Bras Across the Bridge 2009
byOver the last few weeks Virgin 95.3 has been asking listeners to drop off bras at local Red Robin and Honda dealerships as a part of “Bras Across the Bridge”. For every bra collected, the sponsors will donate $2 to Breast Cancer research.
You still have time to contribute today if you can stop by the Capilano Suspension Bridge. This is where they will link up all of the collected bras to see if they can span the entire length of the bridge (or how many times they can do so). Virgin Radio’s Kiah and Tara Jean will be live on location from 2:00pm until 6:00pm for the event that will host a number of other activities as well.
Once the event is wrapped up, all of the bras will be cleaned and donated to a local women’s shelter — so the benefits here are doubleplus good. I’m going to be heading up there for the final tally and will report back to see how much has been raised.
Update: Virgin invited me out to cover the event and it was a perfect afternoon to do so (well, as perfect as you can get in the rainy autumn season).
In the end their listeners had donated 2360 bras, which will all get washed and sent to a local women’s shelter. This means that the sponsors (Red Robin, Honda) will also donate $2 a bra toward Breast Cancer research. All afternoon, one by one, each bra was added to the chain by a dedicated group of volunteers.
I walked across the bridge a few times and couldn’t believe there were so many donated bras, of all shapes and sizes. Turn out that the big long line of undergarments spanned the entire bridge 7 times — that’s the equivalent of the entire wingspan of 14 Boeing 747 airplanes.
You still have until 6:00pm to stop by and donate your bra for the cause and when you do so, your admission to the Capilano Suspension Bridge is free.
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So amazing! I’m so glad ladies of Vancouver all got together to help this worthy cause 🙂
Random idea but a great cause. You could even say its triple affective as it brings people to one of Vancouver’s tourist sites and gives Capilano suspension bridge more reason to help charities in future.
Great cause!
However, the Capilano Suspension Bridge is an overrated “attractionâ€â€¦
@Livingsworld Bras Across the Bridge happened in many cities around the world, spanning many bridges. Unfortunately the campaign couldn’t get a City bridge so they used Capilano.
Excellent idea. No way will I ever cross that bridge, though, with my vertigo 🙂
Thanks for your post Rebecca. We had a lot of fun doing it and it was a great successs! Those bras will find happy homes 🙂
rebecca many thanks for this great article, i wish i could have donated….