Why pink?

Each year in October the local hockey teams will have a pink jersey done for each player. Then the player will sign it and auction it off after the game. Its really nice and has help to bring awareness and raised a lot of money for the cause. The game where they announce the total raised, they usually have breast cancer survivors come to the ice and its of course met with great response.

The campaign has made a huge difference.

The goal of breast cancer awareness campaigns is to raise the public's "brand awareness" for breast cancer, its detection, its treatment, and the need for a reliable, permanent cure. Increased awareness has increased the number of women receiving mammograms, the number of breast cancers detected, and the number of women receiving biopsies (Sulik 2010, pages 157–210). It has also shifted the stage at which breast cancers are detected, so that more tumors are discovered in an earlier, more treatable stage. Marketing efforts have significantly reduced the stigma associated with the disease.

Generally speaking, breast cancer awareness campaigns have been highly effective in getting attention for the disease. Breast cancer receives significantly more media coverage than other prevalent cancers, such as prostate cancer (Arnst 2007). Because breast cancer awareness receives so much attention, and has become such a large scale campaign the actual purpose of the campaign can become hidden. People talk about the "fight" against breast cancer, but the awareness campaign is not about the cure. The awareness campaign is about raising people's awareness,to increase the chance of early detection, and thus decrease the fatality rate of breast cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer_awareness
A mammography saved my life. Most women put themselves behind their children when it comes to taking care of themselves. The campaign has opened people's eyes.

Yes it is a baby blue shirt.

Yes you make other displays on youtube, did your mother not tell you those sort of displays should be anonymous?

I guess you pegged me.

You're completely correct that we ought to take an issue that causes emotional damage to a lot of people and argue about whether or not it should be publicly supported. Tell them that their efforts to raise awareness are just them trying to brag about being charitable and look good.

And yes.. I am the a*****e because I think this is in poor taste.

Makes perfect sense.

By the way, precisely what is wrong with taking the moral high ground?

Next weekend I'm running a 5k at a charity event to raise money for research into autism. My youngest son is autistic. I've been contacting a lot of people about it and asking for donations, and because I've done so, I've been able to raise over 1500 dollars, which I never would have been able to donate myself.

Should I have just remained anonymous and not "bragged" about the effort I'm putting into this? I mean...it would have cost about 1400 dollars in donations that will go to research now because I was so brash and spent so much time bragging about my autistic son, but I guess I shouldn't try to make people aware that autism affects families on a wide scale and try to get more funds to go toward an organization that helps those families.

It's all true. I'm just a self-centered douche who is only using charity to make myself look good in the public eye to people I don't even know.

Hm.

Nothing, you're safer from flooding that way.

To the OP: Until you have someone close to you affected by Breast Cancer, you won't get it.


One of my next tattoos is going to be a pink ribbon.

I haven't bought any pink shirts, but I do purchase Breast Cancer merchandise. I also buy daffodil flowers and pins from the Canadian Cancer Society. Hubby, our oldest and I have Boobie bracelets . I got mine over a year ago and always wear it.

First off, great job on the fundraising. I hope the event will bring much needed money and awareness to autism.

Second, it does not matter the illness or the disease, more money is always needed for the research into finding cures, better ways of those affected to live with the illness or disease. A lot of times some we have not heard of or if we had, we do not know much about it and there are a lo of misconceptions about many of the illnesses or diseases. Just think of years ago all the misinformation about HIV and AIDS and look at now, all the awareness and people living longer and better quality of life with illnesses and diseases that before were pretty much a death sentence.

Without all these ads, campaigns and events to bring awareness and raise money, this would not have happened.

These illnesses, diseases, conditions, whatever the proper word does not affect just the person diagnosed with it but the whole family, friends and loved ones.

I wish everyone good health and wish no one had to suffer with these things but the sad fact is that they do exist and because of that, we need awareness, education and money raised for these people to bring hope, possible cure and such.

It's not that they are wearing pink, my question is why. Why is it so important. Does me not wanting to do so mean that I support ALL cancer research any less? Not at all. If I would actually save a life by wearing a shirt that said "I love eating dog turds" I definitely would, but that's just ridiculous.

It's not education, it's a fashion statement. Along with the retarded "I heart boobies" bracelets everyone seems to be wearing these days. By the way, October is also liver cancer awareness month. Pretty sure one can't live without a liver.

I see now after starting this thread, that some of you need to stop taking things so personally!! To get angry because someone has an opinion different from your own actually puts a nice little bow on the point I initially made. Calm down, and just do your own thing.

I'll wear my pink Swiffer to church. You don't have a clue.
https://www.craftsnscraps.com/jewelry/ribbons.html

Maybe if more people did this more money would be raised. Fashion statement my eye. My son's pediatrician died of breast can; HE died.
I hope you never get ill and nobody lends a hand.
Also:
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Liver Cancer Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Energy Awareness Month (Go Green)
National Spina Bifida Prevention Month
Healthy Lungs Month
National Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
National Spinal Health Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
National Psoriasis Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
Halloween Safety Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
National Domestic Violence awareness Month
National Medical Librarians Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Hunger Awareness Month

1-7 National Sarcoidosis Awareness Week
3- 10 Hearing Aid Awareness Week
3-9 Mental Illness Awareness Week
3-9 National Fire Prevention Week
4-8 Drive Safely to Work Week
11-15 National School Lunch Week
12-20 Bone and Joint Decade National Action Week
18-24 National Drug-Free Work Week
23-31 Red Ribbon Week (Drug-Free America)
24-30 Respiratory Care Week Lung Cancer Awareness
24-30 Pastoral Care Week

4 National Child Health Day
7 National Depression Screening Day
13 Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
10 World Mental Health Day
15 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
16 World Food Day
20 World Osteoporosis Day
22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
22 National Mammography Day
27 Lung Health Day Lung Cancer Awareness
Celiac Disease Awareness Day

Click the link for the rest of the calendar-
https://www.awarenessdepot.com/awarenesscalendar.html
I'll take something personally that has affected me personally. Cancer is nothing to be calm about. Ignorance annoys the hell out of me.