Join us for our Breast Cancer Awareness Founders Markets
As we officially transition to the fall season and welcome in these cooler months, we are also excited to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. Started in 1985, Breast Cancer Awareness Month serves as an opportunity to increase visibility for this disease, as well as help fund research for its prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and hopeful cure.
As such, we reached out to members of the breast cancer community, from former patients to folks who are showing their support for the cause, to help us honor this important month. Meet some of our Founders below and be sure to see if your local Kendra Scott store is hosting a Founders event near you!
Founded by Chia Wollschlager after she herself faced a breast cancer diagnosis in her early 40s, Chia’s Silver Lining seeks to address the non-medical gaps in patient care, like hats, head coverings, and health and wellness packages, that can supplement at patient’s medical journey.
Shannon Buth began her lifestyle brand as a way to connect with others through community, giving, and love following her mother’s passing. House of Shan donates $5 from every purchase to women and children’s charities, and encourages others to live your passion, laugh every day, love deeply, lift others up, and don’t ever quit your daydream.
Flourish started as a way for founder Cynthia Dearnbarger to dream into a new career. Founded in 2017, this floral boutique and gift shop has been bringing joy to their customers even since—and will be will creating mini bouquets with pink blooms at markets throughout October.
Rustic Marlin is a home decor and lifestyle brand founded when founders Brian and Melanie O’Neil tied the knot. What started as a few signs for their wedding has grown into a line of quality products, all handcrafted by designers and artists in coastal New England. These keepsakes are created to commemorate both special moments and cherished people.
Roma Villavicencio, the owner of La Coronita Hats y Mas, was diagnosed with stage 1 dysgerminoma ovarian cancer in 2009 and through treatment, lost her hair. And so La Coronita was born. Every month, La Coronita Hats y Mas accepts nominations of people going through chemotherapy to be gifted a coronita, or crown, of their own so they can feel fabulous and stylish, no matter their circumstances.
Want to get involved? Learn more about the different ways we are giving back for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and shop giveback products that benefit breast cancer research and awareness, including our limited-edition Kendra Scott x Nasreen Shahi from @heynasreen collection.