HARRY & DAVID TEAMS UP WITH NOREEN FRASER FOUNDATION ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

HARRY & DAVID TEAMS UP WITH NOREEN FRASER FOUNDATION ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEARHarry & David announces today the 2013 Pink Pear Collection that will be available this October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For the fourth consecutive year, Harry & David has partnered with the Noreen Fraser Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses on advancing research, prevention and treatment of women’s cancers, to raise awareness and support in the fight against women’s cancers. A portion of the proceeds from the Pink Pear Collection will go to the Noreen Fraser Foundation.

HARRY & DAVID TEAMS UP WITH NOREEN FRASER FOUNDATION ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEARHarry & David’s Pink Pear Collection is made up of four charitable gourmet gifts, each with a pink twist. The collection includes Pink Truffles, Pink Moose Munch® Popcorn, the Pink Pear Gift Box and the Pink Pear Gift Basket. Harry & David will donate 25 percent of the proceeds of all online and in-store sales of Pink Pear products during the month of October to the Noreen Fraser Foundation.

Pink Truffles are a decadent and delightful treat made in Harry & David’s candy kitchen with a signature blend of chocolate. The truffles are a thoughtful gift for a worthy cause, available in-store and online for $19.95.

Pink Moose Munch® Popcorn is created as a limited edition Moose Munch® Popcorn, produced in Harry & David’s candy kitchen with cherries, vanilla, almonds and cashews, available in-store only for $12.95. 

Pink Pear Gift Box is a gift that continues to give long after the box has arrived. It features Harry & David’s famous Royal Riviera® Pears, including two wrapped in pink foil, in a beautifully wrapped gift box, available in-store and online for $19.95.

Pink Pear Gift Basket is a wooden crate filled with juicy Royal Riviera® Pears, strawberry truffles, strawberry yogurt covered pretzels and chocolate strawberries. It’s as scrumptious as it is thoughtful – available online for $39.95.

“We are delighted to continue our partnership with Harry & David during Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” said Noreen Fraser, founder and CEO of the Noreen Fraser Foundation. “Harry & David’s gifts exude such quality and are a genuine joy to receive. We are thankful for their dedication to supporting breast cancer research by creating specialty products for this important cause.”

“Harry & David is pleased to continue our longstanding partnership with the Noreen Fraser Foundation by contributing to this noteworthy cause for a fourth consecutive year,” said Craig Johnson, CEO of Harry & David. “We are grateful for the opportunity to raise awareness, knowing that a gift from our Pink Pear Collection plays a vital role in helping others.”

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 Harry & David’s Pink Pear Collection will be available for preorder beginning September 1, 2013, and will be on sale for the entire month of October at HarryandDavid.com as well as Harry & David stores while supplies last.

About Noreen Fraser Foundation

The Noreen Fraser Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization focusing on funding translational cancer research in the area of women’s cancers. Our mission is to use educational and awareness campaigns to raise funds for research aimed at developing new prevention methods, diagnostic tools and non-toxic therapies to treat women’s cancers. Our hope is that until there are CURES, women’s cancers will become manageable diseases that can be controlled with targeted treatments that protect patients’ quality of life. For more information please visit www.noreenfraserfoundation.org

 About Harry & David

Nearly 80 years ago, Harry and David Holmes turned their extraordinary pears into the perfect gourmet gift. You can still send our Royal Riviera® Pears as well as many other high quality fresh fruits, handpicked to our exacting standards in our 19 local orchards and in many other orchards around the world. We make it easy to send gourmet gift baskets and edible fruits in addition to our many flavors of Moose Munch® Popcornchocolate dipped pearstruffles and much more, most of which are made in our own kitchens from recipes honed over time. We hand-pack our gift baskets and exclusively designed gift boxes and top them off with a hand-tied bow. Then we ship our specialty food gifts to arrive on time, in perfect condition. Guaranteed. Through our stores, wholesale, catalogs and websites, gourmet food and home gifts from Harry & David, and its brands

Cushman’s and Wolferman’s are designed for festive occasions, entertaining and enjoyment throughout the year. Harry & David is a trademark, service mark and DBA of Harry and David, LLC. HarryandDavid.com

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