Rí Rá Las Vegas hosts Little pink Dress party OCt. 25
in honor of Breast cancer awareness month
Party proceeds benefit the
Southern Nevada Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
On Friday, Oct. 25, Rí Rá Las Vegas, located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, will host its second Little Pink Dress Party from 9 p.m. to midnight to raise funds for the Southern Nevada Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the pub will host a pink-themed soiree and encourage guests to wear their best pink outfit or dress. Groups of six or more who dress in pink will receive one complimentary glass of champagne per person. To show their support in the fight against breast cancer, party-goers may also purchase $10 pink boas during the party with all proceeds benefiting the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Additionally, pink paper ribbon icons will be sold all month long with all proceeds benefiting the nonprofit.
Various prizes, including a grand prize two-day trip to Los Angeles with flight and accommodations, will be awarded to the best-dressed guests. Raffle prizes, which include 24 engraved commemorative Guinness® glasses, will also be featured throughout the evening. To cap off the night, The American Diddly Idols will take the stage at 9 p.m. Rí Rá’s Little Pink Dress Party is free and open to the public.
The pub continues to raise awareness throughout October by featuring a specialty cocktail, the Pink Jameson Cherry Sour ($10) made with Jameson Irish whiskey, freshly squeezed lemon juice, sugar syrup, fresh cherries, a dash of egg white and Perchaund’s Bitters.
Community Investment – Your Dollars at Work
The Southern Nevada Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®- along with those who generously support the organization with their talent, time and resources – is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in our community. Through events like the Komen Southern Nevada Race for the Cure®, we have invested more than $6.5 million in local breast health and breast cancer projects in Southern Nevada over the past 18 years. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Affiliate provide grants for innovative community programs that reduce breast cancer mortality through screening, treatment, education and safety-net services, while the remaining 25 percent supports groundbreaking breast cancer research grants.
The Southern Nevada Affiliate conducts a biannual community needs assessment that helps guide our work and establishes goals for granting priorities, education needs, public policy efforts, and strategic operations. This community profile identifies service gaps, barriers, and community needs and ensures that our local investments will be effective and impactful. This year, the Affiliate funded over $635,000 in local breast health programs for the uninsured and underserved in Las Vegas and surrounding areas, while providing $110,000 to breast cancer research.
About Rí Rá Las Vegas
Crafted in the warm pub style of 19th century Ireland, Rí Rá Las Vegas is located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place. The authentic Irish pub features a multitude of artifacts that were carefully restored in Wicklow, Ireland and shipped to their new home in Las Vegas. Rí Rá Las Vegas contains an authentic Victorian Shop bar that began its life in Ireland in the 1880s, a whiskey bar adorned with an original glazed jewelry cabinet from 1900, an oak floor from a whiskey distillery and an 8-foot-tall, 500-pound carved plaster statue of St. Patrick dating back to 1850. The pub hosts live entertainment seven nights a week in a music room constructed with artifacts dating back to 1890 from the Olympia Theater in Dublin, Ireland. On the weekends, guests can kick back at Rí Rá Live, where every Friday and Saturday at 11:30 p.m. the best bands in town take the pub’s stage. Born and raised in Dublin, Rí Rá Las Vegas owners David Kelly and Ciaran Sheehan have been close friends since they were 14-years-old. Kelly and Sheehan later partnered with Jay Luther, whom Kelly met while working for Guinness. Rí Rá Las Vegas is one of 11 pubs the trio has opened in the U.S.
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