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Pink Ribbon Giveaway: A Fujifilm One Time Use Camera

by Karen Lynch on June 5th, 2008

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Yesterday’s review of the Polaroid i631 digital camera got me thinking about the benefits of disposable cameras … inexpensive, non-breakable, great for kids, disposable recyclable if returned to Fujifilm by your photofinisher … then I remembered, ‘hey, I have one of those … let me give it away’!

I have a QuickSnap 800 Flash One-Time-Use Camera — a pink-themed camera displaying the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s logo and mission and information related to the Images of Health campaign, 27 exposures, indoor/outdoor use — and I want a Pink Ribbon Reader to have it.

Here’s how to qualify for this contest:

  1. Check out Fuji Film’s Images of Health website.

  2. Pledge to get a mammogram.
  3. Leave a comment on this post indicating the name/location of the facility you will use to get your next mammogram. (If you don’t already know where to go, use the Fujifilm site to find a mammography facility near you).

Contest ends on Wednesday, June 11th, at midnight. I’ll post the winner the next day, randomly selected from all the commenters who followed the rules mentioned above!

Now, in case you can’t remember the guidelines for mammography:

  • The American Cancer Society recommends annual mammography screening starting at age 40.

  • The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists both recommend mammograms every 1 to 2 years for women 40 - 49 years of age.
  • Women with a family history of the disease should talk to their OB/GYN about when they should start annual mammography — it might be as early as 25 or 30!

So if you’re young, do your research about when you should start, and assume you’ll be in the same general area when you require your first mammo, and let me know the when and where and you’ll be in the running. Good luck!

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112 opinions for Pink Ribbon Giveaway: A Fujifilm One Time Use Camera

  • Barbara Baker
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:10 am

    I have made a pledge to get a mamogram and this is the place I will be going to get it.

    Great contest!!!

    Mammography Facility

    Corpus Christi Medical Center
    dba Breast Center of South Texas
    7121 South Padre Island Dr
    Ste 110
    Corpus Christi , TX 78412
    phone #: (361) 761-3430

  • Marijke
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Karen, when I turned 43, my gyn/OB wanted me to go for a baseline mammogram. I was all for it and was glad he’d brought it up. But what was amusing was that when he brought it up, he didn’t give me a chance to say anything but he went into a spiel to convince me of its importance and why he really wanted me to go.

    I tried to interrupt several times to tell him I agreed and when he finally realized I wasn’t arguing, he was very surprised. It turns out that he’s so used to having to sell this to women that he automatically starts off this way.

    Anyway, I had my baseline and then less than a year later, I had an assessment mammogram because I found a lump. Thankfully, it was nothing specific.

  • Carolyn
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:28 am

    I pledge to get one every year. Had been doing so and stopped for a couple of years due to no job and no medical. Was always concerned and very big with the cause. I have walked and when I walk again I would love to win this camera to take pictures. I spread the word to friends and co-workers the importance of getting one and self tests. God Bless ^A^ Especially the survivors and families. Wearing my pink watch now. btw, I think they are getting better with the machines…not as cold and not as painful or uncomfortable as they were.

    I generally go to MRNJ but now it will be Montclair Radiology. ;-) Thanks.

  • Louise Brouillette
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:44 am

    I get a mammogram yearly at St Luke East Hospital in Ft Thomas, KY.

  • Ginny
    Jun 5, 2008 at 11:21 am

    Women’s Diagnostic Center - Piedmont Medical Center
    218 South Herlong Avenue
    Rock Hill , SC 29732
    phone #: (803) 329-6878
    but I am 37.

  • Debbie
    Jun 5, 2008 at 11:30 am

    I get my mammogram every yr in Roseville imaging.

  • Tracy
    Jun 5, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    I have made a pledge! I will go to:
    University of Michigan - Cancer & Geriatric Center
    1500 E. Medical Ctr. Dr.
    B2-353
    Ann Arbor , MI 48109
    phone #: (734) 936-6274

  • Margaret Smith
    Jun 5, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Every year I make sure to go. I go to Medical Park Imaging Route 46 Denville.
    Thanks so much/

  • Rita M
    Jun 5, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    I absolutely pledge to have a mammogram every year! My doctor sends me to the radiology department at Sierra Kings Hospital in Reedley, California.

