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Breast Cancer
Exotic Dancers Have Trouble Donating Cash To Breast Cancer Research
May 26th, 1997
What if they threw a fund-raiser and nobody wanted the cash' That's what happened to some exotic dancers who raised money for breast cancer research by washing cars topless. When it came time to donate $3,500, the women from Club Juana Cocktail Lounge were rejected by a prominent cancer research center and the American Cancer Society's local chapter. "That makes me mad," dancer Stephanie Morris said. "Dancers get a bad name because of what we do. When we try to do something for the community, they don't accept it." A mammography center finally accepted the money, but snubbed dancers remained angry. ...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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