ArmyofWomen.Org Seeks Help Fighting Cancer

ArmyofWomen.org now taking donations

The Beyond the Cure pendant

Looking for something to do with all of that extra cash you have lying around? Well, you can always donate it to curing breast cancer at armyofwomen.org.

Army of Women is a partnership between the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and the Avon Foundation for Women. Armyofwomen.org says the Avon Foundation is a global leader in breast cancer research.

More about armyofwomen.org

The partnership resulted in an organization called the Love/Avon Army of Women. The web site at armyofwomen.org says:

Our revolutionary initiative has two key goals:

• To recruit one million healthy women of every age and ethnicity, including breast cancer survivors and women at high-risk for the disease, to partner with breast cancer researchers and directly participate in the research that will eradicate breast cancer once and for all.
• To challenge the scientific community to expand its current focus to include breast cancer prevention research conducted on healthy women.

Using armyofwomen.org

I am sure the forces behind the Love/Avon Army of Women don’t want you to take out and instant payday loan to donate to the cause. However, back to that extra cash you have lying around. You can donate to the Army of Women directly through armyofwomen.org.

There are a couple of ways to donate. Armyofwomen.org sells “Beyond the Cure” pendants for $5 each, and profits go to supporting the cause. The other way, of course, is just to give armyofwomen.org money. No one will complain about that.

No extra cash? Have some class

Of course, if you don’t happen to have a pile of cash sitting around waiting for a good cause to come along, you can sign up at armyofwomen.org to be a volunteer.

Many volunteers participate in research studies with scientists who are seeking causes and cures of breast cancer.

Scientific research

The Army of Women web site says:

The Love/Avon Army of Women is driven by two key partnerships that will accelerate research and prevent breast cancer: the partnership between Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and the Avon Foundation for Women, and the partnership between scientists and women.

That partnership between scientists and women has manifested itself in the form of several research projects, which armyofwomen.org is collecting donations to fund. The site says the Love/Avon Army of Women is currently involved in these research projects:

• Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors:Effects on Fatigue, Immune Function, and Mood
• Variations in the Health Needs of Breast Cancer Survivors
• The Gap Study (studies difference in breast cancer treatment experiences between black and white women)
• Weight loss and biological parameters in breast cancer survivors
• The Milk Study: Using Breast Milk to Screen for Breast Cancer and Assess Breast-Cancer Risk

Armyofwomen.org is user-friendly

If you want to donate to armyofwomen.org, but you aren’t very web savvy, have no fear. There are “donate” links to click on in pretty much every section of the web site.

If you want to be a volunteer, you have to create an account at armyofwomen.org with a username and password. However, if you just want to donate, you can. Anyone who wants to can give money.

Army of Women at work

The Love/Avon Army of Women project this year was named “most innovative health charity” at the Peta Proggy Awards. Armyofwomen.org is aimed at recruiting a total of 1 million volunteers. A press release from December shows at that time the organization was more than a quarter oft he way there.