Tweet The Mattress Firm Foundation spends all year raising money and awareness for the fight against pancreatic cancer.  Last week, at the Mattress Firm National Leadership Conference, we pledged to raise $15,000 to donate to our cause.  What happened at that conference turned a simple act of raising money into a showing of solidarity for all of those fighting against pancreatic cancer. [...]

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Tweet This past weekend, despite rain and near freezing temperatures, almost 25,000 runners took to the streets of Houston to compete in the Chevron Houston Marathon.  Volunteers from both the corporate office and the Houston sales team along with an amazing runner braved the weather for one exciting reason: to support the Mattress Firm Foundation. [...]

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Tweet The Mattress Firm Foundation is moving a little closer to putting pancreatic cancer to bed…26.2 miles closer. On January 13, Solomon Kandie will run the Chevron Houston Marathon representing the Mattress Firm Foundation and Mattress Firm employees will be there to cheer for him along on the way. Solomon Kandie is originally from Nairobi, [...]

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Tweet Even though Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month is coming to an end, that doesn’t mean that the fight against this disease should. The Mattress Firm Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of pancreatic cancer all year long and we are not alone. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is also encouraging each and every one of [...]

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Tweet November is an exciting month at Mattress Firm. Whether you visit one of our store locations or stop by our corporate office, you will see lots of purple. Even our signature delivery drivers are donning purple shirts in honor of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Because the Mattress Firm Foundation’s national focus is to raise [...]

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Tweet SAVE THE DATE! The 6th annual Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day and National Call-In is June 26, 2012. Join the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network supporters in fighting to let their voices be heard all the way to Washington, DC. The goal of this day is to gather supporters to encourage Congress to make pancreatic cancer [...]

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Tweet Over the past few months, I’ve actually learned quite a bit about pancreatic cancer.  Initially, I met my dad’s cousin and his wife for the first time in early October.  They live on the East coast but came into Houston to visit some doctors.  I spent about an hour with them just talking and [...]

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