During the month of October Meli-Melo Creperie & Juice Bar will support Breast Cancer Alliance in Greenwich in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A flat donation will be made to the organization and 50% from art sales by New York-based mixed media Artist, Haile Binns. Customers can share photos of pink wheat crepes, all natural pink sorbet, all natural pink ice cream and freshly made pink smoothies with #GoForPink for a chance to win a $25 gift card.
The restaurant will offer a sweet, pink wheat crepe, topped with all natural strawberry sorbet and pink smoothie blend of strawberry, pineapple and banana, priced together at $13.50. In addition, the restaurant’s Artist Program will support Breast Cancer Alliance with custom pieces made for Meli-Melo by Binns.
Each piece was inspired by a close friend to the artist undergoing reconstructive surgery following breast cancer treatment. I created a few special pieces that features stitches to represent the recovery process. I named the collection, Reconstruction” Binns explained. She continued, “I’m so inspired by the strength and dignity of women undergoing treatment, I currently have a close friend in my life fighting breast cancer. To challenge my fear associated with her treatment I ripped apart my canvases and restitched them to create something new. One must be willing to let go in these situations. I want my work to inspire something new through the destruction. I am searching, I need to know that life can be even more beautiful even more full after breast cancer, after the destruction. I feel that the destruction process can be the most beautiful part, it clears the path to create something new and beautiful.”
Meli-Melo began supporting Breast Cancer Alliance with proceeds from the popular pink crepe in 2010. Since then, the eatery has expanded its location of more then two decades and has developed a catering division. On Thursday, Oct. 6, customers who spend a minimum of $15 during the Breast Cancer Alliance GoForPink! Shopping Day event on Greenwich Avenue will receive a free mini pink smoothie.
“We are always happy to partner with a neighborhood favorite like Meli-Melo, and to have Haile Binns supporting our work is a wonderful addition to that partnership for this year. It is supporters like these that help to make our vision a reality” said Yonni Wattenmaker, Executive Director at Breast Cancer Alliance.
Meli-Melo Creperie & Juice Bar is located at 362 Greenwich Ave. For menus and to learn more about the restaurant’s Artist Program visit melimelogreenwich.com
