Teacher collecting pink yogurt lids to raise money for cancer research

Each year, the Yoplait yogurt company hosts a Fundraiser called Friends in the Fight that raises money to donate to research for cancer. In the Lisa Ledbetter for webmonth of October, Yoplait changes the lids of all their yogurts and makes them pink. Lisa Ledbetter, French teacher, collects these pink lids to raise money for the cause.

 

“I eat yogurt a lot and I saw the pink lid donations and I thought, ‘well why not?'” Ledbetter said. “Cancer has a special place in my heart. My mother has it for 20 years now.”

 

Ledbetter has been collecting lids for about 4 years and has collected around 200 lids. Each lid is worth $0.10, meaning she has raised $20 in her 4 years of collection.

 

Yoplait has raised $350,000 with the pink lid foundation and they contribute to the Susan G Koman foundation, the Bright Pink foundation, and Living Beyond Breast Cancer foundation. All proceeds are split among all three foundations.

 

Under each pink lid of a Yoplait cup is a code that can be entered online at https://friendsinthefight.yoplait.com/#enter-your-codes. The site will provide a choice in which foundation to donate to.