Pinktober Revolution
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Blessings, a friend of mine who eventually died from cancer, truly loved all the pink paraphernalia. As uncomfortable as I am with all of that (to put in mildly), it did make me realize that people look at things in different ways. When people gave her pink things, she wasn't thinking about where the money was going, only that people were thinking of her and caring about her, and if that helped her cope, well, that is good (I, myself, would rather that they bring me a hot dish!!).
As far as Komen etc. goes, until recently, they have had an awfully good PR campaign going, and still, if you hadn't been paying attention, it would be easy to be sucked in and think you were contributing to a reputable group. I think many people really do want to help, which why it would be good to have a list of alternatives for people give money and/or volunteer time where it will actually do some good. The one 'event' I do each year is a walk/run sponsored by a local business. 100% percent of the money raised goes to a local organization that provides free pap smears & mammograms to local low income women (notice I used the word 'local' three times). I will dress up in a pink tee shirt for that without complaint if I have to.0 -
Thanks fredtan can't wait , Should be very interesting!
Ruth after researching the TETWP organization, I was impressed that the monies stay local. They provide their organizational expertise, Namebrand, and the rodeo etc. In the planning process the very first thing the folks from TETWP want to know is where the home group organizers want to send the money. But they are basically in the western community. Ruth not suggesting that you donate to TETWP. Just an example of how to have a big fling with the money staying in the community. Maybe your local people don't know about TETWP. Your in ND, I'm sure you have a few cowpokes your way?LOL
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Ha (I would put a laughing face in, but it seems as if they have removed the emotions icon....which makes me want to put a sad icon in), more in the western part of the state. Yes, I think anything local is the way to go so that you KNOW the money is being spent on people. As far a national organizations go, we know the good BCO does, and I would check out StandUp2 Cancer; as they focus on research, research, research (although I need to research them myself to be sure that is where the money goes).0 -
Ruth, if you'd like to do su2c research i'll give it to you. I was going to do it awhile ago, but Choas came for a visit. I never got it done. You can have it if you want
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As a general note on the research. I'm not suggesting money not be given to BCO. I think it's great. It's in my list of charities I give too.
The researching of organizations based on the BCA questions allows us here on BCO to know how an organization is spending the money they receive towards.0 -
sas, I will check them out, but not this weekend because I have another BCO 'assignment'....I 'have to' read a book and report back to the Book Lovers thread! (smiley face would be inserted here).0 -
I am sick to my stomach I don't know how, or if I should respond. Some help here, please?
I was just at my favorite dog forum. Somebody put piggy tails in her dogs hair and had them sprayed pink for bc awareness month. All the girl dogs wear pink, Spookie too. But this picture was like a kick in the gut.
In my sight line I have think before you pink.0 -
a dog forum on BCO?0 -
I am stunned - the newspaper is full of pink including a pink cupcake on the funeral directors ad asking to come and pre plan.0 -
I posted on the Be Bald, Be Brave FB page and am so appalled by their response. I would cut and paste response but am limited on my iPad. Wonder how long before they delete me too?0 -
Would someone post the link to the Be Bold Be Brave Page Please
Spookie hope your recovered from the bad dog hair day Sassy0 -
Granny.....I'm totally with you.....I'm tired of all the "pink stuff".....I'm tired of large corporations taking advantage of the "pink ribbon" and the CEO's lining their pockets. We don't need pink October to be aware, we are all aware!!!!!! Let us find a cure and let us donate our money to "honorable research foundations".....PS.....my money still goes here to BC.Org where I've found the most amazing women and support from them as well as our wonderful mods.0 -
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Truth be told. I stopped doing the analysis of organizations b/c I got lonely. It was allot of work and I didn't have anyone to talk stuff over with that was interested
Choas was a visitor and has never left. He's put my toilet on the pool deck. Nasty fellow.0 -
Thanks, Veggy 0
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Wow a pink ribbon on a funeral director's ad for pre-planning your funeral...that has to be the tackiest thing ever. Maybe they give a breast cancer discount? Buy one coffin, get one free...share with a friend. I swear sometimes people have absolutely no sense at all.0 -
no Ruth. Not here. It's Spoiled Maltese forum.0 -
OK, first of all, at the risk of sounding ignorant, what is TETWP? Second, there is an organization called Pink Ribbon Riders that is active in 7 states. They meet the criteria and give women $500 gift cards to be used for whatever they need. You can do it once a year for 2 years. The ladies that started it are local and are amazing young women. Third, I know a BC "survivor" that leads a support group and is always in pink, wearing a pin, etc. We've touched briefly on the subject but have not sat down and had a long talk about it. I know she feels strongly about being a survivor, and doesn't agree with all of what is going on out there, but is still firmly on the Komen team. I think that we need to be mindful of our approach to other survivors, or as I consider myself, cancer existers, that while they may be being mislead, they too have the disease and all the hardship that comes with it, and have fallen prey to the system besides. Like anything else in life, you can only make people aware of things, you can't make them change their minds; that's something they have to come to terms with on their own. And like religion, politics, parenting, and any other divisive subject, there will always be two sides and we need to acknowledge that others may not be like-minded. Other BC patients that do not believe as we do are not the enemy, they are sisters in this journey and need to be educated with facts and kindness. And in the end, they, like us, will make a (hopefully) an educated choice whether to join our ranks. Until then, well keep on preachin' it!0 -
Anyone can do all the research they want
It still comes down to where is all the $$$$$$
Find a damn cure/vaccine..
