Every day (except Sundays) during the month of October, I have worn tee shirts with the #iwantmorethanapinkribbon logo on the front with challenges on the back. Each challenge statement ended with I am Stage IV. Talk to me. 27 days of wearing these shirts. Ive walked malls, gone to the gym, walked outdoors in public places, gone to high school football games, gone to soccer games, gone to grocery stores and gone to other places. California is warm enough that I didnt have to wear any jacket on most of the days. Out of the 27 days I wore those shirts (Im not going to wear one tomorrow), how many people do you think talked to me about what was on the shirt? ** Crickets ** One person asked me about my shirt. She simply invited me to tell me about your shirt and we had a delightful conversation. She took some of my cards that have the research address on them to give to others. I placed about 500 cards in various locations next to pink ribbon displays during the month. I was pleased when I went back to my local public library that they had placed the cards in a more prominent position than I had left them in! Ive been blocked by seven FB pages for pointing out that shopping does not fund a cure. I have been ignored by four companies that I contacted via email for more information regarding their supposed donations for breast cancer awareness. One company that did respond to my emails pointed out that they have donated $1,000,000 over the past eight years to charitable causes. That equals $125,000 per year. What they dont say publicly is that their current sales page has 12 causes associated with purchases. $125,000 divided by 12 = $10,417 per cause. The general public isnt going to dig into sites as deeply, so the misleading assumption is that the $1,000,000 has gone directly into breast cancer research and awareness. I learned a lot this month and this site will continue. I hope to more fully develop the website (independent of FB) in upcoming weeks.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:07:00 +0000
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