MZ & Emmers Sports Bra Auction for Breast Cancer

Date: April 7 - 15, 2012

United States of America

Soccer player McCall Zerboni and the Bayer family are raising money again for breast cancer research. 

Between April 7th and 15th on eBay, bidders in the MZ & Emmers Sports Bra Auction for Breast Cancer can vie for sports bras from Olympians, boxers, car and boat racers, lingerie football and basketball players, at least one barrel racer, and just about every other sport imaginable.

Many of the nearly 200 donated garments are decorated; all are signed.

Donors include:

• Hope Solo, USWNT Goalkeeper
• American Record Holder in the Javelin - Kara Patterson
• 4 x 100m World Champion Brianna Glenn
• 4 x 400m Olympic Gold Medalist Mary Wineberg
• 10,000m Bronze Medalist Shalane Flanagan
• Boxer Laila Ali
• 3-time Gold and 1-time Silver Medalist Winner & women's sports advocate Nancy Hogshead-Makar
• USWNT Captain Christie Rampone
• Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in U.S. History
• Former Pro Volleyball Player and Model Gabrielle Reece
• 1999 World Cup Champion Brandi Chastain
• Baylor Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey
• 1999 World Cup Champion Mia Hamm
• 2008 Softball Gold Medalist Jennie Finch
• Nadia Comaneci, Russian gymnast who was the first female to be awarded a perfect 10 in a gymnastic event
• Melanie Moore, who won Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance
• Actress, ftness guru and political activist Jane Fonda
• 2003 Miss Universe Amelia Vega
• 1984 U.S. gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton
• Tennis legend Billie Jean King, who instead donated her book Pressure Is a Privilege and an autographed picture.

To learn more about the story of how this auction came about and how soccer player McCall Zerboni and the Bayer family met, check out WestCobbPatch.

The auction is set to go live Saturday morning, April 7th, at 6:55am ET on eBay’s Giving Works page, and bidding for each bra will begin at intervals through Sunday. Bids will be accepted for exactly one week. 

For more information and to see all of the available bras for auction, check out the MZ & Emmers Sports Bra Auction for Breast Cancer Facebook Page (in their Wall Photos album).

Posts about MZ & Emmers Sports Bra Auction for Breast Cancer:

Brianna Glenn on puffy paint, sports bras, and breast cancer awareness posted on April 11, 2012 at 10:29am A couple of months ago I was approached about contributing to an important cause. MZ Emmers was gathering sports bras signed and decorated by female athletes and then auctioning them off to raise money for Breast Cancer. I thought this was a fantastic...more

MZ & Emmers Sports Bra Auction for Breast Cancer April 7-15, 2012 posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:11am Hope Solo, USA Goalkeeper They are back at it again! Soccer player McCall Zerboni and Emma Bayer, are raising money again for breast cancer research. If you have no idea what this article is about, check out this other article for some background infor...more

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