Don't we owe anything to BCO?0 -
http://nationalnobraday.webs.com/
I sent them a nasty gram. How in the hell does not wearing a bra oct whatever help ????0 -
What is the goal of Stand Up To Cancer?
Simply put, the goal is to raise money to fund the most promising cancer research projects and unite the best scientists who are on the verge of critical discoveries that can provide direct patient benefit in the shortest time possible.
How will donations to Stand Up To Cancer be used?- Seventy percent of SU2C donations directly fund the best and brightest investigators from leading institutions across the country and internationally to work in collaborative, multidisciplinary "Dream Teams." These teams pursue the most promising research, accelerating the discovery of new therapies for cancer patients and/or advancing efforts in cancer prevention research. With sufficient resources to conduct intense, goal-directed, team-oriented approaches to a cancer problem, these teams can be successful. The more funds raised, the more Dream Teams that can be funded.
- Twenty percent of SU2C donations directly fund innovative, high-risk, high-reward innovative cancer research proposals that often are not supported by conventional funding sources, but have the potential to improve the lives of cancer patients. The hope is that ideas for new Dream Teams will emerge from these novel projects.
- Ten percent of SU2C donations are invested in the SU2C reserve to continue its mission of funding cutting-edge research and bringing effective new treatments to cancer patients in the shortest time possible.
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From Stand Up to Cancer website:
The SU2C Funding Model
We are at a pivotal moment in time, when scientists believe they have—at last—both the knowledge and the technology to make critical breakthroughs in the fight against cancer.
To facilitate these breakthroughs, two key ingredients are needed:
New ways for researchers at different institutions to work together.
Additional funding for that collaboration.
That’s what Stand Up To Cancer is designed to bring about: a unified effort among all scientists and clinicians against a common foe – cancer.
SU2C and the scientists whose work we support have a laser-like focus on developments that can be moved quickly from the lab to the clinic, where they can be used to save patients’ lives. This part of the cancer research spectrum is called translational research, and SU2C utilizes a team approach on just such projects. Data is shared across institutions, and scientists long accustomed to competing are encouraged to work together, across disciplines and across Institutions.
Collaborative, multidisciplinary scientific Dream Teams are the cornerstone of SU2C’s mission to deliver treatments to patients faster. SU2C currently funds 10 dream teams and 1 International Translational Research Team spanning 92 institutions. Meet the Dream Teams.
Since December of 2009 SU2C has also awarded smaller high-risk, high-reward Innovative Research Grants to another 26 scientists. Learn more about Innovative Research Grants.
SU2C’s Scientific Review Committee is committed to finding projects that have a strong potential for breakthrough in a small amount of time. Read more about SU2C’s Research Model.
Where The Money Goes
At Stand Up To Cancer, we pride ourselves on financial transparency. Our mission is to fund collaborative, translational cancer research to bring treatments from the bench to the bedside faster, and save lives now.
Since Stand Up To Cancer was founded in May 2008, we have granted $161 Million Dollars to ten Dream Teams of scientists and researchers, one international translational research team and 26 high-risk, high-reward Innovative Research Grants.
