For the month of October, all M.L.Rose locations will offer special cocktails for Breast Cancer Awareness month, with a portion of sales donated to the YMCA's A.B.C. (After Breast Cancer) program, which offers hope and guidance for survivors of breast cancer.
Julie Meirick, M.L.Rose’s beverage manager, has worked at M.L.Rose since the first location opened in 2008. A breast cancer survivor, Julie has dreamed up a powerful promotion for breast cancer awareness month.
“This is very personal to me. I'm not just a ‘one in eight’ faceless woman who gets diagnosed with breast cancer. I'm a wife, sister, daughter, stepmom, ‘Grammy’, friend, and coworker - among many other things to so many people. But that's no different than any other survivor,” said Meirick.
“When I found out about the ABC program, I knew it was for me. Coming back to manage at M.L.Rose, I couldn't bend down to pick up a straw. I was about four weeks out of radiation, about nine weeks out of chemo, and Letrozole was ruining my joints. The workouts through the ABC program helped me rehab my body so that I could function in a busy restaurant. But it was the time with the women in my group - the discussion, camaraderie, tears and laughter - that really healed me. I would not be the person I am without each and every one of the brave women that were part of the ABC program.”
The featured cocktails include:
PINK POWER COSMO (Three Olives Vodka, strawberry puree, lime, cranberry juice)
HOWDY PINK LEMONADE (Classic lemonade flavor with a splash of pink and 5mg THC. From Bayou Hemp, Houston, TX)
“Since I oversee M.L.Rose’s beverage program, it seemed like a natural way to give some attention to the ABC program, and for M.L.Rose to help Nashvillians who need this program,” said Meirick. “The cocktails, developed by team member Aida, are fun and pink. And delicious!”