Bed, Bath & Beyond!!!
To me it sounds more like the tag line of a '70s Sci-Fi TV show, but after a recent visit to pick-up a futon cover to this store, I have a new found respect for BB&B. First I noticed a great deal of signage prominently posted on their glass entryway -- all in support of breast cancer awareness. Then, I noticed that they were selling books to raise money for breast cancer awareness. And then -- oh yes, and then -- I saw something that I had written about a little while back, but until this trip to BB&B had not actually seen in person: The Pink Boxing Gloves.
If you'll recall, I recently mentioned a fight that I watched on TV between Monte Barrett and his 7' plus opponent from Russia. And, if you'll also recall, I pointed out that Monte Barrett was wearing pink boxing gloves in support of breast cancer awareness month. After looking into this further, I discovered that the popular boxing outfitter, Everlast, had created these pink gloves as a means of raising money to battle breast cancer. Target was mentioned as a retailer, BB&B very well may have been (I don't remember, but it would make sense that is was being that I found the gloves there) -- but, still, I had not seen the gloves anywhere else than on the Everlast website and on Monte Barrett's hands (and occasionally on his opponent's face, but not nearly enough to win the fight). And here they were, in BB&B of all places. I didn't even know that they carried anything but Bed, Bath and Beyond (Beyond, as far as I knew, basically included more bed and more bath stuff) in this store, so finding sporting goods of any kind was a bit of shock. But, these weren't just your average, everyday sporting goods -- these were symbolic of something much greater. They represented a much bigger fight than any ring could ever hold.
Needless to say, I picked up a pair. I'm not sure what the hell I'm going to do with them (maybe my girlfriend will take up boxing), but I'm happy to have made the contribution, just the same. Thank you Bed, Bath...and Beyond!!!
1. I found a way to use pink & red boxing gloves to help those "fighting" this awful disease while donating a portion of each glove sold to the American Cancer Society for research. You should check out my website and see. Jacki had recently posted a comment on it and you have it now on your pink products. If you have never been in the fight or not been around someone on a daily basis that is in the fight, I don't think you can really appreciate the message that we are trying to send with the boxing gloves. We are trying to let people know that we are "in their corner" with them, cheering them on to "fight hard"!! Our motto has become "Life IS worth fighting for, FIGHT HARD!!!"
Posted at 11:09AM on Nov 29th 2006 by Sheree Wooten