The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is playing with the iconic pink awareness ribbon in ‘Connected,’ this year’s campaign for the annual CIBC Run for the Cure.
Black and white TV and print executions are brightened by the pink ribbon, which is connecting people as they go about their everyday activities, illustrating that everyone is affected by breast cancer somehow.
‘There’s so much equity in the ribbon – we really wanted to place a strong stake in the ground,’ says Garry Lee, president of Toronto-based Cundari Integrated, adding that they’re thinking of ways to further leverage the ribbon in street-level executions. ‘We’re looking at everything from lawn signs to literally connecting houses with the ribbons.’
Lee says the ‘Connected’ concept came from the insight that everyone has their own personal link to the cause. ‘Every time we came in touch with this brand [Run for the Cure], there was a story to be told,’ he explains. ‘We thought it was time to corral that emotion.’
The campaign also includes corporate outreach to drum up interest in the Oct. 5th run among employees, and to solicit corporate donations.
advertiser: Hilary Sadler, senior manager; Sandra Clegg, manager, marketing and communications, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
agency: Cundari Integrated
CD: Fred Roberts
junior AD: Yana Korytek
prodco: Suneeva Films
producer: Clare Cashman
directors: Quinn & Cashman
animation: Spin Production
sound: Imprint Music
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