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 June 2008 June 1, 2008 - National Cancer Survivors Day - Worldwide The 21st anniversary celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day National Cancer Survivors Day is held annually in hundreds of communities throughout the world on the first Sunday in June. It is a symbolic event to demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality. June 10 to 21, 2008 - Art Bra Show - Sacramento Women’s Wisdom Project and the Albie Aware Breast Cancer Foundation have joined forces for the Art Bra Show to help bring more awareness to the need for breast health education and screening within breast cancer treatment programs. Sacramento Area artists have been invited to participate and create a special piece of art to be displayed June 10-21, 2008 at 919 20th Street. Using the bra as a symbol, artists have been sculpting, painting, stitching, and embellishing. Over 70 artists are contributing their work for this event. More Events  Tattoo Artists Creating "Art for a Cure" for Breast Cancer Awareness Prevention & Survival Breast Cancer Survivors Apply for a Tattoo  Learn about Male Breast Cancer  Give someone a free mammogram  Recycle for Breast Cancer |
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Knock Out Breast Cancer - Now on MySpace!Knock Out Breast Cancer is a website I created to share the information I learned and gathered during my own fight with breast cancer. Although the local resources and events listed here are mainly for the Sacramento and Northern California area, this site is meant to be a resource for anyone touched by breast cancer. I hope you will find this site useful. - Petra B. This website is dedicated to the memory of Clove Gingrich. Lymphedema is an often ignored complication following breast cancer treatment. But it can be prevented. Knowledge is power!!! I recommend a book called Lymphedema: A Breast Cancer Patient's Guide to Prevention and Healing by Jeannie Burt and Gwen White, P.T. More Lymphedema books can be found in the Library page. Lymphedema resources can be found on the Resources page.
The Breast Cancer Research fundraising or "semipostal" stamp was issued on July 29, 1998,  at a first day ceremony held in the White House. It was the first semipostal in U.S. history.To date, the stamp has raised over $50 million for breast cancer research. By law, 70 percent of the net amount raised is given to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent is given to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense. Designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD, the stamp features the phrases, "Fund the Fight" and "Find a Cure" and an illustration of a mythical "goddess of the hunt" by Whitney Sherman of Baltimore. Buy some today!  Hungary recently became the first country outside the United States to adopt the stamp for breast cancer research and related activities. Several other nations are considering doing the same.  
May 2008 - Updated the events. Submit a California Event Updated Library - new book and magazines. Items marked with  are new additions to the site.
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