We love spreading the good word on positive breast health and doing in it in a stoked and active atmosphere--no matter where we're at, whether it's on the snow, in the water, or on the street, we love to live and live to love. So please take the time to incorporate our motto of the importance of early detection and value of an active lifestyle into your world and GET EDUCATED-B4BC.ORG!
EDUCATE YOURSELF The single most important tool for surviving breast cancer is to catch it early! Checkin yourself could save your life someday--Click on the icon below to learn how to do a Breast Self Exam (BSE)
Join the movement and raise money for B4BC's educational outreach every time you search the Internet! Learn how at GOODSEARCH.COM
Music
Check out the "Support Boobs" CD compilation benefiting B4BC's educational outreach efforts. Available for purchase on CD Baby--Click on the album cover for the details!
It's like a book, only it's environmentally friendly and you can read it online--hooray for digital subscriptions!
Heroes
All women and men who have heartily battled breast cancer and inspired us to educate others by giving young people the tools to approach their own health from a better-informed position!
Boarding For Breast Cancer [B4BC] is reminding you to get your artwork in for the CCS Design a B4BC Tee contest, deadline is this Friday! Check out our blog for the details.. view more
About me: Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC) a non-profit, youth-focused education, awareness, and fundraising foundation. Our mission is to increase awareness about breast cancer, the importance of early detection and the value of an active lifestyle.
OUR INSPIRATION
The inspiration for Boarding For Breast Cancer was a young woman named Monica Steward. Monica, who was a very dear friend of all B4BC founders, started her battle with breast cancer at the age of 26 and passed two years later from complications that arose from the disease.
Boarding For Breast Cancer was founded as a result of Monica voicing her frustration about the lack of awareness among young women about the disease to friends and future co-founders, Tina Basich, Shannon Dunn, Lisa Hudson and Kathleen Gasperini. Their idea was to create an event that centered around their mutual passions, snowboarding and music, to communicate the message of awareness while raising money for and educating young women about breast cancer.
Monica Steward passed away a month later, just three months before her inaugural Boarding For Breast Cancer Snowboard + Music Festival event.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
WE BELIEVE In the well being of the snow, surf and skate community, and that our role is to teach positive health practices which assist in detection and prevention of breast cancer. WE VALUE The volunteers, families and survivors who support our organization. WE BELIEVE Early detection of breast cancer is an essential element in winning the fight against cancer. WE VALUE The unique cultural link of board sports: the artists, athletes and participants in these sports. WE BELIEVE Our organization helps people create a positive sense of self-worth and supports people in a time of need. WE VALUE Teamwork, volunteerism, collaboration and grassroots efforts. WE BELIEVE Every breast cancer story is unique and it is our role to honor the diversity of people affected by breast cancer.
WHAT WE DO
TEACH We teach awareness and provide information to empower people who are managing the effects of breast cancer in their lives. INSPIRE We believe that breast cancer is not a death sentence and that battling the disease can provide optimism and hope. ADVOCATE We serve as an advocate for those affected by breast cancer. We are a place to tell their stories and to speak the truth of their feelings about breast cancer. SERVE We serve the action sports community, a passionate group of people who share a love for an active lifestyle through snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing.
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Who I'd like to meet: People who are passionate about what they do. i.e YOU!
We're always looking for people to join the B4BC team. If you would like to volunteer for B4BC in your area, please send an email to volunteer@b4bc.org . Be sure to include your name, age, and the city that you live in. We'll look forward to hearing from you...
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Looking for a noble and rewarding cause to support? Child Of The King Inc is a non for profit organization whose mission is to reach out to homeless and runaway teenagers. We offer them temporary shelter, counseling, and resources needed to get off the streets and find stability in their life. Many are abused, pregnant, and/or drug addicted girls. We also work with boys who have no parents or broken homes with no guidance. We are looking for monthly sponsorship partners who have a heart that desires to reach out to these teens and show them a better reality than what they are in now. You can log on to www.childofthekinginc.org for more info on our organization. please e-mail us basheeba37@hotmail.comhttp://kingchildren.ning.com/main/invitation/new
Hé Meiden! We zijn van plan aanstaande maandag op 2e pinksterdag een girls sessie te houden, maar daarvoor moet er wel genoeg animo zijn, dus laat het me weten of je komt dan kan ik doorgeven of we het daadwerkelijk door laten gaan.
A.s. Maandag, skatepark Everland Amsterdam van 6 tot 8 vrij skaten (entree 5 euro p.p.) daarna voor degene die dat willen van 8 tot 10 mee skaten met de lessen.
LAAT SNEL WETEN!
Groetjes Imke
He Girls!
We have planned a girls session for this monday, but we need enough girls to actually show up there. So to see if there are enough girls that want to come shred, i need you to respond to this ASAP. I order to get the girls session started.
This monday, skatepark Everland Amsterdam. From 6 pm till 8 pm free skating, entrance price: 5 euro. And from 8 pm till 10 pm you can join the skate lessons for free, or choose to go home.
Please support me as I take an amazing journey in the fight against breast cancer. The Breast Cancer 3 Day is a 60 mile walk over the course of 3 days. In order to participate, I must raise $2300. Please donate and even if you are unable to donate, you can help by passing this page to friends and family.
It is going off this Thursday on Sun god Lawn, as we truck in 25 tons of snow and california's top shred to UCSD. The event is free with tons of prizes to be given out to the crowd come check it out!
On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said this is what caused her breast cancer. It has been identified as the most common=2 0cause of the high levels of dioxin in breast cancer tissue.
Sheryl Crow's oncologist told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car. The heat reacts with the chemicals in the plastic of the bottle which releases dioxin into the water. Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast cancer tissue. So please be careful and do not drink bottled20water that has been left in a car. Pass this on to all the women in your life.
This information is the kind we need to know that just might save us! Use a stainless steel canteen or a glass bottle instead of plastic!
LET EVERYONE WHO HAS A WIFE / GIRLFRIEND / DAUGHTER KNOW PLEASE!
This information is also being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center No plastic containers in microwave.
No water bottles in freezer
No plastic wrap in microwave.
A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially20breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard.
He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us.
He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers... This especially applies to foods that contain fat.
He said that the combination of fat, high heat,=2 0and plastic releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body... Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food... You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc.,
