Purple Boots On Show

The YWCA of Darwin is always showing off their purple boots any chance they can get! It’s great to have them on board and to know their local breast cancer support programs are also benefiting from relationships with local distributors.

"It is a pleasure for us to be involved in this wonderful campaign initiated by the Breast Cancer Foundation of WA and Steel Blue.  We have forged links with local businesses too, and Geminex – Totally Workwear contribute $10 to our Encore Program for each pair of Purple Boots ordered through the YWCA of Darwin. 

We just love these boots and the message they bring!”" (Sue Brownlee, Executive Director, YWCA of Darwin)

adultshop.com’s Boobalicios Ball: 21st June 2008

Perth’s social event of the year was an amazing night of temptation with a fantastic ‘Garden of Eden’ theme… and of course the surprise unveiling of a glammed up pair of purple boots!

AFL Champion Joins the Brigade

Melbourne turned purple again for this year’s Safety in Action Show in May. The Steel Blue team welcomed AFL champion Mark Ricciuto to the team who pulled on his purple gear to raise awareness about breast cancer issues. Welcome to the Brigade Mark!

‘Purple Boots Trekking Across the Globe’

Helping spread the purple boot story around the world is Jennifer from Work Clobber in Wangara, WA. On a recent trip, her purple boots were spotted in many places in the US and UK, including Trafalgar Square and a visit to another famous Australian’s ‘paw prints’ in London.

Have your own purple boot story? Email Donna Carter donnac@steelblue.com.au your pics and info.

Totally Workwear Tasmania Sponsor Purple Boots Fundraising Raffle at Engineers Australia Tasmania Division Gen2X Event

The Engineers Australia Young Engineers’ and Women in Engineering’s Generation and Gender Exchange (Gen2X) event aims to do three things:

1. transfer past experiences and future ideas between generations and genders within the Engineering profession;
2. highlight the importance of a diverse engineering team; and
3. raise awareness of the Year of Women in Engineering.

The Tasmania Division of Engineers Australia held their 2007 Gen2X event on the 28 September in Hobart.

As part of the 2007 Gen2X event, a fundraising raffle for the Purple Boots campaign was held on the night. Totally Workwear Tasmania sponsored the raffle by donating a pair of purple boots for the prize. They are also actively supporting the campaign through stocking purple boots at all of their stores and referring to the campaign in local advertisements.

A total of $200 was raised as a result of the raffle and we wish to acknowledge and thank Totally Workwear Tasmania for their participation in the Gen2X event and sponsorship of the fundraising raffle.

Saturday 6th October 2007: Purple Twilight Walk, Perth WA

Thank you to all 1,300+ people who attended The Breast Cancer Foundation of WA’s Purple Twilight Walk – it was an inspirational site with the sea of purple T-shirts making their way through Kings Park for the 4km walk. And great to see so many purple boots joining the walk and taking away some great spot prizes. It was a fantastic inaugural event and the team look forward to an even bigger walk in 2008!

Mayor puts his best foot forward to give breast cancer the boot!

Sunday 5th August, 2007: Purple boots run from Bridge to Brisbane

Congratulations to the team from 'The Foot Spot' Podiatry Clinic of Stafford Heights (Brisbane, Qld) who joined thousands of people running, jogging and walking the 12km and the 4.5km short course in Brisbane for the state's largest community fun run.

The team took the purple boot brigade to the streets and helped spread the 'be breast aware' message across Brisbane. Well done team!

Purple Boot Brigade recruits regional WA to give breast cancer the boot!

Ros Worthington OAM (BCFWA), returned to her home town in July to launch the Purple Boot Brigade and continue BCFWA’s work on developing regional support networks for individuals and families affected by breast cancer.

Geraldton is leading the WA rural community with local safety distributors and major employers supporting this great cause. Iluka Resources staff can now choose purple Steel Blues as part of their safety footwear issue sourced through Geraldton’s BOC Gas & Gear store.

