Couture for a Cure
Every October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, UBC sponsors a luncheon to raise funds for the local breast cancer assistance program. Dressed in high-fashion designs from Unclaimed Baggage, breast cancer survivors, patients and family members “walk the runway” at the annual sold-out luncheon.
This event always creates a lot of excitement, particularly as cancer patients and survivors are applauded as they model beautiful designer clothes for the luncheon guests. Being a model at the luncheon has helped many women who were stricken with cancer to recover a sense of their beauty and confidence, which may have been diminished during treatments.
Helping Thousands See Clearly
09- 2-2011
We get thousands and thousands of reading, sun and prescription eyeglasses each year. Out of all the eyeglasses that we receive we donate thousands of these pairs to our local chapter of The Lions Club International for their Sight First program.
In 1925, Helen Keller challenged The Lions Club to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." And they accepted. They in turn, spend countless volunteer hours assessing the glasses and determining what type of prescription they are. They are then carried to different parts of the world, where the Lions volunteer their time and resources to provide quality vision care in desolate areas.
Unclaimed Baggage is proud to be a major donor to this wonderful program. Do you know anyone who has benefited from The Lions Clubs’ Sight First program?
Giving Back
Unclaimed Baggage proudly partners with the following non-profit organizations:
