Breast Cancer Awareness Month

During the month of October, many people across the world dress up in pink daily to show their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everyone shows their love and support to those who suffer from this disease. People, mostly researchers and members of the Breast Cancer Action groups, believe that going out and buying things to support this fundraiser does not actually benefit the people suffering from breast cancer. They don’t want the awareness anymore, they want action.

Cheryl Heinonen, president of the Avon Foundation, would agree that more people need to focus on action and care instead of awareness. The support and attention is great but finding a cure and taking action is far more important. The ladies suffering from breast cancer

don’t want people spreading awareness either. They want researchers and scientists to find a cure to prevent other women from dying from breast cancer.
Katie Hill, an assistant White House press secretary, helps spread awareness by the pink lights bathing the White House. She wants to promote awareness of screening. Katie doesn’t seem like the type of person who would rather take action instead of spreading awareness.
I have to agree that more people need to take action but I don’t think they should completely stop spreading awareness either. People suffer daily from breast cancer, but there still has been no cure. I think we need to focus more of our attention to action because they aren’t even close to finding a cure for breast cancer.
Millions of dollars are being brought in from multiple companies for selling these pink products. The problem is most of the companies keep the majority of the money to themselves instead of donating most of it to the foundation to research for cures of breast cancer. I think companies should have to give most of the money to the foundation. We need to find a cure so we know how to prevent it.