The Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag Celebrates One Year Anniversary
Flying the Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag is one way everyone can show support for the fight against the vicious disease that affects women, men and families throughout the world.
San Diego, CA, October 07, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Men for a Cause announced that the eye-catching, 3 color Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag released one year ago, now flies at many locations around the world. The announcement coincides with Breast Cancer Awareness Month celebrated each year in October.
The flag consists of thirteen equal stripes alternating between pink, white and blue. The 13 stripes represent approximately 13 decades since William Stewart Halsted performed the first mastectomy in 1882. Seven pink stripes denote the massive numbers of women affected by breast cancer. Three blue stripes signify the men who receive breast cancer diagnoses. Three white stripes pay tribute to the many co-survivors who are also deeply affected by their loved ones personal battles.
A white rectangle called the canton displays a larger blue and pink breast cancer awareness ribbon. The larger ribbon represents Men For A Cause, United Against Breast CancerTM, supporting the men and women they love.
The ribbon is comprised of the interlaced hands of a man and of a woman, representing unity in the fight against breast cancer. The canton also displays ten small traditional pink breast cancer ribbons in a circle around the larger ribbon. The small ribbons honor the youngest known breast cancer survivor, 10 year old Hannah Powell-Auslam. The circle pattern represents the circle of life. It celebrates the lives of our loved ones who have lost their battle.
People rally behind flags because they represent shared energy, ideas and beliefs. Like the flags of all other great movements, the Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag represents a strong and unified campaign against breast cancer in women and men.
“We created the flag because pink, the color that symbolizes the fight against breast cancer, seemed to alienate some men and keep them from showing their support,” Anthony May, founder of Men for a Cause said.
Lynette Centofanti survived breast cancer and bought an Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag to help support others. “My husband is a "man’s man" and struggled to find a way to show his support of my breast cancer. The flag helps us show support in a way that is comfortable for us both,” she said.
Viewers of NFL Football this season will notice that players have incorporated quite a few pink elements, from gloves to shoes, into their uniforms. The league wants to show its support for the fight against breast cancer. In the process, the NFL may have made it a little easier for male fans to embrace the color pink.
Men usually play a supporting role in the recovery of wives and other female loved ones after a cancer diagnosis. Individuals get diagnosed with cancer but families fight and beat the crippling disease.
The National Cancer Institute estimates that nearly 210,000 women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in 2010 and approximately 40,000 will succumb to the disease. Breast cancer doesn’t infect women exclusively. An estimated 2,000 men in the U. S. will get diagnosed with the disease in 2010. Nearly 400 will die. Naturally, the much larger numbers of women who suffer from breast cancer draw most of the available resources toward helping female victims.
“Men for a Cause looks at breast cancer from a male point of view. We go through it directly or indirectly,” Breast cancer survivor Teddy Roland said.
Flying the Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag is one way everyone can show support for the fight against the vicious disease that affects women, men and families throughout the world.
Men For A Cause, United Against Breast Cancer™is the first and only nonprofit organization founded to educate, motivate and empower men in the fight against breast cancer in both women and men internationally as survivors and co-survivors. Go to http://www.menforacause.org to learn more about the organization, to lend support for its work or to donate or purchase the Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag or call 1-877-MEN4CURE
Contact: Anthony May
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The flag consists of thirteen equal stripes alternating between pink, white and blue. The 13 stripes represent approximately 13 decades since William Stewart Halsted performed the first mastectomy in 1882. Seven pink stripes denote the massive numbers of women affected by breast cancer. Three blue stripes signify the men who receive breast cancer diagnoses. Three white stripes pay tribute to the many co-survivors who are also deeply affected by their loved ones personal battles.
A white rectangle called the canton displays a larger blue and pink breast cancer awareness ribbon. The larger ribbon represents Men For A Cause, United Against Breast CancerTM, supporting the men and women they love.
The ribbon is comprised of the interlaced hands of a man and of a woman, representing unity in the fight against breast cancer. The canton also displays ten small traditional pink breast cancer ribbons in a circle around the larger ribbon. The small ribbons honor the youngest known breast cancer survivor, 10 year old Hannah Powell-Auslam. The circle pattern represents the circle of life. It celebrates the lives of our loved ones who have lost their battle.
People rally behind flags because they represent shared energy, ideas and beliefs. Like the flags of all other great movements, the Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag represents a strong and unified campaign against breast cancer in women and men.
“We created the flag because pink, the color that symbolizes the fight against breast cancer, seemed to alienate some men and keep them from showing their support,” Anthony May, founder of Men for a Cause said.
Lynette Centofanti survived breast cancer and bought an Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag to help support others. “My husband is a "man’s man" and struggled to find a way to show his support of my breast cancer. The flag helps us show support in a way that is comfortable for us both,” she said.
Viewers of NFL Football this season will notice that players have incorporated quite a few pink elements, from gloves to shoes, into their uniforms. The league wants to show its support for the fight against breast cancer. In the process, the NFL may have made it a little easier for male fans to embrace the color pink.
Men usually play a supporting role in the recovery of wives and other female loved ones after a cancer diagnosis. Individuals get diagnosed with cancer but families fight and beat the crippling disease.
The National Cancer Institute estimates that nearly 210,000 women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in 2010 and approximately 40,000 will succumb to the disease. Breast cancer doesn’t infect women exclusively. An estimated 2,000 men in the U. S. will get diagnosed with the disease in 2010. Nearly 400 will die. Naturally, the much larger numbers of women who suffer from breast cancer draw most of the available resources toward helping female victims.
“Men for a Cause looks at breast cancer from a male point of view. We go through it directly or indirectly,” Breast cancer survivor Teddy Roland said.
Flying the Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag is one way everyone can show support for the fight against the vicious disease that affects women, men and families throughout the world.
Men For A Cause, United Against Breast Cancer™is the first and only nonprofit organization founded to educate, motivate and empower men in the fight against breast cancer in both women and men internationally as survivors and co-survivors. Go to http://www.menforacause.org to learn more about the organization, to lend support for its work or to donate or purchase the Official Breast Cancer Awareness Flag or call 1-877-MEN4CURE
Contact: Anthony May
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Men For A Cause, United Against Breast Cancer
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877-MEN4CURE
www.menforacause.org
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877-MEN4CURE
www.menforacause.org
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