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'Brastalgia' Is 2021 Theme Of Bras For The Cause; Kickoff Event Aug. 26

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Pud Kearns with Housewarmers of Greenville, also active with Bras for the Cause, says "Brastalgia" is the theme of this year's event, scheduled for Thursday, October 14 in downtown Greenville.  Artfully decorated bras will celebrate each decade going back to the 1920s. Proceeds will go to improvements for the Tubby Adkisson Mammography coach. A kickoff event will be at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, August 26 at the Emerald Ballroom in downtown Greenville.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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