the ribbons printed into the fur. Cure was released in October 2003 and Aware in October 2004 after a gap Awareness was released in 2006 and Giving in 2007. October is national Breast Cancer awareness month in the US. 100% of Ty's profit from the sale of Cure were donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - the inside of the tag carried the Charity's logo. Aware was less specific merely stating "a portion of the profits from the original sale of this Beanie Baby will aid the fight against breast cancer". Cure was available for a second time shortly before retirement in October 2005. In 2006 another two Beanies were released to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. One of these was Awareness, another pink bear wearing the pink ribbon and the other was SpongeBob Pinkpants, a SpongeBob Beanie in pink!