TV ICON MELISSA GILBERT LAUNCHES MODERN PRAIRIE CAPSULE COLLECTION TO RAISE FUNDS AND AWARENESS FOR THE PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK | PR Newswire [Video]

Partnership Honors Gilbert’s Close Relationships with Michael Landon and Patrick Swayze, Both of Whom Passed from the Disease, in Support of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

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, /PRNewswire/ — Acclaimed actress, best-selling author and co-founder of Modern Prairie, Melissa Gilbert, together with her business partner, co-founder and CEO Nicole Haase, are teaming up with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) to launch a special capsule collection from their lifestyle brand, Modern Prairie. This new partnership is dedicated to raising funds and awareness for PanCAN programs as part of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month this November. Purchases from the Modern Prairie x PanCAN collection will fund PanCAN’s vital resources, services and research that drive progress for this disease.

Melissa lost her mentor, acting partner, favorite director, father figure, friend and boss, Michael Landon, in 1991 to pancreatic cancer. And in 2009, Melissa lost her dear friend, Patrick Swayze, whom she had known since the …