Elizabeth Boyer, who is being treated at CTRC for ovarian cancer, represents the patients who will ultimately benefit from sales in October of the Michael Kors T-shirt from Saks Fifth Avenue and the Partners Shopping Card.
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The Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio will benefit from four shopping events in October.

Three of the events are associated with the Saks Fifth Avenue San Antonio 2009 Key to the Cure Campaign, which will benefit the CTRC’s Gynecological Oncology Program. They include a month-long sale of a limited-edition T-shirt designed by Michael Kors and modeled by Heidi Klum, a Key to the Cure shopping weekend at Saks and sales of the T-shirts on two Health Science Center campuses.

The fourth event is the sale of the Cancer Center Council’s (CCC) Partners Shopping Card featuring a 20 percent discount at more than 400 retailers. The shopping card raises funds for CTRC’s Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic during the 25th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

Key to the Cure T-Shirt sales
Saks Fifth Avenue San Antonio will begin offering the limited-edition T-shirts on Oct. 1. Eighty percent of the $40 charged will benefit the CTRC.

Through CTRC’s Gynecology Oncology Program, a dedicated team of scientists and clinicians conducts research and provides comprehensive cancer treatment to women with cancer of the reproductive tract, such as the ovaries, cervix and uterus.

Key to the Cure Shopping Weekend
Saks at North Star Mall will donate 2 percent of its sales during the Key to the Cure shopping days — Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18 — to CTRC.

Partners Shopping Card
The Partners Shopping Card, featuring a 20 percent discount from more than 400 retailers, sells for $50, with 100 percent of the card sales going to the Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic at CTRC. The discount applies during the last 10 days of October, from Friday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 1.

The breast cancer clinic offers convenient, comprehensive cancer care for patients. Patients visiting the clinic are seen by their specialists at one location, simplifying their doctor visits. The clinic also provides a centralized physician work room, large consultation rooms and education suites so that surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and other specialists can more easily meet to discuss their patients’ care.

The CCC Web site lists the participating retailers. Order cards online or by phone at (210) 450-5571. The deadline is Oct. 1 to order cards by mail. Most of the retailers sell the Partners Shopping Card at their locations.

The Partners Shopping Card has raised more than $1.3 million for CTRC over the past nine years. The CCC has more than 600 active members who support the CTRC, not just through fundraising, but also through volunteer service, patient assistance and community outreach.

On-campus sales of T-shirts and the shopping card
Saks will offer Key to the Cure T-shirts and CCC volunteers will sell Partners Shopping Cards on two of the Health Science Center campuses.

T-shirts and Partners Shopping Cards will be sold from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at CTRC in the second-floor lounge area near the grandfather clock.

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, the shirts and cards will also be sold from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Long Campus in the lecture hall foyer.

Only checks and cash will be accepted as payment for the T-shirts, but credit cards will also be accepted for the shopping cards.