Friday, October 23, 2009

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Did you know??...That the survivor rate for breast cancer exceeds 96% when it is detected early. This year "NBCAM" is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary!

"National Breast Cancer Awareness Month"

http://www.nbcam.org/about_nbcam.cfm

* October 17th is National Mammography Day!

* Also, Domestic Violence Awareness Month!
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

* "If you are in immediate danger dial 911"

* National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
automatically connects you to a local U.S. rape crisis program based on the area code of your phone number.

* U.S. National Teen Dating Violence Helpline: 1-866-331-9474

Mahalo,
Deb Mills

Sources:
http://www.nrcdv.org/
http://dvam.vawnet.org/
http://www.brightfuse.com
Thanks to members of Brightfuse.com (Yvonne P.Mazzulo & Mary Bignall)

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