If you’ve walked into a store, watched an NFL game, or have opened a magazine, you know that “breast cancer awareness pink” is everywhere this month. Whether it’s an advertisement promoting Race for the Cure or the big burly NE Patriots linebackers wearing pink socks, everyone is showing their support. It is truly a different world today than the one when Susan Komen, the sister of Nancy Brinker (founder of Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation) passed away from the disease in 1980. Women feel empowered and compelled to speak out about the illness and in support of self-exams and proactive medical care essential to early detection and treatment of the disease. I’ve made my donation this month to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. If you’d rather not go the donation route, purchasing “pink” this month via certain retailers is an easy way to allocate some of the profits to a cause you believe in.
Here are the top 10 home items we were able to find for which the proceeds benefit breast cancer research:
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I now have a major crush on Thom Filicia (yes, I know it’s fruitless). Did you know that he donates proceeds from his book “Style” to breast cancer awareness and research in honor of his later mother, Janet Felicia, who passed away from the disease in 2002?
While I myself have purchased a number of these “shop pink for a cure” products in the past, I think it’s also important to mention that breast cancer survivors, supporters & donors (and just people in general!) have different reactions to awareness campaigns driven by the color pink. This weekend, a group of friends and I attended an exhibition entitled “The SCAR Project: Breast Cancer is Not A Pink Ribbon.” The large scale photographs by fashion photographer David Jay, feature young women who have undergone mastectomy/ies during their battle with breast cancer and a personal sketch of each woman’s experience with the disease (and her opportunity to share its affect on her with the world). The exhibition was moving, heart-wrenching, liberating all at once– and reminded us what this month is really all about. While his exhibition may not travel to a gallery near you, David Jay’s books are available for purchase.
xx, Alana
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