Pass the Pink Penguin(s)! Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I was inspired to post this after reading Emila Yusof's blog on Breast Cancer awareness. She was kind enough to let me put her lovely "pass the pink penguin" graphic here. I have dear friends who had moms (also dear friends) pass away from breast cancer, and the "pass it on" badge I created (below Emila's) is a tribute to mothers, daughters, and families who have been affected by this disease.

**Update** Here also are a couple of new pass it on badges that other blogger friends created.

Eslina of Ocean and Me, made this:


And Zari of justZHM created this one:


There is lots of information and tips available about breast cancer:
- Examining your breasts is an important way to find a breast cancer early, when it's most likely to be cured. See the following site on Breast Self Exams.

- Know the risks and how to prevent the disease. Detailed information about how to understand these risks (including genetics, environmental factors, etc.) is available on the Breastcancer.org website

- The site also gives information about Nutrition and Breast Cancer. Research findings suggest that physical activity, a healthy diet (particularly one low in fat and high in vegetables and fiber), and a healthy weight can help reduce the risk of breast cancer or the cancer coming back.

- Did you know that men can get breast cancer, too? Please read the Breastcancer.lifetips.com article on statistics, risk factors, treatment options, and why male breast cancer should NOT be taken lightly.

- Do your part in helping raise awareness on breast cancer!

Here's how you can help:
1. Spread the word. Announce the event on your blog. You could write a blog post (like this), or a little note about it. Whatever you choose to do, just go ahead and tell your readers about it.

2. Go pink. Modify your theme if you know how to, or get yourself a pretty pink theme. If you run a website, turn your website pink. But if you don’t like pink, you could still participate by putting up a badge on your sidebar.

3. Design badges and banners. Design a couple of “Pink for October” badges or banners for other participants to use (for free) and to publicize the event. Some of the existing badges and banners can be downloaded from the Official Pink for October Site.

4. Design blog themes. There are a lot of bloggers (me included) who can’t even do simple designing, so if you are good at it, perhaps you could design and release a few pink themes? So, I am hoping that whoever happens to read my post, please do something to spread the awareness. It only takes a moment of our time.

If you like to take part in this awareness, you can copy paste these instructions and come up with 5 tips to avoid breast cancer. Feel free to save or copy my Pink Penguins to your post.

Thank you!