Honoring Deb Cole: A Decade of Dedication and a Million-Dollar Milestone for Prevention
Over 12 years, Deb Cole has raised over $1 million for breast cancer prevention through her annual New England Peaks for Prevention.
Posts with Tag: breast cancer story
30 Years Hiking and Honoring My Sister
For over 30 years, I’ve hiked and raised over $260,000 in tribute to my sister, who passed at 35 due to breast cancer.
I Climbed Mt. Shasta for Breast Cancer Prevention
If you want to help make sure fewer people—men and women, including yourself and your loved ones—never have to go through this, support Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP.org). They’re an amazing group working to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals linked to breast cancer. Please join me in spreading the word and helping the cause.
Male Breast Cancer: One Guy’s Story
If you want to help make sure fewer people—men and women, including yourself and your loved ones—never have to go through this, support Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP.org). They’re an amazing group working to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals linked to breast cancer. Please join me in spreading the word and helping the cause.
Faces of Prevention Pt. 5: Jeana Thurston
I started my quest to find the cause of my elevated estrogen levels by looking into the products that I was using. Everything from shampoo, conditioner, bath soap, lotion, deodorant, toothpaste, nail polish, sunscreen, skincare, and makeup had “endocrine disruptors” – ingredients that have been found to interfere with the endocrine system. I was appalled!
Faces of Prevention Pt. 3: Heather Buren
We NEVER pull up in front of a fully involved burning building and say, “Oh that looks toxic, I don’t think I’m going to fight this fire.” Not on your life! We ALWAYS choose to step into the burning building, we choose to locate, confine and extinguish the fire, while looking for and saving victims along our path. And sadly, we are learning that our actions are in fact taking our lives!
Faces of Prevention Pt. 2: Erica Heywood
Did you know that physical activity reduces your risk of breast cancer? It can also boost your immune system to help your body fight off COVID or the flu. This doesn’t have to be a one-day thing. What can you do? Regularly get active. A great way to hit your fitness goals is to join the Climb Against the Odds June 2022 team for an experience of a lifetime! Hear from our Face of Prevention: Erica Heywood
BCPP’s Faces of Prevention Pt. 1: Kimberly Comer Mulqueen
[TW: breast cancer] Imagine a world without breast cancer. One without the aftereffects of mastectomy, lumpectomy, chemo or radiation, or the loss of a loved one. By being an integral member of our BCPP family, you are helping eliminate the causes of this disease so that others won’t hear the words, “You have breast cancer.”
Meet Amy Ana: Mother, wife, fisherwoman, breast cancer survivor
The breast cancer journey leaves a permanent mark, physically and emotionally, on the breast cancer survivors and their families. Having lived through this journey, I believe with all my heart that the best way to stop breast cancer is to prevent it BEFORE it starts!
Honoring BCPP Heroine Mary Ann Castimore
“Through BCPP, I have become an advocate, and by climbing mountains I hope to be a positive influence on others facing what I and so many others face when dealing with breast cancer. “