Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
If I could make a wish and have it come true it would be that every person in the world be healthy, I know that would put some doctors out of a job but for this I would be selfish. Â I would love to see no more diseases. Â October is breast cancer awareness months and it is a disease that I have had directly affect my family. Â Bot my mom and aunt were diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago and it impacted my life in a way I will never forget.
I am a huge advocate for anything that helps to raise awareness for this (and other diseases that need cures). Â Now along with helping to raise money for studies to help find a cure, I also think it’s important for places like PinkTogether.com to be noticed. Pink Together is an ever-growing community of hope of more than 680,000 breast cancer survivors and supporters. There you can share stories, post comments of encouragement and send virtual flowers to let someone know you are thinking of them.
Support and encouragement is one of the biggest things you can do when someone is going through something like breast cancer. We feel helpless because we aren’t the doctors but we are people and people can give love, support, encouragement and just be there for someone who is going through this. Â Sometimes that is all they need to help them get through what will probably be one of the hardest things they will go through in life.
On Pink Together, you can also read the empowering stories from the 2010 Pink Together Survivor Ambassadors, five incredible individuals whose courage in the face of breast cancer serves as a source of inspiration:
- Ebony Steele – This three-year survivor serves as a National Ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s® Circle of Promise, an effort focused on fostering breast cancer awareness, support, empowerment and action among African American women.
- Eli Arroyo-Allen – A two-year survivor, Eli is the founder of the Loving Life/Amando La Vida program supporting Latina women with breast cancer.
- Ginger Johnson – A mother and four-year survivor, Ginger is the director of Happy Chemo!, whose mission is to bring happiness to those dealing with the negative effects of chemotherapy and cancer.
- Libby Pomroy – Libby is a two-time, 15-year survivor and a General Mills employee.
- Nicole Vazquez – This three-year survivor is a Komen breast cancer activist in the Latino community.
While you are there if you or someone you know will make a great candidate for next year’s ambassador share there story and who knows they just may be chosen.  General Mills is also a big part of the Pink Together movement donating $1.00 up to $20,000 for each inspirational story submitted, encouraging comment posted, or virtual flower of support sent on PinkTogether.com, and for each shared message of hope posted on Pink Together’s Facebook fan page during the month of October  up to $5,000 (this is in addition to the 2 million they donate to Susan G Komen as well).
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reading the inspiring stories is so great and uplifting what a great community filled with hope
I find The hope of these women about life inspirational ~ 😀
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I always feel inspired when I see or hear of people banding together for a good cause, and what better cause than fighting a disease, recognizing those who have battled and won, or sometimes those who have marked the path then lost their own battle. It inspires me to have hope for cures and for better communication among us a nation.
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I love that they are a place where you can go to either know you are not alone if you are fighting and there is a support system!
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I love how everyone is in this together, supporting each other along this difficult struggle in many people’s lives.
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I love that they can share their stories and realize they are not alone.
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It’s inspiring how dedicated these woman are to get the word out!
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I like the empowering stories at the Pink Together community
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I find the survivors stories most inspiring.
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It is inspirational to read the stories from survivors. I think it helps those who are just being diagnosed with this horrible disease.
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I find it inspirational to see how many people are trying to cure this horrible type of cancer.
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I love that you can read so many inspiring stories of strong women who don’t give up in the face of adversity!
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I find the whole Pink Site inspirational-its full of hope and encouragement-women reaching out to each other…an excellent site for my mom to visit as she is a breast cancer survivorf
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