P&G’s Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign #PGBestDefense

Disclosure:  This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/P&G in which I was compensated for my time in exchange for sharing this information and my opinion.

Did you know that one in eight women will get breast cancer in her lifetime?  Those are odds that I would like for a contest but not for cancer.  If I think about all the women I am friends with or related to, that is not good odds for us.  Then there is the fact that breast cancer rates are lower among non-Caucasian women, but death rates are higher among African America and Latina women. Or that every hour and a half a Latina woman dies of breast cancer in the United States.

Early detection is the best defense against breast cancer and the earlier the cancer is detected, the higher the survival rate.  When detected during the early (localized) stage, the five year survival rate is 98 percent, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Well this year, the P&G Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign has partnered with The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to not only educate women about early detection but also educate the men in their lives.  Men should encourage the women in their lives to do regular self checks and create an early detection plan.  Its amazing how something so simple as a breast self-check can get forgotten about, I mean as women we tend to worry about everyone else before our own health.

This year the  P&G Breast Cancer Awareness campaign will help save lives by making a $500,000 donation to The National Breast Cancer Foundation.  Since 2008, P& G has donated more than $2.1 million to the NBCF to help save lives through early detection awareness and education.  More than 80 percent of all donations go to the programs that benefit women.

VISIT:  You can read inspiring stories from P&G employees on moments made possible in their lives due to early detection and also download the NBCF’s Early Detection Plan App, available throughout the month of October.

You can also check out P&G Twitter Party on October 22nd with special guest @CoreyWootton about the importance of creating an early detection plan, and rallying the women in your life to do the same!

• When: Thursday, October 22 at 3pm ET
• Follow: @PGeveryday and @CoreyWootton
• RSVP: http://bit.ly/PGbcaRSVP
• Hashtag: #PGBestDefense

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