I cannot emphasize how important Breast Cancer Research is. Luckily, no one in my family has had breast cancer but I have many close family friends who have dealt with breast cancer. Let me tell you, it’s a very scary enemy. Well, cancer in general is not to be taken lightly. But Breast Cancer is even more personal. Breast Cancer is the 7th leading cause of death among women in the United States. One in every 8 women (13%) is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Both males and females can develop breast cancer.

Here are a couple things you can do to support the cause:

1. “Click to give” click daily on the pink button on The Breast Cancer Site. Advertisers will sponsor free mammograms.

2. Join The Breast Cancer Site’s Facebook fan page and once they hit 1 million friends, they will donate $100,000 to Breast Cancer Research.

3. When you’re enjoying your Yoplait yogurt, save the pink lid. For every lid Yoplait receives, Yoplait will donate 10 cents to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, up to $1.5 million this year. Send your lids in by December 31st, 2009.

And if you feel really strongly about this, contact your neighborhood communities for more way to support the cause.

For more facts and figures, visit The Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

October means, Breast Cancer Awareness month. I’ve had close family members and friend deal with cancer and I’m a proud supporter of the Susan G. Komen foundation. Recently I came across this site and apparently Mikimoto pearls donates 20% of all sales from the Everything is Possible with Hope collection to the Young Survival Coalition. Inspired by the pink ribbon, the symbol for breast cancer awareness, the online selection features earrings, pendant, necklaces and a bracelet, all with superior quality Mikimoto cultured pearls set in 18K gold. The collection ranges in price from $950 to $3,000 and can be found at JRDunn

Now if you’re not familiar with Mikimoto pearls, just think of the pearls in Sex and the City.

Yea, those gorgeous pearls are Mikimoto pearls. Mikimoto pearls is synonymous with quality, chic and classic style (even the stylist for Sex in the City thought so).

Support Breast Cancer Awareness my fashionistas! One purchase at a time (wink)