Promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the National Cancer Institute, one in eight women will be diagnosed with this disease in her lifetime. With odds like that, if someone in your life has not yet been treated for breast cancer, it is probably only a matter of time. The good news is that prevention and early detection can save lives. It might seem like the problem is insurmountable. Happily, there are small steps anyone can take that can make a big impact. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Keep a bowl of candies on your desk at work, along with a small bank or jar. Make a note stating "Please Donate to Support Breast Cancer Awareness." Give the money you raise to an organization that promotes awareness and the search for a cure, such as the Susan G. Komen Foundation or the Avon Foundation.
2. Ask your employer to give all of female employees the afternoon or day off. The condition can be that one uses some of the time to get a mammogram.
3. Hold a bake sale. Sell baked goods with a pink motif. Hang a banner or sign stating that all proceeds go towards breast cancer research and awareness. Stuff printed postcards in each bag of goodies.
4. Visit the Breast Cancer Website every day. You'll see it listed in our Resources section. When you click a button to view ads, you help sponsor a free mammogram to an uninsured or under insured woman.
5. Call your mom, sisters, friends, cousins, aunts, or other female loved ones. Encourage them to schedule an annual exam and mammogram. Make a day of it, scheduling your appointments together. Celebrate your health, love and friendship by going out for lunch or to a movie after all exams have been completed.
6. Send cards to all of the women in your contact list, reminding them to have their annual checkup.
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