Breast Cancer Awareness

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Mushrooms and Tea Fight Cancer | October 17, 2011

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and if you love mushrooms and tea, this is the recipe for you! Separately, tea and mushrooms work well to prevent cancer. Drinking tea on a daily basis reduces the risk by about 40%, while eating fresh mushrooms- results in an almost 60% risk reduction. When taken together, they are like the power couple of anti-carcinogens. According to a study done by the Journal of Cancer, when enjoyed together, tea and mushrooms reduce the chance of breast cancer by almost 90%.

Mushrooms are not only healthy for your boobies, but they also help you maintain your weight. … Read More »

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Nadia Murdock

LOFT Event In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month | October 18, 2010

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, LOFT hosted an in-store shopping event this past Tuesday evening in our Times Square store. During the event we celebrated the collaboration with three of our favorite jewelry designers – Anna Sheffield, Kara Ross and Robin Renzi of Me&Ro, who created limited edition jewelry pieces to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.

Guests enjoyed a live DJ, cocktails, photo station and sweet treats, while mingling with the designers. Actress Kelsey Chow, star of Disney XD Series’ Pair of Kings, was there to show her support for the cause. For the occasion, Kelsey wore LOFT’s flirty statement-making rosette … Read More »

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A Walk For The Cure: A Small Town With A Large Heart | October 22, 2009

A WALK FOR THE CURE: A SMALL TOWN WITH A LARGE HEART

By Debbie Schrodt Owner of the Pink Pig Cottage Antiques, Westport, NY

Each year the Pink Pig sponsors a “Walk For The Cure” in the town of Westport, NY to promote Breast Cancer Awareness. This article is about a small town with a large heart and to honor my friend Honora Carpenter, who passed away in the spring of this year.

Honora visited my shop one day in the summer of 2006 to welcome me to the community. Having lived in Manhattan for over 20 years, I was so taken aback … Read More »

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KN Pink Ribbon Signature Collection Sweepstakes | October 16, 2009

KN Karen Neuburger has helped share comfort and hope for over ten years, celebrating survivors and those on the journey through our KN Pink Ribbon Signature Collection™. In honor of mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, neighbors and friends, we support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and community education and awareness activities across the country. The KN brand guarantees a minimum donation of $75,000 to BCRF in 2008.

Show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness when you enter the Color Me Pink Sweepstakes.

You can enjoy the extra comfort of KN by entering between October 9 and October 31 2009. One grand prize winner … Read More »

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Beth Anderson

Hope Sparkles To Inspire Breast Cancer Awareness | October 9, 2009

To spread words of inspiration and encouragement, Michele Conti developed Inspiretees, a line of women’s clothing that is of exceptional quality and beauty. Michele is an accomplished seamstress who has won many awards in tailoring. She spent several years managing retail stores that specialized in bridal and upscale fashions, and worked fashion trade shows and show rooms in New York City’s renowned garment district.

A native of New Castle, PA, Michele settled in her hometown, where she began a career in public relations and marketing in the women’s consumer goods and fitness industry, dealing in sales, web development, e-commerce, video production, … Read More »

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Robyn Stone

Breast Cancer Survivor: Mary Pat Boyd | October 9, 2009

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is here! This special month is punctuated with breast cancer awareness gatherings, fundraisers, remembrances of those we have lost to the disease, and celebrations for our survivors.

My mother died of cancer in 1992. My brother has had breast cancer and I have had it twice myself. Four years after Mom died, I found a lump in my breast during a self examination. I was diagnosed as having an aggressive estrogen negative breast cancer and I was prescribed the normal protocol of surgery, chemo, and radiation.

I was a jewelry designer when I was initially diagnosed with the disease … Read More »

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Lifetime Network Fighting Breast Cancer | October 8, 2009

LIFETIME NETWORKS’ STOP BREAST CANCER FOR LIFE MULTI-PLATFORM PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN MARKS FIFTEENTH YEAR FIGHTING BREAST CANCER

Marking its fifteenth consecutive year supporting October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lifetime Networks, the top women’s entertainment destination and the industry’s leading advocate for women, today unveiled its 2009 multi-platform Stop Breast Cancer for Life public affairs campaign, The Power of 15.

Lifetime, which for more than 25 years has led one of the most comprehensive public affairs efforts of any cable network, is continuing its award-winning efforts in the area of breast cancer awareness, support and prevention. Leading the campaign are … Read More »