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Thanks, I hope so too!

Hmm...a sentence....I think I'm too long-winded to do one. :)

"Awareness has been achieved but a cure has not. The death rate from breast cancer has remained virtually unchanged since before the pink ribbon existed. It's time to pack up the ribbon and tie up the problem by using the white coats of science."

How's that? :)

The worst part is most of that money doesn't go to research. It goes to "awareness" which can even mean the costs of slapping a pink ribbon on their packaging each October. But you are right, if you want to donate money, you can do it without some company mediating. They get to pretend like they are doing something good.

Everybody, make sure you read the packaging! Some of it says "a portion will be donated to breast cancer charities." Um, what charities? What portion?

Agree with you on PETA. I don't know a thing about MADD. Funny how we don't know these things until they touch our lives in some way.

I'm very sorry about your sister and father. My heart goes out to your family.

I wouldn't say I'm bitter but I would say I'm very disappointed in the waste of money. Organizations like Komen take in hundreds of millions of dollars and spend very little on grants to researchers - some say as little as 15%. Most of it is funneled back into their awareness campaigns and pink parties. Having worked in a school system, I think pretty much everybody is aware of breast cancer - even in elementary schools students talk about it so awareness has been reached.

I think Komen and their kind have the press' attention because the story of women coming together, fighting in unity to conquer a disease under a pink banner is compelling and nobody wants to go deeper. Who doesn't want to be a "Survivor or "Warrior" or overcome a negative event? What is ignored is that many women, through no fault of their own, will die of cancer and the only thing that can stop that from happening is smart doctors in labs figuring out why cancer cells grow and spread. And, most of us who will die were diagnosed at early stage so "finding it early" to save your life is a myth too.

I didn't either. I thought I was healthy and was going to live to be 100.