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Are you "going pink" this October?
  • Lynnette
    Hola everyone!
    I found this website quite some time ago when I was trying to research just how much of our donations actually go toward research. You may want to check this site out before you "pink."
    http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org
    You may find you no longer want to contribute to some organizations.
    buenos dias,
    Lynnette
     

    This is one of the links to the above:
    http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/Pages/CosmeticCompanies.html
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    I've been wondering about the whole "buy this product and a portion of the profits are donated to charity" thing for a while now. I suspect the amount that ultimately goes to the cause is very, very small and sometimes you don't really know exactly what organization is getting the money. So I buy the products that I like and give directly to the causes I support so I know exactly where it's going.
    Lynnette, did you have any luck finding out how much actually goes towards research? I suspect that's a closely guarded secret.
  • catecate
    I have been guilty in the past of buying products that have the pink ribbon on them, but actually now I only donate to Susan G. Komen.  I just ran in NYC this past weekend...well really I walked even if I wanted to run I wouldn't have been able to there were over 20,000 participants there!  It was awesome!
  • JudyJudy
    Righto...the whole Pink Mov't has become WAAAYY too commercial for me.  It seems to me just ANOTHER SALES strategy to get women to buy stuff they don't need and feel good about it.  Sorry...the financial mess has scared the heck out of me.
    I agree it is better to contribute DIRECTLY to the Susan G. Komen foundation rather than buying pink products.
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    It's not just the the whole "pink" thing. Remember how we were all going to save the world by buying red razr phones and all the other "product red' stuff because Bono and Cheryl Crowe told us to? How much of those profits were given to charity and how much paid for the advertising campaign? The whole concept is so cynical.
  • Lynnette
    Purple,
    The closest thing I found to knowing what the numbers are are at this link"
    http://www.uwvp.org/cfc/pdf/UW%202005%20CFC%20book.pdf
    You are so right--closely guarded secret is putting it mildly.
    I will NEVER give to the Susan Komen foundation ever again. The money wasted on them begging for more money is astounding. I know that every person who donated it bombarded with mailings wanting more. I have enough return address labels to last past when I die!!! Just from the Komen beggars!
    When I found out how much a walker has to raise JUST to participate in the "walk," I was disgusted.
    AND---where does the money actually go? Who designates where the money will go and for what type of research? $
    I heard that the American Cancer Society is the best place. I need to look into their information.
    Well, I hope some people read the link. It really is an eye opener.
    buenos dias,
    Lynnette
    http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org

    OH. let me add this link:
    http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org/Pages/ClickForMammo.html
    This is info for the ad on the left side of this page. I am not sure what comes up on your page when you read this thread, but it is the Breast Cancer Site that pops up on my page. This link is the response for that "click for mammograms"!!!!
    Lynnette
  • catecate
    Well Lynnette you can set your own goal.  They ask for 250 but there were people on my team that set their goal at $100 and below.  I have gotten nothing since the walk about donating.  I am sure I will hear from them in the coming months.  BUT I know that my money is going to a great cause.  Check out the link.
    http://www.komennyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=where_index
    Yeah they could probably spend more money on Educational programs, but a ton goes to community grants for research.
    I am sorry that you had such a bad expierence with them.
     
    There are only a few charity organizations that I really get behind.  Komen and Jimmy V for cancer research.  NPR (now they are beggers....every 3 months I hear from them....but only donate once a year.) and finally my favorite The Arbor Day Foundation
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