October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. It dates back to October 1985 and was started to bring attention to the dangers of breast cancer occurring in the United States. We have all seen the pink ribbons associated with this movement, but did you know the pink ribbons began in 1992 by Estée Lauder cosmetics when they handed out 1.5 million ribbons as a visual reminder of the importance of
breast health?
The goal of National Breast Cancer Awareness month is to "educate women about breast cancer and early detection tests so that they could take charge of their breast health. One of their key goals that they wanted to achieve was to promote mammograms as an important tool to be used in the fight against breast cancer. During the month of October, breast cancer survivors and those with breast cancer are celebrated and encouraged to
share their stories." https://brevardhealth.org/a-brief-history-of-breast-cancer-awareness-month/
I celebrate and cheer YOU if you have had or have breast cancer.
Below are some cards I made that you can copy to celebrate & cheer those who are fighting breast cancer.
I used the letters from Playful Alphabets dies, 152706, to create these individualized cards in all shades of pink. These dies are great for personalization for any reason/occasion (& fun to use with humorous phrases).
Note - do an internet search on (funny) breast cancer cards and you'll get a great list of ideas of what you can spell out with your letters. You can get pretty creative depending on who you are sending them to.
If you have not had a mammogram in a while, I encourage you to do so. As a result of COVID, many appointments, regular checks and follow ups were cancelled. If it's been more than a year, please make your appointment today.
