Dates
October 17, 2008 National Mammography Day
In 1993 President Clinton declared the 3rd Friday of October
National Mammography Day. Reduced cost or free mammograms
are available throughout the United States.
To Find Participating Facilities Call:
• American Cancer Society: 800.227.2345
• The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: 800.462.9273
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization: 800.221.2141
About Komen
Susan G. Komen Foundation
The Komen
Foundation is an international organization with a network
of 75,000 volunteers working through local affiliates
and events like the Komen Race for the Cure to eradicate
breast cancer as a life-threatening disease
Make Informed Decisions Charity
Watch
The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a
nationally prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose
is to help donors make informed giving decisions.
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Navigator
An independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more
efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating
the financial health of America's largest charities.
Pretty and Strong 2008
Our Fifth Year
In 2004, Chris King Precision Components launched a limited edition series of pink headsets and hubs in an effort to raise awareness for breast cancer research and to raise funds for the local Susan G. Komen Foundation affiliate here in Portland. That first limited edition series of Pretty and Strong was a success and led to the return of the program in 2005 with an expanded line-up of products while still limited to just 4 months availability. Based on the success and positive feedback we received, we are pleased to announce that the Pretty and Strong program has been extended to a Special Edition Series available year-round. As of September 1, 2006, Chris King has added Pretty and Strong pink to its standard list of available colors.
We will continue to donate a portion of the sale of any Pretty and Strong item to the Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. On behalf of all of our customers and supporters, we are proud to make known our honor of receiving a 2006 award for Outstanding Support from the Foundation. For 2007 and beyond, we have expanded the Pretty and Strong line-up along with new partners.
You Could Ride to the Doctor's Office...
The second part of our program is to encourage our customers to skip a bike ride and bring
themselves or a woman they love in for a mammogram or clinical exam during the month of October.
While breast cancer is relatively uncommon
in women under the age of 40, regular clinical exams
help reduce the chance of breast cancer going undetected.
To help detect breast cancer early when the chances
for a complete cure are the greatest, the American Cancer
Society recommends that all women should receive mammograms
every one to two years beginning at age 40 and every
year beginning at age 50. Women 30 years old and older
should receive annual clinical exams. Your physician
is also a resource to advise you about diet, habits
that you should end, change or improve to reduce your
risk of getting breast cancer. There is some
evidence that if people increased their fruit and
vegetable consumption to at least five servings a day,
cancer rates could be reduced by more than 20 percent.
