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Looking for some way to honor your mom or someone who has been like a mother to you, and also want to support research for the cure? Here are some great places to start looking. Here, you will find a range of gifts -- from a donation that honors your mom to beautiful pink jewelry.
Komen has two cards to choose from this year, one for Everything and one for the Promise. One verse reads: "Every Day Brings Promise. Thank you for making my world brighter and more loving. Happy Mother's Day. A generous donation has been made in your name to Susan G. Komen for the Cure."
A minimum donation of $10 per card is suggested. If imprinting is desired, please place your order no later than Friday, April 25, 2008, in order to assure delivery by Mother's Day, May 11. Mother's Day tribute cards are tax-deductible.
This Mother’s Day, help raise funds for the Florida Suncoast Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. This gorgeous pendant is created with Swarovski rose pearls intertwined with delicate pink Swarovski crystals, in a nest of 14-carat gold-filled wire. Each pendant is a handmade one-of-a-kind piece of "Wearable Art." These pendants are made in Florida by All Wired Up Jewelry. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this pendant will be donated to support the Florida Suncoast Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
The Rose Pearl and Crystal Breast Cancer Infinity Pendant is listed at $70.
Lucky Charms has a variety of jewelry designs for breast cancer support and awareness. Their Pink Hamsa Bracelet (see photo) and the Sister's Guardian Bracelet feature healing and protective charms for the recipient of your choice. Charms are: hamsa, evil eye, Kaballah, and pink hearts.
Bracelets are on sale for $24.99 each. Lucky Charms will donate a portion of the sales to various nonprofit Breast Cancer Organizations such as Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the American Breast Cancer Society.
Marks & Spencer has designed a new line of attractive post-surgery lingerie and swimwear in conjunction with members of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Campaigns & Advocacy Network (Breakthrough CAN). M&S swimwear has been designed with comfort, security, and figure-slimming details.
Order post-surgery swimwear online at Marks & Spencer, and they will kindly donate 10% of the sale to Breakthrough Breast Cancer U. K. Suits may cost about £30.00 ($59.48)
Does your Mom collect beautiful Asian figurines? Send her a pink, black, lavender or white Good Luck Cat figurine from Japan. Each cat has custom calligraphy on it -- the white cat has one reading "good health," the black cat bears one reading "protection from evil," and the lavender cat is decorated with a sticker for "personal luck." The pink cat cat is decorated with a sticker for "love."
Each cat costs $6.95. The Breast Cancer Site will fund 1%of a mammogram for each Good Omen Cat Figurine which is purchased.
These beautiful glass lampwork bead bracelets are handmade by a breast cancer survivor. Each bracelet is made with the care and good taste that you would find in a tasty petit-four! Although these bracelets look delicate, they are strong and enduring, like the women you want to honor.
Each bracelet is $94.95, and a portion of the profits go to breast cancer organizations in America and Canada. Beads for A Cure is based in Canada.
Pamper mum with lavender seeds, a set of candles, books, a mug, a charm bracelet, or designer clothing, from Breast Cancer Care in the U.K. Seven payment options can help you honor your mum and support for breast cancer patients all over the United Kingdom.
Items range in price from £1.00 ($1.98) to £16.00 ($31.72).
Moms will be sure to see something they like in the range of items at the Pink Ribbon Shop. Books, jewelry, clothing, umbrellas, and a collection of accessories for women are available. Men are not forgotten either, with shirts, socks, and ties bearing the pink ribbon.
Here's what they state: "A portion of every Pink Ribbon Shop sale will be donated to cancer organizations to work toward finding a cure, assisting cancer patients and education to reduce cancer deaths."
Make a tax-deductible donation to honor or remember your mom at the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation. One hundred percent of your donations go directly to support the mission and goals of the Foundation. Donations may be made by U.S. and Canadian citizens. Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is infiltrating ductal cancer (and
rarely infiltrating lobular cancer) that has invaded into the lymph vessels of the skin. It is an advanced, aggressive form of cancer, and may not be detectable by a mammogram or an ultrasound.
Give mom the gift of a donation to the American Cancer Society, by donating money, a car, or securities. You can also take advantage of matching gifts or leave a legacy. The ACS helps patients and family members who are fighting cancer with research, patient information services, community volunteer programs, and advocacy and public policy.
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