Paint the Planet Pink

12/04/2025

I finally watched this beautiful documentary last night. Come See Me in the Good Light is a powerful story of love, loss, hope, and humor and is definitely worth the watch. Now and in the end, it’s all about love. ❤️

11/23/2025

On May 25, 2024, Tatiana Schlossberg gave birth to her daughter. A few hours later, her doctor noticed that her blood count looked strange. The diagnosis was acute myeloid leukemia, with a rare mutation called Inversion 3. “I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick. I was actually one of the healthiest people I knew,” the environmental journalist, and daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes. “I had a son whom I loved more than anything and a newborn I needed to take care of. This could not possibly be my life.” During her latest clinical trial, Schlossberg’s doctor had told her that he could keep her alive for a year, maybe. “My first thought was that my kids, whose faces live permanently on the inside of my eyelids, wouldn’t remember me,” she writes.

As she spent more of her life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers, she watched her cousin Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., cut federal funding for medical treatment and research. “Suddenly, the health-care system on which I relied felt strained, shaky,” Schlossberg writes. Read the full story: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/su3GxP

11/14/2025

We'd like to continue thanking our amazing 2025 sponsors, Bartenders, Bouncers, and Gentlemen's Dash team! We can't do what we do without you! We appreciate you!

11/03/2025

11/03/2025

We'd like to thank our 2025 Major Sponsors:

- Building Blocks Learning Center
- Elaine Fisher
- Mack Family
- M & T Bank
- Pisanchyn Law Firm
- PDQ Print & Fulfillment
- Pat and Tina Fisher
- Anonymous
- Kiefer Family Orthodontics
- In memory of Donald J. Sobieski
- Huston Family
- Hey Good Bookin’ LLC
- In honor of Tracy Tighe
- Sergei's LIVE
- A'tera 519
- Brian and Marion Chappel
- Dr. Anthony Capozucca
- Tailored Brands
- Patrice and Robert Martin
- Penn House Boutique
- Latona Trucking & Excavating
- Scranton Preparatory School
- Holy Rosary School
- Penn Ave, Scranton
- Sabatini's

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween, friends!
For the next few days we'd like to thank our sponsors for we can't do what we do without you.

We'd like to first start out by thanking our our 2025 Media Sponsors:
- The Citizens' Voice
- PA Live
- 28/22 News (WBRE/WYOU)
- Lamar Advertising of Scranton, PA
- The Scranton Times-Tribune

10/22/2025

We love the support from our local schools! 💕💕

Last week our Builders Club sponsored a bake sale at lunch. Today we were able to present a check for $575 to Paint the Planet Pink founder Barb Sciandra. Paint the Planet Pink is a non-profit organization where all proceeds are donated directly for cancer research.

10/15/2025

Why we do what we do! Thank you, Dr. DeMichele and Dr. Serletti, for being trailblazers in your fields.
Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center

10/13/2025

Money for research is SO IMPORTANT! Clinical trials are SO IMPORTANT! We’re always grateful to Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center! 💕💕💕

Penn Medicine Oncologist, Dr. Angela DeMichele, and breast cancer survivor, Illeana Casiano-Vazquez, join Good Day Philadelphia to discuss a groundbreaking clinical trial that effectively treats dormant cancer cells with existing drugs.

10/13/2025

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10/08/2025

Some more exciting things to share! There are 2 more events remaining for 2025! Please support Showroom56 and The Salt Barre! We appreciate their wonderful, generous support of our organization!

Also, looking for swag? Our friends at Mad Tees, as always, were kind enough to set up at store for us. It closes in 2 weeks! Get your orders in now! Visit our website under Swag!

https://painttheplanetpink.org/

I also have Nike hat's ($35) and magnets ($5) available for purchase. Comment on this post if you're interested in either and I'll figure out a way to get them to you!

As always, thank you for supporting Paint the Planet Pink!