2012 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away Winner

First, thanks to everyone who participated in the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away — all 714 of you! This was our biggest Pink Ribbon Give-Away yet, and we raised a ton for Living Beyond Breast Cancer.

Ok, now for the part you’re waiting for.

The winner of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away is….

Heather!!!

Congratulations Heather, and check your email to claim your prize! Everyone else, take heart. OnTimeSupplies.com has tons of Breast Cancer Awareness merchandise for sale in our pink ribbon shop. You can use the coupon code you got for participating in the Give-Away to save even more. Plus, we’ll be back again soon with more chances to win free office supplies.  Just keep your eye on our Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Thanks again for participating in the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away!

Check out these 21 Awesome Pink Ribbon Tattoos

The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away is not the only way to show your support for women struggling with breast cancer. Check out these awesome pink ribbon tattoos!  These are the hardcore way to show your support for women battling breast cancer, remember those who have passed, or show your determination to beat the disease. Check out these Pink Ribbon Tattoos

I have to admit, I’m a little wary of needles, but these are are so cool! If I weren’t such a huge baby about needles, I think I could go for one of these. I think a pink ribbon tattoo is a great way to show support.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: win Pink Ribbon Products

Update: this contest is now closed. Find out if you won

The popular National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away is back at OnTimeSupplies.com. Enter today for your chance to win tons of cute Pink Ribbon products and support Living Beyond Breast Cancer, an fantastic organization dedicated to improving the lives of women living with breast cancer. OnTimeSupplies.com sends LBBC a donation for every valid contest entry, so enter today.

How to enter the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away:

Sign up today.
OnTimeSupplies.com accepts contest entries until October 16, 2012.

Tell your friends!
We donate to LBBC for every valid contest entry, so tell your friends on Facebook and Twitter to enter too!

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We’ll announce the winner here October 19th.

List: Top Breast Cancer Awareness & Prevention Organizations

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month starts in just a few days, so it’s a great time to think about your charitable donations for the year. The fight against breast cancer depends on donations, but with so many Pink Ribbon organizations out there, it’s hard to know where your money will do the most good. Check out Monday’s list the worst breast cancer charities to find our where NOT to donate. Today we’ll take a look at the best organizations. We used Charity Navigator to put together our list. Our number one consideration was how these organizations spend their money. We know you don’t want to donate to a group that spends more on fundraising and advertising than they do on breast cancer programs. We also factored in transparency and accountability. Lastly, we focused on national organizations, though there a several fantastic groups fighting breast cancer on the local level.

Top Breast Cancer Organizations

Donate to the most efficient breast cancer organization

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

LBBC spends the overwhelming majority of its resources helping women, not staging splashy fundraisers. That’s why OnTimeSupplies.com chose the organization for the Pink Ribbon Merchandise Giveaway. 89% of charitable donations to LBBC go directly to funding their great programs. LBBC provides information and support to women affected by breast cancer at every stage of treatment, from diagnosis to recovery. They also help medical professionals better understand the needs of women with breast cancer.

Young Survival Coalition Logo

Young Survival Coalition

YSC was founded to address issues unique to young women affected by breast cancer. The organization supports research and advocacy that prolongs and improves the quality of life of women under 40. YSC devotes more than 80% of their resources on their breast cancer programs, so you can feel good about giving them your money.

National Breast Cancer Coalition

National Breast Cancer Coalition

NBCC spends a whopping 86% of the funds in takes in on research, legislative advocacy & providing access to medical treatment. You can be confident that your donation will be well spent.

Should you donate to Susan G. Komen for the Cure?

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

The largest breast cancer organization is also one of the most effective and efficient. Susan G. Komen for the Cure has grown to become the largest source of non-profit dollars in the fight against breast cancer. The organization has raised nearly $2 billion since its 1982 inception. They took in just under $240 million in  2010 alone. And they put that money to good use — more than 80% of donations go to funding breast cancer programs, supporting everything from cutting-edge research to community clinics.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a great time to support any of these causes. You can also pick up Pink Ribbon merchandise at OnTimeSupplies.com. A portion of each sale goes to realiable, effective breast cancer organizations.

Worst Breast Cancer Charities: read before you donate!

Breast cancer research and prevention thrives on charitable donations. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a great time to contribute to the cause. But with so many Pink Ribbon organizations out there, it can be hard to figure out where to donate. Office Ink is here to help. This week we’ll take a look at the best and worst breast cancer charities & organizations. Up first are the worst. With a little help from the folks at Charity Navigator and the American Institute of Philanthropy, we looked at three metrics:

Find out the worst Pink Ribbon charities & organizations
  • the ratio between program funding & fundraising expenditures;
  • transparency and accountability;
  • overall financial solvency.

From the fraudulent to the merely inefficient, here are our worst breast cancer charities.