100% of public funds go directly into research grants. A portion of the funds that are raised from major donations and third-party fundraising go towards administrative expenses and overhead.
Learn more about The SU2C Funding Model.0 -
Sorry for all the editing marks....when I go to 'edit post' they don't show up, when I submit the article, they do. Must be the 'upgrades' BCO did this weekend....I'd put a frowning face but the emotions bar is gone!0 -
Hats off to U Ruth.
Great info.0 -
I'm confused. With all these organizations (not just SU2C) how much goes to promotions and "overhead"? That's not usually mentioned. Even if I want to believe the administrators are working for free, which I'll bet they're not, what about all the typical incidentals? It seems that's the part they leave out of the equation, it should be a small amount but I don't think its nothing.0 -
promotions and overhead.hmmmmm
and no one takes a salary..everyone is a volunteer?0 -
SU2C Logo
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is a charitable program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) established by media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders who have been affected by cancer. SU2C aims to raise significant funds for translational cancer research through online and televised efforts.
The SU2C leadership team includes news anchor Katie Couric; the Entertainment Industry Foundation, represented by Board of Directors Chairperson Sherry Lansing and CEO Lisa Paulsen; Laura Ziskin; the Noreen Fraser Foundation and its executives Noreen Fraser, Woody Fraser, Rusty Robertson and Sue Schwartz; and nonprofit executive Ellen Ziffren.0 -
Katie Couric
Co-Founder & SU2C Council of Founders and Advisors (CFA)
Katie Couric, an ABC News Special Correspondent and host of the syndicated daytime talk show Katie, is also well-known as an advocate in the fight against cancer. Spurred by the 1998 death of her husband, Jay Monahan, Katie co-founded the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) with the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) in 2000. The televised broadcast of Katie’s colonoscopy led to a 20 percent rise in these procedures, which researchers dubbed “The Couric Effect.” From 2003 to 2007, the death rate from colorectal cancer dropped by about 3% per year, and half of that decrease can be attributed to more people getting screened. Fundraising efforts led by Katie in the fight against colon cancer have generated more than $36 million to date. Scientists conducting cutting-edge research have made significant advances because of NCCRA grants, and some of these funds helped launch the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, a world-class, multidisciplinary cancer and wellness facility. Katie also worked with the University of Virginia to establish the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, named for her sister, who died of pancreatic cancer.0 -
Noreen Fraser
Co-Founder
Noreen Fraser is the President and CEO of the Noreen Fraser Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding groundbreaking women’s cancer research and raising awareness of the importance of early detection. Noreen is a Stage IV breast cancer survivor who turned her personal experience into a crusade to help others by creating her own organization and co-creating Stand Up To Cancer, as well as co-producing its first “roadblock” televised fundraising special. Noreen has produced award-winning programs, including Entertainment Tonight, ABC’s Home Show and The Richard Simmons Show. Her foundation’s Men for Women Now initiative features comedians and comedy to create awareness about early detection. Noreen’s latest project is a collaboration with Hollywood’s industry newspaper, Variety. Variety’s Annual Power of Comedy brings together A-list comedians for a night of stand-up comedy, which highlights the healing power of laughter.0 -
The Late Laura Ziskin
Co-Founder
Laura Ziskin, a legendary film producer who passed away from breast cancer in June 2011 after living courageously with the disease for seven years, was also a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer. As a person living with cancer, Laura played a key role in shaping SU2C’s patient-centric vision. Additionally, she executive produced the landmark 2008 and 2010 Stand Up To Cancer fundraising broadcasts, and created numerous public awareness spots for SU2C. Film credits from her trail-blazing 35-year career include “What About Bob?”, “The Doctor”, “No Way Out”, “Pretty Woman”, “To Die For” and “As Good As It Gets”. As the founding President of Fox 2000, she shepherded such films as “The Thin Red Line”, “Fight Club”, “Soul Food”, and “Courage Under Fire”. In 2002, Laura became the first woman to solo executive produce the Academy Awards. She held that position again in 2007, producing the first-ever “Green” Oscars ceremony. She also produced three Spider-Man features, the last of which became the highest-grossing film in Sony’s history. At the time of her death, she was at work on a fourth, “The Amazing Spider-Man”. Laura was awarded The Producers Guild of America’s 2011 Visionary Award for her work as a film producer and her humanitarian efforts in the fight against cancer.0