  • Mya Brooks
    Jun 5, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    Salmon Creek Urgent Medical Center. I go there yearly. I’m only 33, but it’s never too early to start getting checked.

  • Renee
    Jun 5, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    I will be going to Deaconess Med. Center, Spokane, WA to get checked.

  • jennifer richardson
    Jun 5, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    The twins have their yearly check up Livingston, NJ at the Ambiltory Center.They treat each patient with care and even give us a parting rose when we’re done. How great is that.

    Jennifer

  • Alicia
    Jun 5, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    My sisters room is pink

  • Jennifer B.
    Jun 5, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    I just had a mammogram a couple of weeks ago and will be going back in six months.

    I went to “Tennessee Women’s” in the Baptist Hospital complex of Nashville.

  • susan varney
    Jun 5, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    i always get mine at waldo county hospital

  • Kathy Scott
    Jun 5, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    My mom died at 38 from breast cancer and her sister as 50. I get a mammogram every year at St. Luke’s hospital. Great giveaway. Early detection is key!

  • Vicki Wurgler
    Jun 5, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    I get my mammogram every year at Meritcare, Fargo

  • Jane Squires
    Jun 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    I have to have a 6 month follow-up on right breast on 20th due to a mass that was found growing in Oct. I go to St. John’s Breast Center in Springfield, MO.

  • Christine Robinson
    Jun 5, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    I have one yearly at
    The Womens Center
    Ft.Smith,Arkansas

  • Linda Moeller
    Jun 5, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Mercy-Franciscan…the Mt. Airy unit.

  • Maggie Mannwieler
    Jun 5, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    I get my annual mammogram at the Sierra View diagnostic center in Porterville, CA. Since I am over 50, I make sure to get a mammogram every year. I made my pledge at Fuji anyway:)

  • Jana Cox
    Jun 5, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    I made a pledge at Fugi to get a mammogram and will do so next month at Innovis Health Center in Fargo, ND

  • Denyse
    Jun 5, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Bardmoore radiation
    Largo, FL

  • Barbara Raeuber
    Jun 5, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    I will be going to the Women’s Health Care Center, San Francisco. I go annually in September!

  • Lori Williams
    Jun 5, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    I will have my mammogram at Bay Ridge Imaging in Brooklyn, NY

  • Hil'Lesha
    Jun 5, 2008 at 9:17 pm

    I will go to St. Mary’s Warrick in Boonville, Indiana to get a mammogram. :)

  • Diane Jones
    Jun 5, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    I have mine done yearly at Digital Mammography in Seminole, Florida - love digital!

    Diane Jones
    dewdropnyc@aol.com

  • Patti Sherman
    Jun 5, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    Have mine every year in June at Albany Medical Center

  • Kathy Mullins
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    I get mine done at Harrington Memorial in Southbridge MA. They have excellent gynecological and women’s health care services over there. I oftentimes will buy products from companies that donate money to breast cancer research.

  • Meredith Peters
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    I just called Central Maine hospital and they have a free mammogram program! YAY!

  • Laureen
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram, either at Price Hoffman or St. Anthony’s.

  • Denise
    Jun 5, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    I pledge to get a mamogram. I get one yearly, this month in fact, at SMDC Superior, WI.

  • Elaine Marguccio
    Jun 5, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    I get mine at St. Peter’s Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.

  • Lisa G
    Jun 5, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram this Tuesday coming up I have the appt. My sisters and I make a day of it we all go together every year for the last couple years. It is a way where we know we will all go when we do this. :) We go to Valley Womens Health in Springfield MA. :)

  • linda
    Jun 5, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram this year and every single year at Milford Hospital.

    Please people, dont just pledge to do it, DO IT! I was diagnosed at 42 with an aggressive form of bc and if I missed my mammogram, I wouldnt be sitting here typing right now.

  • Terra Heck
    Jun 6, 2008 at 2:06 am

    I’ve made a pledge to get a mammogram and I will be getting it at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. I think it’s very important for women to get mammograms.

