5 Ways You Can Make a Difference During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Do you know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime? With the disease affecting every 1 in 8 American women, many of us either know someone directly or have someone in our extended family or social network who has battled against the disease.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and since breast cancer is the second most common cause of death among women in the United States, there’s no better reason to get involved and spread awareness.
How can you get involved? Keep reading to see five easy ways:
1. Donate Your Hair
Donating your long locks is a popular and easy way to make a real difference in someone’s life. While a little hair may not seem like a big deal to you, to a cancer patient who has lost her hair a wig of real human hair can make a world of difference.
Hair loss is one of the most traumatic things that a person undergoing chemotherapy can endure, and helping make wigs to ease this difficult time is a selfless way to make a difference.
2. Get Informed and Spread the Word
Read as much as you can about breast cancer awareness, and make a point to talk to the people in your life about the importance of early detection.
Breast cancer affects women, primarily, but men can also be diagnosed with it and so it is important to speak to everyone in your life regardless of their gender about the importance of performing monthly self-breast exams, and of scheduling annual screenings to catch any warning signs as early as possible.
3. Walk or Run for the Cure
Fundraising walks, runs, and marathons are popular ways to get people out and involved in breast cancer awareness campaigns. Take a look at a list of events happening in your city or state and make sure to sign up with enough notice that you can ask your friends and family for donations in support of your efforts.
The net profits from these events are donated to help fund breast cancer awareness campaigns and research across the globe, so do up those laces and get active.
4. Wear Pink
Pink is the international color of breast cancer awareness, so pin a pink ribbon to your jacket, or pick up a pink shirt, pair of shoes, water bottle, gloves, or any of the wide selection of pink products which are sold with the proceeds going to support breast cancer awareness.
5. Have a “Pay to Dress Down Day”
If your office encourages you to dress in “business casual” or more professional, speak to your manager (or make the decision, if you’re in charge) to offer employees the opportunity to “dress down” for a day in exchange for a small donation. Then, donate the proceeds of your dress down day to your local American Cancer Society chapter.
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