Keep A Breast wishes each and every one of you a happy holiday season.
2008 has been an amazing year for Keep A Breast. We have grown so much thanks to all of you who have supported us, come out to see us on tour, and at all our events and shows, and thanks to all the Bands, Derby girls, volunteer’s and artists that have also given their time and love to KAB this year.
This year we celebrated our 8th birthday, and we officially launched KAB Canada and KAB Europe.
Our grass roots traveling education booth visited more than 200 cities! go Erica! go Claire! We passed out more than 100,000 breast self exam cards. KAB is totally passionate about your health, in 2009 we are committed to getting you the best, most up to date, information and tools to help you learn how to prevent breast cancer and live a healthy life free from toxic chemicals.
Special thanks goes out to our sponsors, please support them: Alternative Press magazine, The Vans Warped Tour, Unite the United, Spencer’s, Emergen-C, Zumiez, The Quiksilver Foundation, Roxy Europe, Fox, Foam magazine, Pereira & O’Dell, Pony, Social Vibe, B-Ware clothing, Killbrand clothing, Lifetime Collective, ASEC, ASR, Transworld SURF, The Glue Network, DORK sunglasses, Erin Caruso, SZPR, Loserkids, tech color craft, percision litho and mojo pages.
This October Yahoo’s Purple Pedals bike stopped by our exhibition for the Shot in The Pit and learned about what inspires Shaney Jo – KAB founder, our SITP photographer Erin Caruso and a legendary musician Tommy Guerrero.
Tommy GGuerrero, legendary skateboarder and musician,played our benefit show in San Fransisco this October and had time to sit with Yahoo and tell everyone what inspires him.
Rob Hitt loves boobies! Well, wait a second. That’s not a a very appropriate statement to make. I Surrender Records loves boobies! (Much better.) They also love attacking people on the street and making them do totally on-the-spot interviews. They recently ambushed Erica from Keep A Breast to talk about all sorts of things and you can check out more about I Surrender here!
SocialVibe members are trying to raise $1,250 dollars for Keep A Breast! The money raised will pay for 5,000 Breast Self Exam Shower Cards that will educate young women on the importance of cancer prevention. When the goal is reached, the member who actively earned the most points for KAB during the goal period will win a signed photo of the Gym Class Heroes from Vans Warped tour, along with a KAB tee of your choice A pair of Dork Sunglasses and a Breast Friends Necklace… and of course Shower Cards! Just click this link and get started!!
About Social Vibe: Social Vibe believes that empowering people to leverage their influence online can create positive impact for themselves, their brands, and their communities. Our site allows you to Get Sponsored by your favorite brands on your social profiles while earning points for the reward of your choice. We believe that making a real difference is possible without making a real difference to your bank account. So we’ve built just the tool to allow you to earn the donation instead of giving one. The tool is called The Badge and we know it has the power to make real world change, for you or for others.
Don’t you just love walking? How about walking 20 miles in one day? How about doing it the again the very next day? And the next? Well now that my nasty blisters have healed I’m ready to fill you in on my 60 mile 3-day walk (which took place this past November 21-23, 2008). My Team this year was called the Wild Wild Breasts.
This happens to be my 3rd year participating in the Susan G. Komen 3 day walk and I do it for several reasons but my # 1 reason is that Susan G. Komen for the Cure uses the money raised from this walk to fund critical breast cancer research. Being diagnosed at 27 years old I had to endure a lot of medicine. I truly believe I am alive because of drugs made possible by this funding. Not to mention this walk is a blast. Seriously! Getting a round of applause to cross the street. A girl could really get used to that.
We started the walk Friday morning at Del Mar Fairgrounds and walked up Torrey Pines. I must mention that the San Jose Police Department volunteer their time each year to escort us all 60 miles. We supplied them with I HEART BOOBIES stickers and they were especially nice to us. Did they invite us to an after-party at their hotel? No, that must have been someone else!
Saturday started out foggy and chilly, but that didn’t slow us down. We walked through Pacific Beach and along Sunset Cliffs. What is up with the hills?
By Sunday morning I had to remind myself why I was walking. In the U.S. one woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes and every thirteen minutes one woman dies from breast cancer. That helped me put things into perspective and tape up my blisters and tie up my tennis shoes. The Juan Street Hill in Old Town was a challenge but by the time I reached closing ceremonies at Petco Park I had put that behind me. It was time to celebrate. I had the special honor of raising the last flag at the closing ceremonies that represents A WORLD WITHOUT BREAST CANCER. I believe this will happen in our lifetime so lets move forward together. Get out and be an advocate.
Miss Nixon
KAB Young Survivor Advocate
Photos courtesy of Francine O Gonzalez And Scott Burns of ScottBurnsPhotography.com
A big huge CONGRATS goes out to our founder Shaney Jo Darden for winning 2009’s Woman To Watch for the San Diego Metropolitan. The Metropolitan gave these awards for individuals who would be making news in 2009 and improving lives. Shaney Jo was awarded for her unique “approach to making high school students aware of breast cancer’s dangers and what they can do to prevent and detect the disease.”
