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We Have a Winner! Five of Them, In Fact

FitSugar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:45:42 -0700

I call it "retail philanthropy" — buying a pink ribbon product that will keep you warm during cool weather workouts and donate a portion of the proceeds to breast cancer research. And now, we have five winners in our retail philanthropy giveaway! Please help me congratulate the winners, who will each get a Vigor Jacket by New Balance:

SaraEk
Kheine01
RedSugar
FitgirlFL
Dtutak

Thank you to all who participated! If you didn't win but still need a jacket and want to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, you can find the jacket at Lace Up for A Cure.

Win a Pink Ribbon Vigor Jacket by New Balance

FitSugar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:30:00 -0700

This giveaway is over and the winners will be announced shortly. Thank you to all who participated.

By now, I'm sure you all are familiar with the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I thought it would be great to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation and help five of you Sugar users stay warm this Fall by giving away five Lace Up for a Cure Vigor Jackets by New Balance.

To enter to win one of the five jackets, all you have to do is log in and take the quiz below. (By the way, your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just simply by taking the quiz once you are logged in.) You do, however, need to be a TeamSugar member to take the quiz. So if you're not already a member, just register here for an account. One quiz entry per person; all repeat quizzes will be ignored. Also, this part is important, YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO TEAMSUGAR FOR YOUR VOTE TO COUNT.

Interested in more details? Click here for the official rules.

The contest will end on Monday, Oct. 22, at 1:00 p.m. PDT, and then I'll randomly select five winners from among the quiz-takers. Make sure to log in and take the quiz before then and don't forget to e-mail this to all your friends and family so they can have a chance at it too!

Lace Up for a Cure: Vigor Jacket by New Balance

FitSugar — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:45:00 -0700

Fall has arrived and with it cooler temperatures (well at least in some parts of the country). For all of your outdoor workout activities, you are going to need a long-sleeve layer, and might I suggest this Vigor Jacket by New Balance.

The jacket is part of their Lace Up For A Cure clothing line created to support breast cancer awareness. Fifteen percent of the price of the jacket, and all items in the pink ribbon collection, will be donated to the great foundation Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

All that being said it should come as no surprise that the jacket sports the pink ribbon on the collar. Plus, it is made out of New Balance's patented Lightning Dry® fabric for effective moisture management. It also has side pockets, a feature I admire in any jacket. If black is not your thing, then the jacket is also available in Nomad (meaning brown). You can buy the Vigor jacket directly for$63.99 directly from Lace Up for A Cure.

To see the details of the jacket just