When Kelly Kinney lost her brother, Bret Connors, to pancreatic cancer in 2009, she took her grief and turned it into action. "I was really motivated by my brother's courage," Kinney said. She began Plant Purple – Grow Hope (purple represents pancreatic cancer awareness), a charity that aims to turn sales of petunias into profits for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a group of Arizona oncologists working to find a cure for the disease. Those who want to support the charity can purchase the flowers from member greenhouses listed on the Maumee Valley Growers website through the month of June. www.maumeevalleygrowers.com
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When Kelly Kinney lost her brother, Bret Connors, to pancreatic cancer in 2009, she took her grief and turned it into action. "I was really motivated by my brother's courage," Kinney said. She began Plant Purple – Grow Hope (purple represents pancreatic cancer awareness), a charity that aims to turn sales of petunias into profits for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a group of Arizona oncologists working to find a cure for the disease. Those who want to support the charity can purchase the flowers from member greenhouses listed on the Maumee Valley Growers website through the month of June. www.maumeevalleygrowers.com
