Still Time to Support Breast Cancer Awareness in West Bloomfield

As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close, you can donate to the cause at these local businesses.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month ends Wednesday, along with several charity drives for breast cancer research at Greater West Bloomfield area businesses: Customers at the West Bloomfield Krogers, located at on Haggerty Road and at Orchard Lake Road, may purchase a pink ribbon for $1 or make a coin box donation to benefit breast cancer awareness and research. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.  The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds breast cancer research, is working with major retailers this month to raise money for breast cancer research through the sale of special pink-skinned pumpkins. Participating retailers include Kroger, Home Depot, and …

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Harrison High Raises $2,150 During First Breast Cancer Awareness Week

Pink donuts, ribbons, cookies, bandanas and more were sold at the Farmington Hills high school to support breast cancer research and raise awareness.

Harrison High School's first-ever Breast Cancer Awareness Week, Oct. 15-19, raised $2,150 in just five days to support breast cancer research. Activities involving the school's Think Pink Club, students, staff and parents included: -- submitted by Academic Dean of Students Angela Leach

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Ann Romney, Breast Cancer Survivor, Spreads Word on Awareness

The Bloomfield Hills native not only has rallied for her husband Mitt Romney's presidential bid, but Ann Romney also has thrown her support behind breast cancer awareness.

While Ann Romney has taken to the presidential campaign trail to support her husband Mitt Romney, she also has rallied her efforts for another cause: breast cancer awareness. Ann Romney, a native of Bloomfield Hills and a student at Cranbrook, is a breast cancer survivor. In 2008, Ann Romney had surgery to remove a precancerous lump from her breast, according to the Boston Globe. Mitt Romney told CNN that Barack Obama, at the time the president-elect, called to offer his prayers to the Romney family. So while Ann Romney has campaigned for her husband this month, including a stop in Bloomfield Township on Oct. 12, she also has focused her attention on breast cancer awareness. Both Ann Romney and Michelle Obama wore pink dresses at the …

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Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors in West Bloomfield

"Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors" shares the wisdom of breast cancer survivors with the newly diagnosed. What's your story?

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One of the greatest challenges for those who have been newly diagnosed is finding sources of support. Patients are eager for information on everything from enduring surgery and chemotherapy to how to deal with hair loss. Best selling author and breast cancer survivor Barbara Delinsky has gathered the wisdom of hundreds of breast cancer survivors who are eager to inspire those who are new to the “breast cancer sisterhood.” She shares all of the stories and tidbits she found in her book "Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors." First published in 2001, the book was updated for a 10th anniversary edition published last year. Delinsky donates all the profits from the …

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West Bloomfield Caribou Sells 'Amy's Blend' to Support Awareness

10 percent of sales of the coffee collection benefit cancer services.

Supporting breast cancer awareness can be as easy as drinking coffee. For the 17th year, Caribou Coffee is once again selling its "Amy's Blend" to benefit local cancer support services through Nov. 7. The collection of coffee merchandise is named after Amy Erickson, a Caribou roastmaster who lost her battle with breast cancer in 1995 at the age of 33. You can support the cause by purchasing items at West Bloomfield's Caribou, or online at cariboucoffee.com. Sales in West Bloomfield will benefit the Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center which is located on Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills.  Caribou Coffee is located at 7310 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.

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Oakland County to Host Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk

Oakland County's going pink Oct. 13 for a walk to raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

Pink will be a hot color Saturday morning. More than a thousand people are expected to walk Saturday morning at Oakland University to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research and support. The American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk is a noncompetitive, inspirational event, taking place at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 13, 2012. To participate, you can donate online and view a route map at www.cancer.org/stridesonline. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 226,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease. Funds raised through Making Strides enable the American Cancer Society to provide free resources and support to …

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Breast Cancer Awareness on West Bloomfield Patch Throughout October

Patch is publishing stories and information throughout National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to increase awareness of the disease. Think pink!

West Bloomfield Retailers Sell Pink Pumpkins to Fund Breast Cancer Research

The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation, a nonprofit that funds breast cancer research, is working with retailers such as Kroger and Home Depot this month to raise money for breast cancer research through the sale of pink-skinned pumpkins.

This October, pink is the new orange – at least in pumpkins. The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds breast cancer research, is working with major retailers this month, including Walmart, Kroger and Home Depot, to raise money for breast cancer research through the sale of special pink-skinned pumpkins. Grown from a specially cultivated seed, these pumpkins are actually pink in color, which lends them to be the center of the nonprofit's new national campaign, “Pink Pumpkins on Your Porch – Let’s Unite Against Breast Cancer." Through this campaign, customers across the country are encouraged to join the fight against breast cancer by adding pink pumpkins to their Halloween and autumn decor. "Breast cancer has …

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