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I'm not really a big fan of pink (I don't think I have any pink in my wardrobe), but in honor of this month being 'National Breast Cancer Awareness Month', I decided to suck it up and make this layout to increase awareness for the cause.
Actually, this layout has been in the works for the last couple weeks, but I've been so busy and exhausted that I haven't had much time to put it up. But I had some free time this weekend.
But I wanted to do something to show people how important this is. Every 13 minutes, a woman in the US will die of breast cancer. Every year, more than 211,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. My mother had breast cancer. There's a strong chance I will get it, too.
It's been great to see this media blitz promoting breast cancer awareness month - I've seen spots on the Today show and other talk shows, as well as various stores offering merchandise and providing the profits to research. Chicago even has it's skyline in pink for the month.
There's a lot of ways you can help - there's marathons, walk-a-thons, merchandise you can buy, or at the very least, you can click on this link to the right, which will provide someone with a free mammogram. Make sure to click on the link on the page that pops up - that's how you'll ensure that your click counts. And the next time you come to this site, take a couple extra seconds and click on it again. Let's help them reach their goal.
Throughout the month, when I've got the time, I'll point you out to ways you can support the cause. Every little bit helps!
For more information on breast cancer and breast cancer research, go to The National Breast Cancer Foundation website.
Posted by Yano at October 9, 2005 11:13 PMNice! If I knew how to do templates I'd promote it that way too. I'm just doing my service announcements with all the links I could possibly put.
Oh and remind people that all the clicks count tripple this month! :)
Posted by: Leen on October 10, 2005 08:38 AMheeeellloooo pink... i like it! and you know me... i'm not a pink person either. hehehe... but this nice. ^_^
Posted by: bumblebootie on October 10, 2005 08:53 AMLove the layout too. You should really think about selling some of your layout designs.
My mom died of breast cancer in '98, so I too appreciate this massive amount of coverage on the issue.
Posted by: Anita on October 10, 2005 11:42 AMNice and Cool. For a minute there I thought I was in 'The Pink Panther' website. =)
Posted by: val on October 10, 2005 04:51 PMI like it, but the print is rather small while I'm typing expecially.
Posted by: Mona on October 11, 2005 02:50 AMThink you could take a picture of the skyline and show us? :-)
Posted by: Ann on October 14, 2005 01:46 PM
