Status: U Return-Path: Received: from noehlo.host ([127.0.0.1]) by mx-pigeons.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1kL7p27MF3Nl34g0; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:30:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wsmarth-ovenbird.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.247]) by mx-pigeons.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 1kL7p12E33Nl34g1 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:30:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from domrl-brush.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.231.198]) by wsmarth-ovenbird.pas.sa.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #4) id 1Kl7P1-00050O-00 for merileek@earthlink.net; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:30:28 -0700 X-ELNK-Loop: merileek@kerncommunications.com Received: from dukecmmtar02.coxmail.com ([68.99.120.49]) by domrl-brush.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 1kL7oM2gh3Nl5vE0 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:30:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from merilee07cf8a9 ([68.15.13.44]) by dukecmmtar02.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.06.05 201-2131-130-106-20070212) with SMTP id <20081001193012.UZQP22442.dukecmmtar02.coxmail.com@merilee07cf8a9> for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:30:12 -0400 Message-ID: <3E7EDFD54C7E48CC9F2888A981834B9C@merilee07cf8a9> Reply-To: "Merilee:::Kern Communications" From: "Merilee:::Kern Communications" To: Subject: LA Times Health Blog Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:30:11 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0AA4_01C923C1.72A55D30" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-ELNK-AV: 0 X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=010; This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0AA4_01C923C1.72A55D30 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0AA5_01C923C1.72A55D30" ------=_NextPart_001_0AA5_01C923C1.72A55D30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2008/09/tired-of-thinki.htm= l -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Health=20 Tired of thinking pink? Skip to the green 9:00 AM, September 30, 2008 Note to the socially conscious: Don't forget to clip the $2 coupon for = ReNu contact lens solution -- the company will donate $1 of the purchase = to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.=20 And come manicure time, you might as well use OPI Pink of Hearts polish, = which calls attention to the company's commitment to Komen and, by = extension, yours as well.=20 Then there's the matter of shoes. Who doesn't need comfortable shoes? = Especially if they also send a message of hope for a better world ... = Easy Spirit's Travelcure shoes (pink of course) are there for you, = commemorating the company's donation to the Breast Cancer Research = Foundation.=20 And truly, another T-shirt is always useful. You could just as well = order from the Ford Warriors in Pink collection or from the limited = edition "Army Wives" line, for which 100% of the net proceeds go to = Komen. You could even show it all off at a Cook for the Cure fund-raising party = -- featuring pink Kitchen Aid products. And everyone needs to stock up on batteries, paper towels and wipes. = Energizer supports breast cancer patients, survivors and caregivers with = a mobile spa after all. And Viva paper towels and Huggies baby wipes = have their own donations and plans. Vitamins? Good Elements is in on the = breast-cancer-research-and-awareness act this month too. Have a need (in = a "why not?" kind of way) for a pink portable speaker case? HMDX = Audio's is donating $1 from each sale to the Breast Cancer Research = Foundation.=20 Heck, pick up a lock while you're at it. Master Lock is offering a pink = padlock to raise awareness of breast cancer and its donation to = research.=20 Toss in some mints and snacks and lip balm and candles and paper and = stuffed animals and cooking products and ...=20 October hasn't even arrived and already there's enough pink on store = shelves to thrill a 5-year-old in full princess mode and a shopper = desperate for an excuse to feel good about his or her purchases. Buy all you want. Make every consumer product scream your commitment to = breast cancer awareness and research. But if you truly want to help find = better treatments, read the fine print. Some companies do explain just = how much of your cash goes to support the cause and in what form. = Bloomingdale's, for example, says in its ads that $5 of that $16 = special-edition umbrella is going to the Breast Cancer Research = Foundation. But some companies cap the amount of their ultimate donation. Some make = the offer only during October. (The product may still work, but the = color is no longer valid.) Some call attention to a specific donation = they've already made. And some are downright vague: "donates a portion = of the proceeds from each sale to the fight against breast cancer." A = portion is in the eye of the donor. A few companies simply color their product or its label pink, hoping = consumers will be naive enough to assume their money is going to a = white-coated researcher toiling away in a lab.=20 Don't have the time or energy to ensure your money is going where you = want it to go? Tired of buying products you don't need? Just don't like = pink?=20 Cut to the chase and donate directly -- and spend the rest of October = guilt-free. American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Research Foundation National Breast Cancer Foundation Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation For more on the sometimes confusing world of breast cancer awareness and = product tie-ins, there's this: Blushing for a cause. Ultimately, you may even save money by shelling out cash up front. = Although the appeal of a pink padlock is hard to deny. -- Tami Dennis=20 ------=_NextPart_001_0AA5_01C923C1.72A55D30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Tired of thinking pink? Skip to the green

