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Jackie — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:58:20 GMT

In order for us to have reached your household we need to hire professional fundraisers to assist us with our campaign. If you sent your monies to us directly we would receive 100% of your donation. We are not lining our pockets with anything. It cost to print materials and to generate donor list. It also cost to pay employees to make the calls.

Susan Komen is a good organization as well. Being a breast cancer survivor that has dedicated my life to assist others I appreciate the support of the Komen foundation too. Your donation will help assist another woman to get a mammogram or get the proper help she needs.

Our organization does not hide what we do or who we help. I am extremely proud of the work we have accomplished so far. We cannot compete with Komen and we do not try to our objective is to reach the hearts of those who appreciates the help that we give.

Thank you very much for your blog and we will take this to heart.

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Kathy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:36:58 GMT

I made a pledge after being called by your phone solicitors. After I received my pledge form, I checked out the Vermont Attorney General's website and discovered that only 3% of the funds raised in your name actually go to your charity. Those are numbers I find unbelievable and down-right false advertising. I thought I was giving to a valuable organization, not to line someone's pocket. I will simply go back to donating to Susan G. Kolmen Foundation.
I suggest you find a better way to raise money, one that doesn't make your donors feel like they've been robbed and lied to.

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Jackie — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:42:02 GMT

This interesting.

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Jackie — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:06:32 GMT

It is unfortunate for you to feel this way. In hiring a professional fundraiser we would not have met you. The Cancer Society has a similar campaign. It is necessary for us to hire professional fundraisers in order to accomplish the goals of our organization. If you want 100% of your funds to go directly to W2W then you were perfectly welcome to send them to us directly.

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Rod — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:22:38 GMT

I just responded to the telephone campaign - rec'd the call 7 Jun. When I read the back of the pledge "card," I was very surprised and disappointed when I read that a significant amount of the proceeds would be used to pay the professional fund raising company. If I had known that prior to agreeing to contribute. There is not much sense, especially business sense, to enter into a contract like that. My money will go to the Cancer Society from now on, please do not call again.

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Keandra — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:42:33 GMT

At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago
findings of a new chemotherapy drug made from a sea sponge that extended the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer by about 2.5 months was presented. This drug, called ERIBULIN, "targets the . . . mechanisms by which the cells divide, which is different from previous agents."
This is a big step from other treatments such as chemo and radiation. What do you think?
Link to article: http://health.msn.com/health-topics/breast-cancer/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100260034

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Mary — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:09:21 GMT

I was recently diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and my doctor told me that hormone replacement therapy did NOT cause breast cancer; however, if you have breast cancer, continuing hormone replacement therapy will contribute to the cancer because some breast cancers have a positive correlation with estrogen. For example, mine is 85% positive for estrogen. Therefore, it's important to get off HRT IF you have certain types of breast cancer even though the HRT did not cause the cancer. Nobody really knows what causes this cancer, but some factors to consider might be pollution and toxins in food. The truth is that medical science just doesn't know the answer to this question yet, but someday it will.

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Jackie — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:24:31 GMT

Kim,
It's interesting you should ask this question. We were having this conversation and we plan on doing research to find out if there is a correlation to breast and abortions. In reference to hormone replacement therapy I will have one our doctors respond to this. I could give you my opinion but I rather you have the correct answer.

You would think that early detection would be the way to go. The cost associated with cancer treatment and therapies is extremely expensive. (But could this be a reason to raise the age). The more it cost, the more money some makes. Your thoughts.

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Kim — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:41:39 GMT

What is w2wbcf doing to increase awareness of the increased risk of breast cancer among women who have had abortions and those who have been placed on hormone replacement therapy. I agree that the only reason anyone would recommend waiting until 50 for a mammogram is so that they do not have to pay for the early detection. Actually the cost of treatment at later stages is much more expensive and less expensive.

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caryl kravette — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:16:02 GMT

i am looking for a support group for breast cancer. I live in Fl.on the Dade county amd broward county line. thank you
Caryl