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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and here at A Girl Must Shop we'll be focusing on companies who donate a portion of the sales of their products to breast cancer research.
Did you know:
- The National Cancer Institute estimates that a woman in the United States has a 1 in 8 chance of developing invasive breast cancer during her lifetime. This risk was about 1 in 11 in 1975.
- More women in the United States are living with breast cancer than any other cancer (excluding skin cancer). Approximately 3 million women in the U.S. are living with breast cancer: about 2.3 million have been diagnosed with the disease and an estimated 1 million do not yet know they have the disease.
- Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the United States and worldwide (excluding skin cancer). In 2007, it is estimated that 240,510 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among women in the United States: 178,480 invasive breast cancers and 62,030 cases of in situ breast cancer (of which, 85% will be ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)).
Breast cancer has touched so many of us, whether we ourselves have been diagnosed, or a friend or family member. Please take a moment and visit these organizations that are dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer, and if you can afford it, please make a donation.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
National Breast Cancer Foundation
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Please feel free to let us know about any more organizations that we should list here.
Thank you,
The girls at A Girl Must Shop
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Posted by Megan on October 1, 2007
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My website, www.MyPinkZebraBoutique.com has a special category set up for the Month of October. A portion from each sale from this category will be donated to the fight against Breast Cancer! |
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Posted by Pink Zebra at October 1, 2007 6:12 PM
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Lee Jeans is donating $5 to the Women's Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation for every purchase that includes denim made at Lee.com through October 5th. The 5th is the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser (denimday.com). |
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Posted by Average Jane at October 2, 2007 11:34 AM
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