As we near the end of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’d like to congratulate CKE Restaurants, Inc. on not only reaching, but exceeding their goal to raise $1 million for breast cancer programs and awareness through their Pink Star fundraising campaign.

Between April 28 and May 18, guests at participating Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants across the United States purchased a commemorative pink Happy Star^® cutout for $1 to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), raising a total of $1,010,000—the single largest one-time gift given to the NBCF. The donation will fund their National Mammography Program, which provides free mammograms to underprivileged women through participating medical facilities across the country. According to the NBCF, when breast cancer is detected early through mammograms, the 5-year survival rate is an astonishing 98%.

The “pink star” icon is represented at both the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s chains. The color pink has become synonymous with the fight against breast cancer, and the stars were arranged point-to-point on the restaurants’ walls to remind us to join together in support of everyone who breast cancer has affected. This is the sixth year that Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s have participated in the Pink Star fundraising campaign.

We’re honored to have partnered with CKE Restaurants, Inc. in this remarkable effort. With breast cancer touching more than 208,000 American women and 1,750 men—as well as their families, loved ones, and friends, it gave us great pleasure to donate all of the printed materials related to the Pink Star program. We look forward to another successful campaign next year.