July 23rd, 2008
Update: Read through to the bottom of this post if you want to be entered in the drawing to win this journal!
Who here has a pocket folder full of information and notes that you put together when you were first diagnosed with breast cancer? A 3-ring binder? A manilla folder hanging in a Pendaflex file?
Well, […]
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July 22nd, 2008
I’m listening to this great compilation CD, featuring songs from Vanessa Carlton, Nelly Furtado, Lionel Richie, Elton John, Shania Twain, Maroon 5, Diana Krall, Trisha Yearwood and Steve Winwood.
It’s called hope … songs to celebrate life. I purchased it for $9.95 at Hallmark on Saturday. Here’s the deal:
For your information, this product is offered […]
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July 19th, 2008
There are many brands of “pink ribbon” t-shirts on the market … but few of them resonate with younger men and women, teens and twenty-somethings, most of whom haven’t been touched by breast cancer yet.
Quite frankly, those young guns are in need of a breast cancer awareness boost — awareness about early detection, awareness about […]
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July 6th, 2008
According to Merriam-Webster, strength is:
The quality or state of being strong : capacity for exertion or endurance
Power to resist force : solidity, toughness
Power of resisting attack : impregnability
How fitting that OtterBox’s new line of pink cases to support the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade is named “Strength”.
My source at OtterBox explained this to me recently:
“Specializing in […]
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June 30th, 2008
I came home the other day and these Jelly Belly brand fruit punch flavored jelly beans were on my desk. Have I told you my husband and I are suckers for anything with a pink ribbon on it as long as proceeds go to the cause? Not hard to figure out, perhaps. But anyway, back […]
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June 26th, 2008
Remember how excited I got over these pink butterfly car stickers? Well, the folks at Autoglam in Australia sent me two … one I used to properly review for you and one to give away!
These stickers are 100% waterproof and weatherproof. Easy to peel and stick. Sparkling rhinestones catch the sunlight perfectly. Can also be […]
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June 26th, 2008
Back in May I announced the affiliation between Susan G. Komen for the Cure and American Airlines — their Miles for the Cure program — do you remember? (If not, here’s the link to that original post.)
Today it was announced that:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R), the
world’s largest breast cancer organization, has received more than […]
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June 13th, 2008
Reese Witherspoon is a Global Ambassador for Avon Products, Inc. and honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation — an organization that includes breast cancer on their list of initiatives.
Isn’t this photo fantastic? Just this week, Reese took part in a Japanese tea ceremony in Tokyo; she’s there raising awareness of breast cancer (this article cites […]
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June 12th, 2008
Thanks to random.org/integers, I have randomly selected the winners for the Fujifilm one time use cameras!
Congratulations to …
Kathy Mullins said: “I get mine done at Harrington Memorial in Southbridge MA. They have excellent gynecological and women’s health care services over there.”
Valorie Hudgens said: “I pledge to get a mammogram every year at Port Huron […]
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June 11th, 2008
Response to this contest has been so fantastic. Each time one of my readers says they were inspired to schedule their mammogram as a result of this contest I feel like I’m doing what I’m meant to be doing here (so thank you for that). It’s empowering, I think, and awesome to take in how […]
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