  • sandy
    Jun 6, 2008 at 4:09 am

    WASH REG

  • Mary
    Jun 6, 2008 at 6:04 am

    I will get my mammo at Capitol Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, Missouri.

  • Jason
    Jun 6, 2008 at 7:40 am

    my wife go’s to DR. Rosens office in epworth, IA

  • Susan
    Jun 6, 2008 at 7:50 am

    I’m not due to go for my mammogram until December, and I’ll got to the Breast Health Clinic in Fayetteville, GA

  • vicky boackle
    Jun 6, 2008 at 9:02 am

    i will get a mammogram this year at the kirklin clinic in birmingham al.

  • Janice
    Jun 6, 2008 at 9:37 am

    I went yesterday!

    Winter Park Women’s Center, Winter Park, FL

  • Mary B
    Jun 6, 2008 at 9:54 am

    I’ve been getting mammos every year since I was 35 (I just turned 43 this week) and have them done at the Kaiser Radiology Facility in La Mesa, CA

  • Lisa Overcash
    Jun 6, 2008 at 9:58 am

    I get mine every year at the Anmed Health Campus in Anderson, SC

  • GALENA PENROD
    Jun 6, 2008 at 10:11 am

    I DO NOT WANT TO GET THAT DONE EVERY YEAR OR ACTUALY AT ALL BUT I DO FAITHFULLY AT WABASH HOSPITALIN WABASH IN

  • Belinda P
    Jun 6, 2008 at 10:54 am

    I will be going in in the Fall for my next appt.

    Women’s Medical Center
    Sun’ n lake Blvd
    Sebring Fla 33870

    I think It’s great to get checked and also support the foundation. My grandmother died from Breast
    Cancer 6 years ago. Thanks for the contest!

  • Holly Blanco
    Jun 6, 2008 at 10:58 am

    This contest reminded me that I am due for my annual mammogram. I have now made my appointment at the Americn Fork Hospital in American Fork, Utah, for June 17th.

    Special Thank You to my husband who is good to remind me to do a self check regularly.

  • Karen Lynch
    Jun 6, 2008 at 11:04 am

    I’ve been quietly in awe of each comment that comes in. I am so touched by your participation, your honesty, your disclosure.

    Each time someone here commits to getting a mammogram then shares where they are going — I feel a surge of empowerment, for myself and for women throughout the world that are afraid of a diagnosis.

    Armed with early detection, breast cancer can be manageable, treatable and curable — that’s what mammography is all about.

    Thank you all … from the bottom of my heart.

    Now … let’s hear it from the rest of you!!!

  • Barbara Fox
    Jun 6, 2008 at 11:23 am

    I was diagnosed with breast cancer 1-1/2 years ago. You can bet I’ll be getting a mammogram this year! I’ll get it at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte NC.

  • Lisa Fosses
    Jun 6, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    I had my Mamo last year and I will do it again this year. I’ve been having them for years as I found my first suspicious lump when I was only 17 years old. Thank the Lord I’ve only had benign fibroids.

  • Monique Rizzo
    Jun 6, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    I am diligent about doing my self breast test each month. The more awareness the better!

  • Laurie
    Jun 6, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Karen, I will be getting mine at Women’s Specialists of Plano. I am walking in the Race for the Cure tomorrow in Plano as well, and am fundraising for the Breast Cancer 3-Day in November. The camera would be perfect! Love your site! Check out my blog at our3day.com. We are having a giveaway for a pink iPod nano this month, and are always have “pink” giveaways! Have a great weekend.

  • Angela J
    Jun 6, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    Just got one yesterday, Sutter Lakeside Hospital.

  • DAVID BREWSTER
    Jun 6, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    SAMMONS CANCER CENTER, DALLAS TX

  • M.A.
    Jun 6, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    I pledge to have one annually. In fact I just did last week at the Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, WI.

  • Kayce
    Jun 6, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    My mammogram will be at Summit Ancillary Services Center.

  • Katherine Ellis
    Jun 6, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    I am 38 years old and I am pledging to get my 1st mammogram done at OSF Saint Anthony’s.

