Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Losing my grandmother to Breast Cancer was one of the hardest things I've faced in my life. Watching my mother take care of her day end and day out was truly life changing.
She fought like a Champion till the end and may she continue to REST in PEACE.

This month support and show that you are AWARE of the fight to find a cure for Breast Cancer.
Make a donation in honor of a loved one, friend, or just to show you care to the Sisters Network.

The Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI) is a leading voice and only national African American breast cancer survivorship organization in the United States. Sisters Network is governed by an elected Board of Directors and assisted by an appointed medical advisory committee.

Membership is 3000, which includes more than 40 affiliate survivor run chapters nationwide.
The organization’s purpose is to save lives and provide a broader scope of knowledge that addresses the breast cancer survivorship crisis affecting African American women around the country.

https://donate.sistersnetworkinc.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298

Also support by purchasing OPI's "Pink of Hearts 2013" Collection

Featuring two Jazzy shades "More than a Glimmer" and "Pink-ing of You"

Don't forget to ROCK your PINK all month long!!

Get out and be involved all year. Visit the links below to see how you can help.

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/Involved/Participate/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/index

Susan G. Komen
http://ww5.komen.org/

Sisters Network
http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org/

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