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Saving the best for last
Anthony Salituro and Saverina Silano at the 2013 Pink Ribbon Ball. This was the final year for this prestigious event.
Every woman deserves to be treated like a princess. Once a year Anthony Salituro, owner of Viva Bridal, puts on an event that transforms every day women into royalty much like the story of Cinderella. This year the fairytale Pink Ribbon Charity Ball was at the Interior Savings Centre. Historically the ball has been held at the Colombo Hall. This year Anthony wanted to do something on a grander scale. He still asked the Colombo staff to prepare and serve the meals to continue to show their dedication to this cause. Anthony was 19-years-old when he decided to put on the Pink Ribbon Ball. Anthony is a proud support of the fight against breast cancer. He organized the first Pink Ribbon Charity Ball back in 1998 to honour those who have fought and survived breast cancer like is aunt, Josephine Bruno. This ball with humble beginnings has made a huge difference in raising money for the BC Yukon Breast Cancer Foundation. In the 16 years of the event he and his amazing volunteers have raised over $850,000 towards breast cancer research. “This year’s event we raised over $130,000,” comments Anthony. “It was very small event. It grew and grew to be one of the premium fundraiser events in B.C. We hoped that we could raise $100,000 in one night and we did that last year. So we decided to do just one more year to say thank you to all the generous people in Kamloops.” The money from this year will benefit breast
cancer health care in Kamloops and has been gifted to a special project at the Royal Inland Hospital. This year’s theme was “Grand Finale” – even more pink and glam than years past. Other themes throughout the years have included ‘All Aboard the Orient Express’, ‘Viva Italia’, ‘Fiesta Espanol’, ‘Putting on the Ritz’, ‘When you Believe in Angels’, ‘Autumn in the Park’ and a 10th anniversary ‘Diamond Ball’. There were 600 guests who each paid $175 for a night of food, drinks, entertainment, auction-bidding and fun at Interior Savings Centre on Saturday, September 28. Everything was on a grand scale for this year’s ball. There was a champagne reception, sixcourse meal, the silent-auction bidding announcements, dancing, other fundraising moments throughout and some speeches by the CEO of the Cancer Foundation and many cancer survivors. This year’s event was extra special with a tribute video: “Many people who have been touched by breast cancer spoke in a special tribute video of the Pink Ribbon Ball from the last 16 years,” says a touched Anthony about the last ball he hosted. Anthony had another special moment this year; he was awarded the President’s Award at the Business of the Year Awards. The President’s Award is given solely at the discretion of the president and is awarded to someone who has – continued on page 2