AREA BUSINESSES JOIN WELLNESS PLACE

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, three area businesses are joining forces with Wellness Place of Palatine, Ill., to raise additional funds and awareness for breast cancer programs and services.  The three restaurants, TL’s Four Seasons Chinese and Japanese Restaurant in Bartlett, Wickets in Schaumburg and 8000 Miles in Roselle, have each created special programs to further emphasize the importance of battling this prevalent disease.

TL’s Four Seasons Chinese and Japanese Restaurant, located at 110 W. Bartlett Avenue in Bartlett has created a special “pink” sushi roll, wrapped with a pink soy paper.  The “Pink Lady” sells for $10.95 and a portion of the proceeds of every Pink Lady ordered in October will be donated to Wellness Place. 

Wickets Bar and Grill, located at 601 North Martingale in Schaumburg will offer a “Pink Flatbread” hand formed by Chef George Garcia topped with roasted tomatoes, ricotta cheese and basil.  Each flatbread is $9, and a portion of the proceeds from sales in October will be donated to Wellness Place.

8000 Miles, located at 107 Main Street in Roselle will also be offering a ‘Pink Lady’ roll filled with Scottish salmon, avocado and daikon sprouts topped with tempura beet crunch, spicy pink mayo, eel sauce and tempura crunch.  The roll is priced at $12.00 and a portion of the proceeds of every Pink Lady ordered in October will be donated to Wellness Place.

Breast cancer strikes not just the elderly and middle-aged but thousands in their 20s and 30s.  This year alone, an estimated 226,870 women and men will be newly diagnosed.  Nearly 40,000 women in the U.S. die from breast cancer each year.

Wellness Place is a community-based cancer education, counseling and support resource center in Palatine, Ill., serving those diagnosed with cancer as well as their families and caregivers. As part of their mission, services and programs are delivered by professionals free of charge. They provide critical, life-enhancing support and guidance to help manage emotional and physical responses, sort through treatment options and side effects, formulate questions for doctors and communicate matters to family and employers.  Services include: One-on-one Cancer Related Counseling; Private Prostate Cancer Consultations; Facilitated Support Groups; Children & Teen Programs; Stress and Pain Management Therapies; and Speaker Workshops. Access is available to the Wellness Place library, as well as to the Stuart D. Porter Prostate Cancer Resource Center

& Library.  Wellness Place is a not-for-profit organization located at 1619 W Colonial Pkwy, Palatine, IL 60067. For information visit www.wellnessplace.org or call 847.221.2400.