Purple Promise Foundation to End Melanoma

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 13th Annual Light the Night Purple Event on Cinco de Mayo! It was an incredible evening, made possible by your presence and the continued generosity of our wonderful sponsors, Best Impressions Caterers and NoDa Brewing Company. A special thank you to our guest speaker, WBTV News […]

Enjoy the sunshine — but wear sunscreen! Inspired by personal experience and a desire to give back to the community, sophomore Jack Benonis recently led a sun safety initiative across the Charlotte Latin campus as part of his Eagle Scout service project. Jack’s goal was to raise awareness around sun safety and help prevent skin […]

The Purple Promise Foundation to End Melanoma once again had the honor of being one of the recipients of this year’s South End Shuffle 5K and Mile Run, held on September 13th in Charlotte. Members of our Board of Directors participated in both race events. We were also on hand to give out free sunscreen […]

The Purple Promise Foundation to End Melanoma had another amazing weekend at Charlotte Pride. This year’s event took place in First Ward Park in Uptown Charlotte. We had the privilege of handing out sunscreen and sun safety information to over 250 people in attendance, as well as raffling off a sun safety basket with all […]

Thank you to all of our friends and supporters who attended our 12th Annual Light the Night Purple Event on May 07, 2025! A special thanks to our longtime sponsors – Best Impressions Caterers and NoDa Brewing Company for the venue, food and beverages that provided a fantastic evening for us all. We also want […]

As melanoma awareness month ends this week, we are excited to share with all of you a new partnership that we have worked on for the last few months with Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, Atrium Health, and Impact Melanoma. This exciting opportunity, thanks to the effort of Nathan C. Schedler, MD […]

Yesterday we had the honor of attending the the 11th annual South End Shuffle 5k & Mile Run. This year’s event had one of the largest registrations – about 1,700 people! Thank you to our Purple Promise Board members, Nicole and JB Meanor, Tim and Sara Jane Hodgkins, Davis Robinson, and David and Donna Hodgkins […]

As we say goodbye to summer 2024 all of us at The Purple Promise Foundation want to extend a thank you to Charlotte Pride for a wonderful Pride weekend in August. We had over 250 people stop by our booth to learn more about sun safety, enter our raffle, and reapply their sunscreen as they […]

  Last night we celebrated our 11th annual Light The Night Purple event at The Terrace at Cedar Hill in Uptown Charlotte. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped us to raise awareness and funds to support melanoma research; we are forever grateful for the outpouring of love and support this community gives to […]