New Pink Glove Dance Sequel Stars Scripps La Jolla Staff

The original was a YouTube Sensation and now the Pink Glove Dance is spreading…to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. More than 150 staff members at Scripps La Jolla are among the 4,000 health care workers and breast cancer survivors from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to New York’s Times Square and many sites in between to star in the Pink Glove Dance: the Sequel. The sequel is scheduled to premiere Sept.17 at 9 a.m. CST on the website www.pinkglovedance.com.

The original video premiered last November featuring 200 Portland, Ore. hospital workers wearing pink gloves and dancing in support of breast cancer awareness and prevention. Today the video has more than 11 million views on YouTube and is spawning an endless number of pink glove dance videos and breast cancer awareness events across the country.

“Once we saw the original video, we immediately wanted to get involved to help make a difference at our facility, in our community and even around the country,” said Mary Ellen Doyle, vice president and chief nursing executive at Scripps La Jolla. “Our staff was excited and inspired to be part of the Pink Glove Dance Sequel. Not only was it a lot of fun to participate; the awareness and discussion about breast cancer we’ve created because of the video is the real satisfaction.”

Produced by Medline Industries, Inc., the makers of the pink gloves, the original video was filmed at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. and has generated tens of thousands of responses, letters and e-mails from survivors, family and friends. It has entertained and inspired laughter and, for many, it has evoked memories of their own battle with breast cancer or experiences faced by loved ones.

“As a way to extend our breast cancer awareness campaign, we developed a pink glove called Generation Pink,” said Andy Mills, president of Medline. “Gloves are also the first point of contact between the health care worker and the patient. And, because the glove is pink, we hoped it would get people talking about breast cancer.”

Medline is donating $1 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation for every case sold of its pink gloves. The donations will fund mammograms for individuals who cannot afford them.