October 3 is Lee National Denim Day

Some Facts

• Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States, after skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.

• One of every eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime; one in 33 will die from it.

• One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes, and one woman will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the United States.

• An estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the U.S. during 2008; about 1,990 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in men during 2008.

• An estimated 40,460 women will die from breast cancer in 2008. An estimated 450 men will die from breast cancer in 2008.

• African Americans have the highest death rate from breast cancer of any racial/ethnic group in the United States.

• Only five to 10 percent of breast cancers are due to heredity. The majority of women with breast cancer have no known significant family history or other known risk factors.

October 3 is Lee National Denim Day. My company has a team and would love it if anyone who could donate would. If you donate to the cause for the fight against breast cancer you get to wear your jeans to work on October 3rd!

If you want to learn more go to DenimDay.com. If you would like to donate to our team, click on the 'Find a Team' link in the top right hand corner and our team number is 222195. You can donate under our team name, Founders Fundraisers, or you can just donate without a team name.


Just a little info for anyone who cares!




Why be subtle? :)