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SUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE

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Welcome to my Susan Komen for the Cure lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource about Susan Komen. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens:

First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Susan Komen breast cancer organization, the walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Re: Custom Buttons | Buttons of Hope - Putting a face on fundraising | North Carolina

Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at a Susan Komen event wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below]

So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on breast cancer!

Nancy Brinker on the breast cancer fight! 

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Click on Nancy to see a powerful video!

Susan G. Komen for the Cure website 

Pink Links...

breast cancer news
Good resource for the latest news on the breast cancer battlefront!
Komen in the News!
Keep up with the latest news about Susan Komen for the Cure.
Interesting videos
We are always grateful for the chance to spread the word about our promise in the national media. Komen representatives have appeared on several programs recently. See what all the fuss is about!
Sunsribe to Komen Newsletters
The "Komen Link" and the revamped "for the CURE" are great resources for anyone who has been touched by breast cancer.

SO WHO IS THIS BUTTON MAN? 

So who is this guy Michael Gibbons and what are Buttons of Hope? I think if you watch this video you'll understand my passion and meet some of the people we have helped!

Custom Buttons | Buttons of Hope - Putting a face on fundraising | North Carolina

Click on Mike's head to see what people have to say!

Inspire More | Scribble Less with Buttons of Hope! 

You know how it is, the morning of the walk ten minutes before the start and you're hurriedly scribbling the names of loved ones on your back!

At Buttons of Hope we make is super easy for you to make custom photo buttons of all your loved ones before the walk. You know why you're walking ~ now you can proudly show them for WHO!

Less Scribbling....

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More Inspiring....

My sign

EASTER EGGS! huh?** 

**That's the nickname for great things found on the web!

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Passionately Pink for the Cure
Passionately Pink for the Cure is a simple awareness and fundraising program that begins on October 1, 2007. It's a great way for you to show your support for the cause during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month...read more
Komen on the Go!
Komen On the Go(tm) is a community education and outreach tour that is part of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's efforts to engage all generations in the fight against breast cancer. After all, every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S...read more
Art for the Cure
The Art for the Cure(tm) program, currently featuring the Nancy G. Brinker Collection of Hungarian Art, will travel to several Komen Affiliate cities throughout 2007 and 2008. The exhibit serves as a way to support the global outreach and education efforts of Komen Affiliates...read more
Komen Community Challenge
This ain't no Tea Party...read more
YouTube - Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Our 30 second Public Service Announcement that visually conveys Susan G. Komen for the Cure's unwavering commitment to ending breast cancer.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
2008 marks the seventh year of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and RE/MAX International's partnership in the Komen Race for the Cure® National Series Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition Program.

Make your own custom photo button to wear in honor of a loved one 

To the world it may be just a photo button, but to one person that photo button may be the world!

Try something new this year! Honor a loved one or support a friend who is battling breast cancer by wearing a custom photo button with their picture -- pin it to your purse or bookbag and show everyone WHO is your cause!

Make your custom button today at Buttons of Hope


  1. No Minimum - make one custom photo button if you like

  2. Upload a photo and add custom curved text

  3. $1 from each photo button donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Energize your fundraising...Motivate your team... and Inspire yourself! Put a face on your cause today!

Maybe you plan to do the 3 Day or Race for the Cure in 2008 but are not ready to make your buttons today -- (see below) let me know & I will send you a reminder in plenty of time to make a your custom photo buttons!

Thinking about doing the 3 Day or Race for the Cure? 

Whether it's your first charity walk or you are a fundraising champ - check out Wendy's posts at About.com are interesting and informative. This is really good stuff!

April Showers: Walking in the Rain

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So what do I know? Michael Gibbons' Behind the Button blog 

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Inspired stories about the people behind the photo buttons we make & some thoughts on fundraising & charities from the founder of Buttons of Hope.

Make a button and share your hero story and I will write all about it in my Behind the Button blog!

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NEW! Susan G Komen TV! 

Informative and Inspiring videos** about Susan Komen Race for the Cure & The 3 Day Walk to end breast cancer. New on my Squid Channel

Watch, Vote, & Add (your own)

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About.com's Pam Stephen on breast cancer 

Helpful source for info & resource links about breast cancer.

Knitted Boob - Do-It-Yourself Breast ProsthesisFrom Pam Stephen...

"During my own treatment, I did research into the disease and possible treatments, and participated in a support group. I found that having the best information helped me to make better decisions about my treatments. I hope this site will be encouraging and helpful to you.

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Posted March 15, 2008

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"A year ago Mike Gibbons had never done any fund-raising. Now he hopes
to change the world" Regan White in "Message in a Button", Charlotte Weekly November 2006.

Upon reading that I was at first taken aback -- not exactly the kind of thing you want to lead with especially if your stated goal is to "change the face of fundraising". But as I thought about it IT IS PRECISELY what I want people to know and now I open all of my fundraising seminars with that line.

Fundraising is not easy nor is it as hard as you might think. I am proof of that and I am out to help ordinary people do extraordinary things -- the task is not easy but the answer is inside of each of us!

I kinda wish Regan had use this opening line instead.. 

"Here's to the crazy ones...because the people who are crazy enough to THINK they can change the world, are the ones who do."

Maybe the combination of the two sums it up -- I have been lucky enough to find a group of remarkable people, my cycling team MojoRiding and together we have become somewhat of a fund raising phenomenon (often in spite of ourselves I might add!) --we raised over $110,000 in 2007 for cancer and multiple sclerosis causes.

So how did we do it? We personalized our cause, we told a story, many stories! And then we took it a step further we made it tangible -- many of us made photo buttons of our loved ones to wear while fundraising -- can't fully explain it but there is just something powerful about these little buttons  --I have seen it make a difference and in some cases all the difference!

I hope you will take a look around (grab a cup of coffee) at what I am building here on Squidoo. I have tried to make unique, useful and updated lenses on active charity events. If you like the lenses then please visit my blog Behind the Button and of course my website Buttons of Hope -- where you too can go on make a custom photo button to wear in YOUR charity event 

The title of the full quote above is THINK DIFFERENT. Regan was right I am out to Change the World by helping people to not only think different but to be different -- it will change you and together we will be the change we wish to see...I hope one button at a time!

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