Article: SHOPPING AROUND; THINK PINK TO ASSIST CANCER FIGHT

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and many of your purchases - even small ones - can help fund important research.

Take a postage stamp, for example. The purchase of the Breast Cancer stamp may cost you eight cents more for a 37-cent stamp, but the additional pennies go to charity. To date, this stamp has helped raise $39.1 million.

Bon Ton, which now owns Elder-Beerman, has developed products specifically for the breast cancer cause. You can choose a brown nylon tote bag with pink ribbon trim ($12) and matching pink ribbon folding umbrella ($7). With the purchase of either, $2 will be donated to Breast Cancer Research Foundation founded by Evelyn H. Lauder. For every woman ...

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