𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 This cause has always been very important to me. …

🎀𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉🎀

This cause has always been very important to me. I lost my teacher in 8th grade and since then I have had 3 relatives and several friends battle this terrible disease.

I wanted to do something to help so I got involved with @americancancersociety . I am participating in my 14th Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and I have raised over $46,000 so far over the last 13 years 🥳 I couldn’t have done it without my amazing donors and I am so grateful for their generosity! Link in bio if you’d like to donate to my walk this year! 💞

The point of this challenge is to spread five facts about breast cancer / spread awareness:
🌸 1 in 8 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime
🌸 Men get breast cancer too (estimated 2,620 men diagnosed in the US in 2020)
🌸 There are 3.5 million breast cancer survivors in the US
🌸 approximately 55-65% of women with the BRCA1 gene mutation will develop breast cancer by the age of 70
🌸 approximately 45% of women with a BRCA2 gene mutation will develop breast cancer by the age of 70

Thank you @literarypengwyns for creating this pink stack challenge to spread breast cancer awareness. I am sending positive vibes your way while you kick some breast cancer butt 💪🏼

PSA: Check yourself regularly, don’t miss a mammmogram, look out for your friends/family & support those currently battling. It is so important to continue spreading awareness & raising money for research so we can stop hearing that someone we love has breast cancer! 💞

*tagged some friends if anyone wants to participate🥰