Local Restaurants and Bakeshops Help Raise Funds and Awareness for Breast Cancer Treatment, One Sweet Treat at a Time

Vermont (July 21, 2026) Bakes for Breast Cancer – the non-profit organization dedicated to
funding breast cancer researchers and clinicians – is proud to announce its dates for Bakes for
Breast Cancer Vermont. The weeklong annual fundraiser runs from Friday, July 17 through
Thursday, July 23, 2026. Founder Carol Sneider launched this event and nonprofit in memory of
her mother who lost her battle with breast cancer at the age of 43. The best memories Carol
recalls were the times spent in the kitchen baking bread, cakes and other sweet treats.
Since its inception in 1999, Bakes for Bakes Cancer has encouraged restaurants, cafés, bakeries,
pastry shops, grocery stores and other businesses offering desserts to designate one of their
sweet treats during the weeklong event where 100% of the proceeds go to Bakes for Breast
Cancer to fund breast cancer research. Participating establishments also have the opportunity
to offer up their entire dessert roster where 50% of the proceeds goes back to the organization.
Over the last twenty-six years, Bakes for Breast Cancer has raised over 2.5 million dollars and
over 5,000 establishments have participated in the annual weeklong event. The participating
venues include:
 Liquid Art (Killington)
 The New England House Restaurant (Brattleboro)
 Union Jacks (South Burlington)
“Since 1999, Bakes for Breast Cancer has been on a mission to do its part to help eradicate
breast cancer for good, one sweet treat at a time,” said Bakes for Breast Cancer Founder Carol
Sneider. “We are proud to keep expanding into different states and marquee cities, and we will

continue to do so in areas with thriving culinary scenes with establishments that share the
same mission as ours. Statistics on both women and men directly and indirectly affected by
breast cancer are alarming, and we will continue do our best to help reduce those numbers.”
According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, 1 in 8 women in the United States will be
diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In 2026, an estimated 321,910 women and 2,670
men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in
American women, except for skin cancers, and it is estimated that in 2026, approximately 30%
of all new female cancer diagnoses will be breast cancer. On average, every 2 minutes, a
woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States, and approximately 15% of women
diagnosed have a family history of breast cancer. Dates for other Bakes for Breast Cancer
events throughout the year are as follows:
 Friday, July 17 – Thursday, July 23, 2026 New Hampshire and Vermont
 Friday, July 24 – Thursday, July 30, 2026 Cape & Islands and Maine
 Friday, October 16 – Thursday, October 22, 2026. Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia
About Bakes for Breast Cancer:
Bakes for Breast Cancer is an annual “sweet” to raise funds for breast cancer research and care
where hundreds of restaurants, bakeries, cafés and retail shops in 10 different states or regions
participate by designating all sales of one specific desert, or fifty percent of proceeds from their
entire dessert menu, to breast cancer care and research. Proceeds from the event benefit
Bakes for Breast Cancer, Inc., a nonprofit breast cancer organization dedicated to funding
breast cancer researchers and clinicians. For more information, please visit
www.bakesforbreastcancer.org.