“We have a great team spirit here at Iluka and support a range of community projects,” states Kam Leung, Operations Manager for Iluka Resources Mid-west Region. “The Purple Boot Brigade is a great way to have our staff get involved in a project that is already having an affect in the Geraldton community.”

Boobalicious Ball

Saturday 23 June, 2007: Boobalicious Ball, Hyatt Ballroom Perth
Purple Boots tapped their way into the spot light as part of the popular and raunchy fashion parade at Adultshop.com’s 2007 Boobalicious Ball.

Perth’s most stylish came together to enjoy a glamorous evening, which has become one of Perth’s top ten events raising over $65,000 for BCFWA during an evening of spectacular entertainment in a winter wonderland setting.

Men in Purple Bras and Boots marching through CBD

Friday 1 June, 2007: Purple bras and boots filled Perth CBD for the Breast Cancer Foundation of WA’s biggest annual fundraising event, ‘Purple Bra Day’.  The highlight of the day was the ‘Men in Bras Walk’ with celebrities and supporters hitting the lunchtime crowd decked out in purple bras and purple boots collecting donations for this great initiative. Dennis Lillee and Glen Jakovich then presented a cheque for $20,164 for the first months sales of the Steel Blue Purple Boots.  View video here

People from all over WA also raised funds by donating old bras and sponsoring people to wear purple bras in the workplace!  Ramsay Health kindly donated $1 for each bra collected and were proud to also present a cheque for $25,000. The ‘Bras in the Workplace’ was the most successful yet with over 1,850 packs being sent throughout WA. BCFWA is on track to raise over $250,000 from Purple Bra Day 2007 and thank all corporate and individual supporters enormously for their support!

Purple Boot Brigade hits Pine Creek (NT)

Friday 25 May, 2007: Pine Creek’s GBS Gold mining company rep Tara Ambelis, and Steel Blue distributor Geminex’s Louise Wilson, pulled together a great night at the Pine Creek pub in the name of breast cancer awareness and support. With a great response from these organisations, the local community and Territory Iron, the Purple Boot Brigade came to town for a great night of music and fun.

Locals got right behind the Brigade, with over 40 pairs of Steel Blue purple boots ordered on the night. .Can’t wait to see purple boots taking over Pine Creek!

Purple Boot Brigade win Silver-Gilt Award and Meet the Queen

The only Australian Garden at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show has won a Silver-Gilt Medal in the Show Garden category.

Judges named the Fleming’s Trailfinders Australian Garden, led by nurseryman Wes Fleming and designer Mark Browning as a Silver-Gilt winner (silver-gilt is awarded after gold).

The win is the fourth medal awarded to Wes Fleming at the Chelsea Flower Show. Previously he has won two gold medals and a silver-gilt.

“We are very proud of our achievement at the greatest flower show in the world. We have extraordinary talent in design and horticulture in Australia and to be rewarded at the highest level reaffirms Australia’s place on the world stage,” Wes Fleming said.

Fleming’s Nursery crew turning Chelsea purple

The Flemings & Trailfinder Australian Garden crew joined the Purple Boot Brigade to take the ‘early detection saves lives’ message to the UK as they head off to the Chelsea Flower Show on 4th of May. The 20-strong team representing Australia at this year’s world renowned show will not only show off Australia’s talent in the garden, but also our strong community spirit as they don their purple Steel Blue boots in the name of breast cancer awareness.

“Breast Cancer is something that is affecting more people in Australia each year and with so many young Australian’s being diagnosed, we jumped at the chance to join the Purple Boot Brigade,” said Wes Fleming, Director of Fleming’s Nursery.

SUN-RISEs on Purple Boots

Tuesday 27th March: Channel 7’s Sunrise sports reporter, Mark Baretta, is crazy about the purple boots following his interview last Friday with Brad Jones (Team BOC) as part of the Bigpond 400 V8 Supercar racing last weekend. And whilst the boots are in hot demand and selling out as fast as they can be produced, Baretts managed to sneak a pair over the border to present David Koch with his own special pair of Purple Boots live on Sunrise this morning. We hope to get pictures of Kochie in his boots soon!