Released on: July 10, 2008, 12:27 pm

Press Release Author: Press Dept News

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: The 15 winners of the first annual \'Real Rhode Islander\'
charity calendar contest to benefit the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource
Foundation were named Saturday in front of a packed crowd of onlookers and finalists
at Monet Lounge in Providence.


Press Release Body: (Providence, Rhode Island, USA) Winners of the first annual
\'Real Rhode Islander\' charity calendar contest to benefit the Gloria Gemma Breast
Cancer Resource Foundation were named Saturday in front of a packed crowd of
onlookers and finalists at Monet Lounge in Providence.

Thirty winning contestants, 15 men and 15 women made the final cut out of 60
finalists and will appear in two distinct official 2009 calendars. Sales of those
calendars will benefit the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation.

Rhode Islanders to be included on the charity calendars are:
Coventry\'s Michael J. Baccari; Cranston\'s Cheryl Howard, Danny Poulos, Lareto
Guglietta; East Providence\'s Omar Meer; Gloucester\'s Carol Ventura, Bob Ventura;
Johnston\'s Gail Gutierres, Steven Capaldi; Narragansett\'s Cheryl Cusick, Jonathan
Segal;
North Kingstown\'s Jenny Vingi; North Providence\'s Jane Bernardino, Jay Jones, Shane
Michael Piche; Pawtucket\'s Tracie Bourget; Providence\'s Andrew Reis, Jeffrey V.
Leechman, Mallory Palumbo; Richmond\'s Spogga Hashway; Tiverton\'s Jasmine Zen-Mah;
Wakefield\'s Michelle Mitchell; Warwick\'s Ashley Flynn, Frank Pantaleo, Melissa
Morales, Richard Cassella; West Warwick\'s Christina Pimentel, Giovanni Calise;
Westerly\'s Yvonne Perez; Woonsocket\'s Shauna Fontaine.
Contestants between the ages of 21 and 60 were judged during nearly 100 live
interviews on the successes they portrayed, the goodness of their \"inner being,\"
their positive impact on the community and their photogenic qualities. They had to
live in Rhode Island to qualify, and many contestants, although not required, were
either cancer survivors or had family members that suffered from the disease.

The \'Real Rhode Islander\' charity calendars will be released for sale in time for
Breast Cancer awareness month in October 2008. They will be available at all Tim
Hortons, Curves, Brown book store, online and other locations to be announced. The
calendar will sell for $19.99 and proceeds raised will benefit the Gloria Gemma
Cancer Research Foundation.

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