As you may have noticed, my blog has gone pink. I’m leaving it this way throughout the month of October in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I lost my cousin Patricia to breast cancer almost 25 years ago, so it’s important to me each year to go pink for October.
This year I’ve paired up with the folks at General Mills and MyBlogSpark to spread the word about Pink Together. Now in its fifth year of celebrating hope, PinkTogether.com allows visitors to connect with a unique online community of people who have been touched by breast cancer and share a passion for the cause.
The other aspect of the Pink Together campaign helping raise money for breast cancer research and awareness as well. Through this campaign, General Mills will be donating over $2 million dollars to the cause. The beneficiary of the campaign is the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. There are several quick and easy ways you can help as part of Pink Together. How does it work?
- Visit PinkTogether.com to share your personal story and messages of hope and read about others’ personal journeys. To encourage personal connections, General Mills will donate $1 to the Komen organization for each Message of Hope that is sent to someone who has shared their story on PinkTogether.com (up to $25,000) during October. This is in addition to a $2 million donation General Mills is making to the Komen organization.
- This year, for the first time in its five-year history, at PinkTogether.com consumers can choose how $1 million of this donation will be shared between two important Komen programs: the Treatment and Assistance Program, which assists women in securing care they otherwise may not be able to afford, and Prevention Research, which helps unlock the keys to preventing breast cancer. Visit PinkTogether.com from September 19, 2011 through April 14, 2012 to make your choice. Results will be announced on Mother’s Day 2012 – Sunday, May 13.
- Meet the 2011 Pink Together Survivor Ambassadors, and hear their amazing stories of courage and survival on PinkTogether.com and the Pink Together YouTube channel.
- General Mills will also be turning the packaging of participating products pink in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. Be sure to look for these specially marked packages at your favorite supermarket.
The good folks at General Mills were kind enough to send me some goodies via MyBlogSpark for helping spread the word about the Pink Together program. It included things like a variety of free cereal coupons, a Betty Crocker Living with Cancer cookbook (150+ recipes), a stainless steel water bottle, some pink rhinestone blinged out ear buds, etc. The best part is they’re also offering up another goodie package to one of my blog readers. Here’s a peek at everything that’s included:
I really want to take a moment to say how much I love the cookbook! If you’ve ever had a loved one battle cancer, you probably know some of the side effects of treatment include nausea, mouth sores, diarrhea, and/or constipation. Recipes that are especially good for helping counteract these symptoms are clearly marked. Having something like this would’ve been great back when my dad was battling cancer because he struggled so horribly with mouth sores during his chemo. Even if you there isn’t a cancer connection in your life, the recipes still sound really delicious and include full nutritional information. Here’s a peek at the cover:
So, now it’s time to get down to the knitty gritty about the giveaway. This giveaway will run from now through 11:59pm ET on Friday, October 7. There is one mandatory entry for this giveaway which will require leaving a comment per the instructions below in the Rafflecopter box. There are also a few more optional ways to enter which are also outlined below in the Rafflecopter box.
I’ll close this out with a friendly reminder for my female readers that if you haven’t already had your mammogram this year, October is a great time to get it done before the craziness of the holidays is upon us. Many larger companies, mine included, even offer mobile mammogram drives during this month. Check with your health services office to see if it’s an option where you work.
Until next time …
Disclosure: The Pink Together prize pack, information and coupons have been provided free of charge by General Mills through MyBlogSpark. As always, all opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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I would so love to win this giveaway. I would give it to my very best friend who had breast cancer six years ago. She survived that only to have cancer return in hers lungs (she’s never smoked a day in her life) last summer. She is once again fighting like a champ and so far so good. She is wonderful and I love her like a sister.
This is a great giveaway and a great way to get the word out about cancer.
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I guess I should follow the directions and post about how cancer has affected my life. My husband has had skin cancer in the past and now he has some more that he is getting removed this week. My grandpa also died of cancer.
Denise recently posted..CDCC update
My godmother had breast cancer twice.
cancer sucks. i have a few friends who have beaten and are beating this disease…i wish it never existed.
I have lost about 4 friends to cancer and know 3 more that are battling it. Seems like you hear more and more about it everyday. It is so sad. However, with that being said, I LOVE your blog.
My mom was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000. Every four years or so she builds up a resistance to the maintenance meds and is reoccurs somewhere else. She will be moving into a nice new house soon and I would love to give her this cookbook to break in her new kitchen.
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I really hate to answer this question because I don’t want to jinx anything. But I guess that response answers the question, right?
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