O Helloooo!!! My name is Courtney Rose and I am a friend of Keep A Breast. This October i was selling the “I <3 boobies” bracelets at my high school, Hanford High. I never thought that breast cancer awareness could come in such an eye catching and cute way that would appeal to all teenagers at my school. I received my first bracelet form my mom, and I thought that this would be a great way to help in spread the word to teens like myself about needing to check themselves for breast cancer. I started off with ten bracelets to sell at my school, and Oooo boy was I in for a surprise!!! I had NO IDEA the hit they would become! I sold out of the 10 bracelets in my first period class. It was so crazy how many people came up to me boys and girls that whole day asking for the bracelets and how many random text messages I was getting from people that I did not even know saying they wanted “I <3 boobies” bracelets. I was overwhelmed with the demand in the bracelets. I got a hundred more to sell at my school and sure enough by my third period the next day I had sold out again!! Since then I have sold over 200 bracelets to teenage kids at my school. Many girls did not even know that they should be checking themselves once a month already and just thought it was something that they needed to do when they were older; however, with KAB they were informed by the detailed pamphlets on why and how they need to do it. The boys did not even have a single clue that them too needed to check themselves because it is possible that they can also get breast cancer. My anatomy teacher at my high school even wanted to know about KAB and bought a bracelet and has the pamphlet on how to check yourself for breast cancer on his wall in his classroom, he thought it was a great way of spreading the word about breast cancer awareness. The matter of teens needing to be self aware for checking themselves for breast cancer has been spread around my school and my town and it’s hard to look around on my school campus and not see someone wearing an “I <3 boobies” bracelet. This fact is personally self fulfilling knowing that I made an impact on my peers and was able to aware them of breast cancer and the proper way in checking themselves. I encourage all teens to take part in this fabulous organization it could change peoples lives. Below are pictures of teens at my school and their “I <3 boobies” bracelets.
Love, Courtney Rose
Special Thanks to Spencers for donating the bracelets to KAB. To find out more about Spencers sponsored I Love Boobies bracelets click here. or buy them on our website here.
Thank you to everyone who came out and made the Keep A Breast Hawaii event a huge success. Special thanks to the artists for donating their time and talents to paint the casts.
Word on the beach is this was the party of the winter up here on the North Shore. The bands rocked it and DJ Eskae held down the dancefloor as usual. Shouts to Pocket Full Of Monsters and The Ground Up Pirates who painted the massive 8′x12′ wall LIVE! Also thanks to Vitamin Water and Emergen-C for keeping the people hydrated. Most importantly, we were able to raise $2,000, not including sales of the breast casts, for The Rell Sunn Education Fund and Keep A Breast.
We are proud to be working with Wyland Galleries in Haleiwa, HI as the official seller of the K.A.B. Hawaii breast casts. Proceeds will go to The Rell Sunn Education Fund and Keep A Breast. The casts are now on display and available for sale at:
Wyland Galleries
66-250 Kamehameha Hwy # H
Haleiwa, HI 96712
808.637.7498.
Last night was the closing party for the Shot In The Pit traveling exhibition presented by Unite the United and Fox. It has been an amazing two months traveling around from coast to coast, showing these photographs and breast casts. I have worked with and met some of the most wonderful people and I am so thankful for all the hard work everyone has done to help make each and every show a success.
Last night we were stoked to have the show at the Fox HQ in Irvine, CA. The Feelings Mutual , DJ Nathanetics and Halos entertained us all night. The bands were amazing and DJ Nathanetics kept us on our toes all night long. The exhibition looked fabulous and many people were able to come check out the KAB traveling education booth and pick up their very own t-shirt, wristband & guitar pic necklace to show their support.
We have one more day of the auction and everything is going really well with it.
You can place your bid on all of the photographs, breast casts, Vans shoes and other memorabilia until 10am pst TODAY!!!
We have had a blast meeting all of you that came out to the SITP events and showed your support…we can’t thank you enough.
My name is Courtney Rose and I am a friend of Keep A Breast. This October i was selling the “I <3 boobies” bracelets at my high school, Hanford High. I never thought that breast cancer awareness could come in such an eye catching and cute way that would appeal to all teenagers at my school. I received my first bracelet form my mom, and I thought that this would be a great way to help in spread the word to teens like myself about needing to check themselves for breast cancer. I started off with ten bracelets to sell at my school, and Oooo boy was I in for a surprise!!! I had NO IDEA the hit they would become! I sold out of the 10 bracelets in my first period class. It was so crazy how many people came up to me boys and girls that whole day asking for the bracelets and how many random text messages I was getting from people that I did not even know saying they wanted “I <3 boobies” bracelets. I was overwhelmed with the demand in the bracelets. I got a hundred more to sell at my school and sure enough by my third period the next day I had sold out again!! Since then I have sold over 200 bracelets to teenage kids at my school. Many girls did not even know that they should be checking themselves once a month already and just thought it was something that they needed to do when they were older; however, with KAB they were informed by the detailed pamphlets on why and how they need to do it. The boys did not even have a single clue that them too needed to check themselves because it is possible that they can also get breast cancer. My anatomy teacher at my high school even wanted to know about KAB and bought a bracelet and has the pamphlet on how to check yourself for breast cancer on his wall in his classroom, he thought it was a great way of spreading the word about breast cancer awareness. The matter of teens needing to be self aware for checking themselves for breast cancer has been spread around my school and my town and it’s hard to look around on my school campus and not see someone wearing an “I <3 boobies” bracelet. This fact is personally self fulfilling knowing that I made an impact on my peers and was able to aware them of breast cancer and the proper way in checking themselves. I encourage all teens to take part in this fabulous organization it could change peoples lives. 