Find out why CABC is the worst breast cancer charity

Coalition Against Breast Cancer

CABC raised more than $9 million over five years, and spent the vast majority of that on fundraising fees, salaries and benefits, and personal goods. Less than 4% of collected donations went to charitable programs. That’s not just mismanagement, that’s a fraud. In fact, CABC is being sued by the state New York and this summer, the husband & wife team behind the organization plead guilty to grand larceny and scheming to defraud.

Meet the worst breast cancer charities

American Breast Cancer Foundation

ABCF spends most of the money they raise on more fundraisers. They are also sneaky. Their education & awareness programs are thinly disguised solicitations. Less than 3% of the money donated to the ABCF goes to research grants. And good luck trying to find out who runs the joint. The website doesn’t list board members or key staff.

Discover the least effective breast cancer charities

United Breast Cancer Foundation

UBCF is the best of the worst in this lineup, spending a whole 40% of its 2010 budget on actual charitable activities. You’ll also find board members & key staff listed on their website. Still, there a far more efficient organizations to give to.

Meet the most wasteful breast cancer breast cancer charities

Walker Cancer Research Institute

Another organization that spends way more money on fundraisers than on fighting breast cancer and doesn’t provide nearly enough information about who runs the organization. In fact, aside from the crooks at CABC, the disparity between money spent on fundraising, versus money spent on breast cancer programs is the number one drawback of each organization in this list. Want to be sure your charitable donations will actually go to funding breast cancer research, prevention & patient support? We’ll have a list of the best breast cancer organizations Wednesday. Here’s a hint: Living Beyond Breast Cancer is on the list, and you can support them today by entering the Pink Ribbon Merchandise Giveaway from OnTimeSupplies.com.

Cute Breast Cancer Awareness Month Dance Video

Here’s a little Friday Fun: an Illinois hospital has produced a cute dance video for Breast Cancer Awareness Month to encourage women to schedule a mammagram. Nurses, surgeons and other normally staid hospital staff get down with pink feather boas, pink ribbon-shaped balloons and more. There’s even a drum majorette spinning a mean baton. The adorableness starts about 30 seconds in.

You can participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month too, and you don’t have to channel your inner Lady Gaga to do it. Enter the Pink Ribbon Merchandise Giveaway today and OnTimeSupplies.com will make a donation to Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Plus, you get a chance to win cool office supplies. Or check out the pink ribbon office supplies for sale at OnTimeSupplies.com. Each sale supports a variety of great cancer research & charity organizations.

Celebrate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with FREE Pink Ribbon Merchandise.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is just around the corner, so OnTimeSupplies.com is bringing back the popular Pink Ribbon Merchandise Giveaway. You get a chance to win some cool office supplies AND we’ll make a donation to Living Beyond Breast Cancer for every valid contest entry. LBBC is a great organization dedicated to improving the lives of women affected by breast cancer.

We’ll announce the giveaway winner here at Office Ink on October 31st.  Now, start commenting and tweeting to raise money for LBBC and get your chance at a free Pink Ribbon Merchandise!

How to enter the Pink Ribbon Merchandise Giveaway

Copy this message
I want to win FREE Pink Ribbon Merchandise this Breast Cancer Awareness Month from @OnTimeSupplies.com! http://bit.ly/947Zsa
(url must be included)

Pick your network, follow and post!
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Tell all your friends!
We’ll make a donation to LBBC for every contest entry, so tell your friends & spread the word!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Pink Ribbon Giveaway – You Enter, We Donate!

Time for another office supplies giveaway from On Time Supplies! On Time Supplies is celebrating National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a Pink Ribbon Giveaway! Enter for your chance to win a complete set of Pink Ribbon office supplies. You don’t just get a chance to win free office supplies when you enter the Pink Ribbon Giveaway. On Time Supplies will donate $.25 to Living Beyond Breast Cancer for every unique, valid contest entry! LBBC is a national education and support organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of women diagnosed with breast cancer. On Time Supplies is proud to help support the LBBC mission!

On Time Supplies carries a ton of Pink Ribbon products from Avery, At-A-GLANCE and  your other favorite office supply brands. Every time you purchase Pink Ribbon products from On Time Supplies, you’re making a donation to City of Hope, National Breast Cancer Research Foundation and other fantastic breast cancer organizations and charities. So celebrate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with On Time Supplies and enter the Pink Ribbon Products Giveaway! You get a chance to win great office supplies and support a fantastic organization!

How to enter the Pink Ribbon Giveaway

1) Copy this message

I want to win free Pink Ribbon Products & celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month with On Time Supplies! https://www.ontimesupplies.com/pages/office-supplies-giveaway.html?ref=bc_contest
(url must be included)

2) Pick your network & post!

3) Tell all your friends!

On Time Supplies is donating $0.25 for every tweet, facebook and blog post comment, so tell your friends about OnTimeSupplies.com and spread the word!

As  usual, I’ll announce the giveaway winner here at Office Ink. Check in October 29th to find out if you won a complete set of Pink Ribbon office supplies. Now, start commenting and tweeting to raise money for LBBC and get your chance at a free Pink Ribbon Products!