9:00 AM, September 30, = 2008

Note to the socially conscious: Don't forget to clip the $2 coupon = for ReNu=20 contact lens solution -- the company will donate $1 of the purchase to = Susan G.=20 Komen for the Cure.

And come manicure time, you might as well use OPI Pink of Hearts = polish, which=20 calls attention to the company's commitment to Komen and, by extension, = yours as=20 well.

Then there's the matter of shoes. Who doesn't need comfortable shoes? = Especially if they also send a message of hope for a better world ... Easy=20 Spirit's Travelcure shoes (pink of course) are there for you, = commemorating=20 the company's donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

And truly, another T-shirt is always useful. You could just as well = order=20 from the Ford = Warriors in=20 Pink collection or from the limited edition "Army Wives" line, for = which=20 100% of the net proceeds go to Komen.

You could even show it all off at a Cook for = the Cure=20 fund-raising party -- featuring pink Kitchen Aid products.

And everyone needs to stock up on batteries, paper towels and wipes. = Energizer = supports=20 breast cancer patients, survivors and caregivers with a mobile spa after = all.=20 And Viva=20 paper towels and Huggies=20 baby wipes have their own donations and plans. Vitamins? Good = Elements is in on the=20 breast-cancer-research-and-awareness act this month too. = Have a=20 need (in a "why not?" kind of way) for a pink portable speaker = case?  HMDX = Audio's=20 is donating $1 from each sale to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. =

Heck, pick up a lock while you're at it. Master=20 Lock is offering a pink padlock to raise awareness of breast cancer = and its=20 donation to research.

Toss in some mints and snacks and lip balm and candles and paper and = stuffed=20 animals and cooking products and ...

October hasn't even arrived and already there's enough pink on store = shelves=20 to thrill a 5-year-old in full princess mode and a shopper desperate for = an=20 excuse to feel good about his or her purchases.

Buy all you want. Make every consumer product scream your commitment = to=20 breast cancer awareness and research. But if you truly want to help find = better=20 treatments, read the fine print. Some companies do explain just how much = of your=20 cash goes to support the cause and in what form. Bloomingdale's,= =20 for example, says in its ads that $5 of that $16 special-edition = umbrella is=20 going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

But some companies cap the amount of their ultimate donation. Some = make the=20 offer only during October. (The product may still work, but the color is = no=20 longer valid.) Some call attention to a specific donation they've = already made.=20 And some are downright vague: "donates a portion of the proceeds from = each sale=20 to the fight against breast cancer." A portion is in the eye of the = donor.

A few companies simply color their product or its label pink, hoping=20 consumers will be naive enough to assume their money is going to a = white-coated=20 researcher toiling away in a lab.

Don't have the time or energy to ensure your money is going where you = want it=20 to go? Tired of buying products you don't need? Just don't like pink? =

Cut to the chase and donate directly -- and spend the rest of October = guilt-free.

American=20 Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Research = Foundation

National Breast = Cancer=20 Foundation

Susan G. Komen = Breast Cancer=20 Foundation

For more on the sometimes confusing world of breast cancer awareness = and=20 product tie-ins, there's this: Blushi= ng for a=20 cause.

Ultimately, you may even save money by shelling out cash up front. = Although=20 the appeal of a pink padlock is hard to deny.

-- Tami Dennis

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