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October 2006 Newsletter

Dear Friend,

It’s been a great year for Athena and we couldn’t have done it without you!

WSU Marketing Club - Go Cougs!
WSU Marketing Club promoting Athena

Volunteers at the Athena booth
Athena volunteers greeting supporters

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month upon us, we wanted to share some highlights of our progress over the last year and tell you some breaking news... Athena water is going nationwide with our great partners—Dream Dinners and Sysco foodservice!

And, most of all, to say THANKS for your support!

YOU make the difference

Athena is a simple bottle of water, but we think of it as a bottle of hope. Every bottle brings us one step closer to a cure because all profits fund women's cancer research. When you buy it, sell it, promote it, volunteer, or tell your friends about it, you're helping to save lives.

15 million bottles purchased!

These days, our friends say they see Athena water "everywhere." (Okay, so they're a little biased...). You'll find it in Northwest grocery stores, in cafes up and down the West Coast, and on every Alaska Airlines flight nationwide!

Watch for these fully-wrapped semi-trucks on I-5 with a powerful and creative message, thanks to the inspiration and generosity of Alaska Airlines and our bottler Advanced H2O.

Athena goes nationwide with Dream Dinners and Sysco!

Starting this month, you'll find Athena all across the country, as we team up with the originator of convenient dinner-assembly stores, Dream Dinners, with 192 locations in 30 cities. We're thrilled to partner with them, so show your support and visit the store near you. Read more.

This is just the beginning of our expansion, thanks to our recent partnership with SYSCO, North America's leading foodservice marketer and distributor.

Along with our national expansion, we are now receiving national press coverage. See two articles about Athena on iVillage.com, the #1 website for women with 14 million unique users.

$110,000 Donated and much more to come!

Dr. Julie Gralow with Alaska FA

Through your support, we've now donated $110,000 to help accelerate promising research, including the development of a blood test for early detection of ovarian cancer and a vaccine to prevent breast cancer. Read more.

This important work is going on by scientists at leading institutions like Fred Hutchinson Research Center, UW Medicine, Marsha Rivkin Center, and Virginia Mason.

Onward ATHENA!

In the last year, we've grown quickly while laying the foundation for our national expansion. Our terrific team is growing, and Kelly Scholl, our director of operations, masterfully manages every step.

We are VERY excited about what the future holds and appreciate your ongoing support as we move closer toward finding a cure!

All the best,
Trish

Trish B. May
Founder & CEO
www.athenapartners.org
Victory Starts Here!

P.S. Tell me where you’d like to see Athena. trishm@athenapartners.org

P.P.S. Please forward this to a friend and help us spread the news.

Where will you take Athena next?

Our friend, Sarah, carried Athena all the way to the Greek Parthenon, the temple erected for the Goddess Athena.

Find Athena at these and other locations.

Recent Additions
Brandon Fish Market
Dream Dinners
Nintendo

Distributors
Associated Grocers
Costco Business Center
EK Beverage
McLane Northwest
Raging River
RS Beverage
SYSCO Corporation
System Services of America

Cafes & Caterers
Cafe Flora
Cafe Cistin
Calamity Joan's Bakery
Chuck E. Cheese
Fare Start Cafes
Friday's Cookies
Haley's Bait Shop and Grill
Heroes
Ichiban Sushi
Ivars
Junebugs Cafe
Jack Rabbit
Kneaders Bakery
Kokopelli Grill
Las Palmas Restaurant & Taqueria
Little America Hotel
Lowell-Hunt Catering
Macrina Bakery
Makah Maiden Cafe
Neil's Clover Patch Cafe
Organic To Go
Pheasant Grill
Poppinjay's Cafe
Soup Daddy's Soups
Sweet Oregon Grill
Taco Del Mar
The Harbor Club
Tully's Coffee
Underground Tour Cafe
University of WA
The Wedge Catering

Grocery & Retail
Brown & Cole Stores
Food Pavilion
Haggen Foods
Harvest Foods
Metropolitan Markets
QFC Stores
Red Apple Markets
Safeway Stores
Tesoro 2Go Stores
Thriftway
Top Food & Drug
Town & Country Markets

Healthcare & Medical Centers
Auburn General Hospital
CSU Medical Center
Catholic Health Initiatives
Central Washington Hospital
Chartley House
Children's Hospital
Clovis Community Medical Center
Emerald Heights
Evergreen Hospital
Franciscan Health System
Fred Hutchinson CRC
Fresno Community Medical Center
Group Health Coop
Northwest Hospital
Overlake Hospital
Pacific Surgery
PeaceHealth
Providence Health
Salem Hospital
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle Radiologists
Swedish Hospital
UW Medical Center
Valley Medical Center
Virginia Mason
Willapa Harbor Hospital

Other Locations
AAA Washington/Inland
Alaska Airlines
American Red Cross
Amgen
Best Western
Camp Orkila-YMCA
Cascade Bank
Cascade Bowl
Cascade Valley LLC
Curves
Edgewater Hotel
Embassy Suites
Event Success
Fairwood Golf Club
Grace Community Church
Inn at Port Hadlock
Korum Ford
Manor Care
Microsoft
Mirabeau Park Hotel
Oasis Spa Salon
Pine Lake Club
Perkins Coie
Premier Properties
Pro Sports Club
Puget Sound Energy
Red Lion Hotel
Renaissance Hotel
Residence Inn Lake Union
Residence Inn
Rosetta Inpharmatics
Safeco Insurance
Seattle Athletic Club
Skamania Lodge
Sundance Resort
Sunset Club
The Redmond Inn
Vance Hotel
Victoria Clipper
Vulcan Real Estate

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