Denim Day to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Research

Lee National Denim Day is proud to have helped raise more than $83 million for the fight against breast cancer since 1996. On October 7,  join the Madison College community by putting on your jeans and making a minimum five dollar contribution to the Women’s Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).

Most people have been touched by breast cancer in some way -- whether it be a family member, a friend or even themselves. On Lee National Denim Day you can fight back by wearing denim and making a contribution that will benefit the Women's Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to:

-Benefit Lee Laboratories nationwide, which work to find more effective, less toxic treatments for breast cancer and increase patient access to some of the most significant clinical trials in the nation.

-Support a multi-year effort led by world-class scientists to develop a blood test for earlier detection of breast cancer when survival rates are the highest, known as the EIF Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project.

-Fund the Cancer Support Community (CSC), an international non-profit dedicated to providing support, education and hope to all people affected by cancer. CSC provides the highest quality emotional and social support through a network of nearly 50 local affiliates, including The Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club, more than 100 satellite locations and online. To join CSC’s Online Community or find an affiliate near you, click here.

Did you know?
-One in every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
-One person is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes in the United States.
-In the U.S. there were over 207,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 39,840 deaths from breast cancer in 2010.
-There are more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors alive in the U.S. today.
About 10-15 percent of breast cancers are found in women under 45 years of age.

Madison College is now among the 100 most successful Denim Day teams in the country, and a driving force in helping us defeat this disease once and for all. So join the fight – Wear your jeans on October 7 and give generously! Truax campus will be collecting donations in the cafeteria Wednesday through Friday, October 5 - 7, from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Other Madison sites and regional campuses will be collecting on Friday, October 7. Donations can also be made online. Click on the “Donate” tab located in the upper right corner of the page, then “Donation to a Team”. Then enter Madison College team ID number 225591.

Questions?
Contact ehustad[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Ellen Hustad) at (608) 246-6677.