Media Advisory - Public Invitation to Babes4Breasts 8th Annual Benefit Concert on Thursday, October 23rd

Babes4Breasts fall campaign seeks to raise $25,000 for head start program at the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre

OTTAWA, Oct. 20, 2014 /CNW/ - On Thursday, October 23rd, Ottawa's popular Babes4Breasts Annual Benefit Concert will take place at Southminister United Church at 8:00 PM.

The concert will feature an incredible roster of musicians, with some of the best of folk and roots music in Canada including Juno Award and CFMA nominated Amanda Rheaume, CFMA nominated Jadea Kelly, Scarlett Jane, Coco Love Alcorn, Ana Miura, and Laura Cortese, the first American musician to grace the Babes stages.

The benefit concert also marks the release of Babes4Breasts 4th compilation album, featuring a roster of 16 outstanding Canadian artists including Order of Canada member, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee and Juno Award winner Bruce Cockburn in addition to Trent Severn, Mo Kenney, Sweet Albi among others.

The Babes4Breasts fall campaign is raising $25,000 for the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) to fund the creation of a brand new program called Head Start, designed specifically for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. This program will launch at the OICC in the new year of 2015.

"We all have a responsibility to help others. Babes4Breasts has turned into a community in and of itself filled with incredible people and a love and dedication that is unwavering.  We are proud to align ourselves with the important work of the OICC," says Ana Miura, singer, songwriter, and founder of Babes4Breasts.

What:	Babes4Breasts Annual Benefit Concert
Location:	Southminster United Church, Ottawa
Date:	Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Time:	8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Tickets:	$20 tickets are available online at www.babes4breasts.com , at the OICC, Ottawa
	Folklore Centre, Compact Music, CD Warehouse, and all Royal Oak Pub locations
	throughout the City, or $27 at the door.

About Babes4Breasts
Babes4Breasts (B4B) is a group of like-minded Canadian recording artists who have come together to fight breast cancer through music. Our mission is to use the power of music to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer prevention, education, and support via conventional and integrative strategies, by way of a community-based approach.  Since 2007, B4B has donated over $100,000 to a variety of breast cancer related charities. 

About the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre
The Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) is the first integrative cancer care and research centre in Central and Eastern Canada. As a not-for-profit, regional centre of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, the OICC welcomes patients at any cancer stage as well as those wishing to prevent cancer or its recurrence.  The Centre works with patients and physicians, to provide therapeutic programs that decrease side effects and promote health and improve quality of life during and after conventional treatment.  Through clinical practice, research and education, the OICC strives to assess and reduce possible causes of cancer while exploring innovative integrative treatment approaches.  For more information, please visit www.oicc.ca

SOURCE: Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC)

Heidi Vincent, Marketing Communications & PR, Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre, [email protected], 613-293-3564; Ana Miura, Boss Babe, Babes4Breasts, [email protected], 613-864-0516