Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever.
In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.
New name. New logo. Same vision. A world without breast cancer.
You may notice that we've changed our name - to Susan G. Komen for the Cure - and created a brand new logo to match. We hope you like the new look. Even more importantly, we want you to understand the motivation for this significant change.
Simply put, it's our anniversary. We're 25 this year, and we're shifting into another gear. With renewed urgency and inspiration. With an energized commitment to finally, once and for all, finish what we started.
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Who I'd like to meet: Those also dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage - from the causes to the cures, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.
Komen Austin Race for the Cure's Friend Space (Top 19)
I have never done a race for the cure.. and this year I will be participating.. I'm so excited.. cancer is a priority of mine... my nana had breast cancer n she survived... I'm blessed so.. I look forward to being out there in Austin !!
i am a survivor of breast cancer since 2003. i would like to find out how many other survivors there are in the bastrop texas area. please respond pscott1743@yahoo.com. i would like to have a group gathering some time. please respond!!!
We would appreciate anyone who becomes a friend of Dawn and helps with getting the word out about her upcoming video release of How We Die. This was the last song Dawn recorded prior to losing her battle with Cancer on March 28, 2007
Dawn’s twin sister Sherrie accepts The Geri Lester Heroes of Breast Cancer Courage Award – In Memory from the Karmanos Cancer Institute on Dawn’s behalf in a video recorded on October 22, 2007.
You can view this award presentation on Dawn's MySpace page.
Thanks for the add -- looking forward to the race this year. Our weekly "Free Radical Social Hour" happy hour series is dedicating all artist proceeds from our October 25th show to the race -- hope you can make it out! Visit our page for more info. Thanks & peace! --
Come join the Gal to Gal Virtual Walk to raise money for Stage 4 Breast Cancer. Just head over to www.GaltoGalWalk.org - donation is $3 and it takes less than 3 minutes to make your virtual gal. We will be ‘walking’ through New York, Seattle, Detroit, Dallas, Chicago, Las Vegas, and many other cities, through the month of October.
You can walk with Martha Steward, Molly Sims, Mena Suvari, Bobbie Thomas, Lynn Redgrave, Leisha Haley and many more fabulous tv personalities, musicians, stage legends, entrepreneurs, Moms, beauty queens, and others just like you.
You can also grab a ‘Gal to Go’ banners at www.GaltoGo.com and use them on your MySpace page, blog, website, email, etc.
Thank you for adding me as a friend. Our health is so important, and our government is supposed to be promoting the general welfare according to the preamble of our constitution. But tobacco lobbyists seem to have more sway in Washington DC than the health of the people. I may not be the brightest light bulb, but I think health is part of the general welfare, and our Congress (as a whole) hasn't done a good job on tobacco issues. There's hope, though. The evidence against both tobacco and the tobacco companies' dishonest practices has grown, as well as public awareness, and if tobacco policy were changed substantially, then the current number of 440,000 Americans who die each year of tobacco-related disease would decline.
I started a group called Save Your Lungs at
http://groups.myspace.com/saveyourlungs
and I hope you and everyone else on MySpace will join it and help stamp out tobacco, especially from the lives of young people, which is when people too often become addicted to tobacco for life.
Again, thank you for the add, best wishes to all--and...
