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Ktunala Prince (left) and Pat Simmons (right) from General Mills-Yoplait
present a check for $50,000 to Sylvia Dunnavant (center) of the Celebrating
Life Foundation to fund the battle against breast cancer.
Yoplait Yogurt Helps Af-
rican-American Women
Fight Breast Cancer
As part of its commitment to women's
wellness, Yoplait has given $50,000
to The Celebrating Life
Foundat-
ion, a leading foundation in pro-
moting breast cancer awareness that
specifically targets African-Ameri-
can women and women of color.
"This is just the beginning of General
Mills' relationship with Celebrating
Life. We are excited to be working
torYoplait-Colombo. Yoplait sgoal
is to donate more than $l million to
the fight against breast cancer over
the next two years."
"The survival rate among African-
American women diagnosed with
breast cancer is only 71 %, compared
to 87% among white women," said
Sylvia Dunnavant, founder of The
Celebrating Life Foundation. "This
donation will enable us to reach a
great number of women to teach
early detection and treatment"
The donation will enable The Cel-
ebrating Life Foundation to produce
and distribute more breast self-exam
reminder shower cards and other
literature specifically written for
women of color.
The partnership with General
Mills also includes producing three
health fairs in Detroit, Atlanta and
New York in conjunction with the
Honey Nut Cheerios Si* ier SoulFest
Tour. For more information call The
Celebrating Life Foundation at l-
800-207-0992.
The Celebrating Life Foundation was
established in 1995 and has initiated
and participated in seminars, work-
shops, forums, health fairs, and other
programs and activities related to
breast cancer awareness and educa-
tion both locally and nationally.
General Mills is a leading manufac-
turer and marketer of consumer food
products, with annual sales exceed-
ing $6 billion. The company’s lead-
ing brand names include Cheerios,
Total and Wheaties cereals, Betty
Crocker desert, side dish and dinner
mixes, Pop Secret microwave pop-
corn, Gold Medal Flour, and Yoplait
and Columbo yogurt. The company's
expanding international operations
include
joint ventures focused on ready-to-
eat cereals worldwide, snack foods
in Europe and in China, and baking
and dessert mixes in I^atin America.
The 1999 Coca-Cola Presents
The Essence Music Festival, the
world’s largest event of its kind,
drew 185,500 patrons this past
Fourth of July weekend.
Attendance in 1999 surpassed the
prev ious record of 171.000 set last
year, and attendance expectations
are even higher for the year 2000.
Coca-Cola vice-president, corporate affairs Ingrid Saunders Jones
(center) presents the ESSENCE family with commemorative Coca-Cola
Presents The Essence Music Festival Coke bottles during the event s
kickoff press conference Picluicd from left to right are ESSENCE
Entertainment vice-president and general manager Debra Langford;
ESSENCE editor-in-chief Susan L Taylor. Essence Communications,
Inc (BCD. preseident Clarence O Smith; EC1 CEO. chairman and
publi/her Ed Lewis; New Orleans mayor Marc Morial and ESSENCE
vice-president and national advertising director Barbara Britton
Anheuser-Busch vice-president of corporate affairs Wayman Smidi
shares his excitement at the 1999 Coca-Cola Presents The Essence Music
Festival press conference Anheuser-Busch, makers of Budweiser. co-
sponsored the "party with a purpose
their special guest Gerald Levert,
The Temptations. Brian McKnight
and Erykah Badu.
In addition to the performances
on the main stage, there were
music, food and festivities on the
Festival’s four Superlounge stages
in the Superdome. Such jazz, blues
and classic soul sensations as
Kenny Lattimore, Monica,
Jonathan Butler. Average White
Band The Spinners, Hugh
Masekela, Bobby Blue Bland. Etta
James and Betty Wright thrilled
audiences every night.
A surprise impromptu
performance by rap music great
Doug E. Fresh, who joined
Average White Band in the Coea-
Cola Soul Superlounge, had the
standing-room-only crowd in,,a
joyous frenzy. Actor Leon, who
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Superstar singer Brian McKnight lit up the stage at Coca-Cola Presents
The Essence Music Festival, and backstage he triggered high-voltage
smiles from Cheenos'R' executives (from left to right) Julie Schimec.
Elice Chambers and Leslie Blackmon Cheerios cosponsored the event
that drew a record-setting crowd of 185.500 during the recent July Fourth
w eekend
Coca-Cola Presents the Essence Music
Festival breaks all previous attendance
records
when the Festival returns to New
Orleans July 1,2 and 3.
For the fifth consecutive year,
the Festival offered several
concert performances each night in
the Louisiana Superdome by an
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outstanding cast of musical
sensations, including recent
multi—Grammy winner and
Fssence Award honoree Lauryn
Hill. Deborah Cox, Patti LaBelle.
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly,
Dru HillvR. Kelly, the O’Jays with
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