  • Vickie Couturier
    Jun 6, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    I pledge to continue getting mammograms,an I have a close friend who I would give this too that had breast cancer an had a breast removed,so she is cancer free now but went thru a lot gettng to that point,thanks for the awareness

  • Linda Lansford
    Jun 6, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    Putnam Radiology Group

  • jeanette malan
    Jun 6, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    going to the Women’s Health Care Center

  • Judy G.
    Jun 6, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    Yes, I do pledge to get my mammogram done this year. It has been a couple years.
    I will have mine done at The women’s breast center

  • Vergie
    Jun 6, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    o yes but they do HURT!

  • djp
    Jun 6, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    faithfully

  • Michele
    Jun 7, 2008 at 3:22 am

    Thanks to the link to such a great website and such an important one, too!!

    I’m only 38, and when I had my last pap smear, my OB/GYN said I’m okay to wait until 40 for my first mammogram. So, in two years, I’ll be having my very first one at Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara, CA.

    Michele
    luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com

  • Sylvia Belle
    Jun 7, 2008 at 8:35 am

    I had breast cancer found in a Mameogram in stage 0. My August apointment is at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.

  • Shakeia Rieux
    Jun 7, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    i will have it done at Kaiser Permanente Medial Office in Whittier

  • Tiffany Taylor
    Jun 7, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    I get my annual mammogram at Priority Radiology in New Albany, IN. Actually, I got mine done last Thursday, and I’ll pledge to go back next year!

  • gale strong
    Jun 7, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    I’m getting mine this week.

  • Sandy
    Jun 7, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Hi! I’m having a blog carnival and would love for you to submit a post! You can read more about it here:

    http://icdisease.today.com/2008/06/07/join-the-ic-disease-health-blog-carnival/

  • Burton Bathrick
    Jun 7, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    great contest

  • Tara Braun
    Jun 8, 2008 at 2:00 am

    I make a pledge to get my mammogram. It’s at Parwest Imaging in Pueblo,CO.

  • Megan B.
    Jun 8, 2008 at 2:02 am

    I pledge to get a mammogram at St. Anthony’s Hospital. Thank you so much!

  • jeanne
    Jun 8, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram and here is where it will be done:

    Elmbrook Hospital
    North Avenue
    Brookfield, wi 53005

  • Myrna N.
    Jun 8, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram at Muskegon Radiology as I have done once a year since 1979.

  • Guilherme Paraiso
    Jun 8, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    so cute

  • LEE
    Jun 8, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    I pledge to have my mammogram @ Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center in Boston

  • Patti D
    Jun 8, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    Condell Acute Care Center in IL

  • Angela
    Jun 8, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    I can get one at the Montgomery Breast Center. :)

    I blogged your contest on Prize-A-Tron too!
    http://www.prizeatron.com

  • Tina Jett
    Jun 9, 2008 at 1:35 am

    Quincy Medical Group, Quincy IL

  • trudee carreiro
    Jun 9, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    This was the first year that I had a mammogram done I was very scared but all turned out well

  • Debbie Criss
    Jun 9, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    Glad you reminded me, I think June is when I am suppose to get mine. I’ll go to our local hospital. Thanks again

  • Sue Farrell
    Jun 9, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    I have been getting a mammogram every year for about 20 years now and will do so again this year at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Brainerd, MN

  • Tonia Franklin
    Jun 9, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    I get a mammogram once a year at Cann Medical Center in Cincinnati,Ohio 45227 Thank you

  • Gayle Morgan
    Jun 9, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    I get it done every year at BroMenn Hospital in Normal, IL.

  • Linda Montayne
    Jun 10, 2008 at 12:18 am

    I just had a mammogram on Thursday and got the results today. Appears to be normal.

  • Linda Montayne
    Jun 10, 2008 at 12:20 am

    I forgot to say it was at the Warren Billhartz Cancer Center which is with Anderson Hospital in Maryville Illinois

  • Elizabeth M.
    Jun 10, 2008 at 9:04 am

    I have made the pledge! I just got my 2nd annual mammogram last week on the 4th of June at South Shore Women’s Health Care in St. Joseph, MI. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago so I saw firsthand the good a mammogram can do. She was diagnosed very early, it was removed and she’s fine!

