A very unsually short article but which I HOPE will talk to the heart of each one of us.
As you probably noticed, mostly everyone has been going Pink since the beginning of the month.
why? you are probably asking yourself (right now I am talking mostly to the people having no clue L.O.L). well the answer is : Breast awareness Cancer Month!! Yeeees! October has been instituted as a National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness and educate people about breast cancer. As the fight against cancer is still on the agenda, you can visite the following web sites to learn more about breast cancer, breast health, and the latest research developments.
I had the chance to volunteer with Avon Walk for Breast Cancer during last summer's walk in Boston and also to help the Office of Santa Barbara in getting in touch with the walkers and helping them finalizing their registration for S.B's walk. It was a wonderful experience and I was just amazed by how motivated, passionate, enthousiastic people were about that walk. It would seem like nothing for someone who is foreign to the concept of breast cancer or simply cancer but when you have lost someone because of that ugly disease, you are pushed by that desire to honor the memory of that person by fighting that battle they lost against cancer. When you know someone suffering from cancer it is a way to say we are all engaged in that battle and we have HOPE we will get through it and win it.
Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer and every 13 minutes a woman will die from breast cancer in the U.S. (2011 Breast Cancer Fact sheet). The kindness, perseverance and generosity of people in supporting the fight against breast cancer has played a great role in the 2011's 2.6 million breast cancer survivors miracle ( U.S Breast Cancer Statistics) .
It is possible to win the fight against cancer. Show some support: shop Pink at Pink Ribbon store, make donations, participate in walks against breast cancer and walk for those who can't.
The fight is still on and it is never too late to join.
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