Think Pink Volunteers to Plant 5,000 Tulips for Cancer Awareness

Bangor Daily News › September 23, 2006

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BANGOR - You could call Robin Whitten a modern-day Miss Rumphius.

But instead of lupines, Whitten has plans to blanket all of Maine in pink tulips to raise funds - and awareness - for breast cancer research. In October, local volunteers will plant 5,000 Angelique tulip bulbs in downtown Bangor and on the University of Maine campus in Orono as part of the Pink Tulip Project.

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Think Pink Volunteers to Plant 5,000 Tulips for Cancer Awareness

"There are people being affected by breast cancer everywhere," said Whitten, 55, of Portland. "This is a reminder of our challenge to find a...

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