  • Juie
    Jun 10, 2008 at 10:35 am

    I pledge to get a mammogram in July when I am due. I go the Baptist Health Imaging Centers - Pavilion in Jacksonville, Fl.

  • valorie Hudgens
    Jun 10, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram every year at Port Huron Hospital Michigan

  • Tonya Keener
    Jun 10, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    I need this something awful

  • mary gallo
    Jun 10, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    I’m going on July 2nd for my annual mammo/sono. I’ve been going every year since I found a lump when I was 32. I had a biopsy (it turned out to be ok). They found some other lumps that need to be kept an eye on. It is something I faithfully do every year.

  • Janice Wright
    Jun 10, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram in the next 30 days. I already have the paperwork for mine from my doctor. Now all I have to do is call & make an appointment. I will have it done at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA.

  • Kathy S
    Jun 11, 2008 at 12:19 am

    I recently had my mammogram done, and plan to repeat next year at New Paltz Imaging located at 207 Main Street, New Paltz, NY.

  • Chrysa
    Jun 11, 2008 at 12:32 am

    I just had one 2 months ago, but will be going back again in 10 months to Cambridge Medical Center.

  • marybeth i.
    Jun 11, 2008 at 12:54 am

    Never had one done but plan to start this year. Getting close to the 40 mark.

  • Joy Venters
    Jun 11, 2008 at 1:03 am

    I will go to Mammography Facility

    Women’s Health Center at Mt. Carmel Medical Center
    750 Mount Carmel Mall, Suite 160
    Columbus , OH 43222
    phone #: (614) 234-7400

  • Angela Harris
    Jun 11, 2008 at 1:35 am

    I actually am fixing to turn 4o this year and my Doctor has already written me a prescription to have it done at Lexington County Hospital, Women’s Imaging Center

  • samantha pruitt
    Jun 11, 2008 at 2:29 am

    I’m going to the Scheifly Breast Health Center at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, CA, the people there are super nice and really care.

  • kathy pease
    Jun 11, 2008 at 9:14 am

    my closest place is Rutland Regional Medical Center Rutland , VT :) count me in

  • sharon
    Jun 11, 2008 at 11:34 am

    yes, will get mamm. at temple radiology, New Haven

  • Roseann Kies
    Jun 11, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    Yes, I get yearly mammograms at The Imaging Center, Brick, NJ. It’s very important to me to keep up with my health.

  • kathleen yohanna
    Jun 11, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    I made my pledge to get my mammogram at SCV Quality Care.

  • Kathy Conley
    Jun 11, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    I made my pledge and my appointment for one month from today at St. John’s Cancer Center in Springfield, MO

  • Jean Jackson
    Jun 11, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    I pledge to get my mammogram at this site:

    St. John Breast Center
    1923 S. Utica Ave
    Tulsa, OK 74104

  • DJ
    Jun 11, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram at the Lower Columbia Breast Center. Thanks!

  • tatia Williams
    Jun 11, 2008 at 9:02 pm

    never had one done age 42
    scheduled Trident Breast Center Charleston SC

    worried size DDD hate pain
    but I pledge to get it done

  • Frances Watson
    Jun 11, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    I pledge to get one every year from now on

  • Rosanne Morrison
    Jun 11, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    I made the pledge but I had a double mastectomy for breast cancer already. I encourage friends to use the mammography center at Rockford Clinic in Rockford IL where they caught mine early

  • Lily Kwan
    Jun 11, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    I will go to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Barb Wild
    Jun 11, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    i pledge to get a mamagram because i believe in being as healthy as possible. I will getting this at Vassar Brothers hospital and it will not hurt!

  • Donna Kozar
    Jun 11, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    I pledge to get a mammogram at Gibson General hospital.

  • Veronica Garrett
    Jun 11, 2008 at 11:52 pm

    I make a pledge to get a mammogram. I will get it at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.

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