For Immediate Release


Contact:
Katy Hohman

katy.hohman@gmail.com


The TaTa Sisterhood and BAMF Productions Announce Tunes for TaTa’s, a Benefit Concert for the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk at Smith’s Olde Bar, Sunday, August 6, 2006.


The TaTa Sisterhood, in conjunction with BAMF Productions, announces its plans to hold a one-day benefit concert, Tunes for TaTa’s, at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta on Sunday, August 6, 2006. The show will bring together local and regional acts, including the Donna Hopkins Band. Proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Philanthropic Trust.


Musical acts will be (in order of appearance): Goddess Rocks, The Ramblers, The Helpers, The Squirrelheads, and Donna Hopkins Band. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and music will begin at 6:00 p.m. Admission is $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door.


For more information on the TaTa Sisterhood, and to learn more about their fundraising efforts, look them up on the web at www.the3day.org/atlanta06/tatasisterhood


More than 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year and more than 40,000 American women and men will lose their lives to the disease. One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every 3 minutes. Every 13 minutes, the disease claims another life in the United States.


Eighty-five percent of the net proceeds from the Breast Cancer 3-Day benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, a global leader in the fight against breast cancer whose mission is to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease.


Fifteen percent of the net proceeds from the Breast Cancer 3-Day benefit the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund, a special field of interest fund that will provide support for breast cancer initiatives including research, treatment, prevention and education.