Think Pink when caching!

As we all know this is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and it is almost gone!  I wished I could have started sooner on the idea, but it did not work out that way.  However even though October is dedicated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, who says we only have to dedicate a month?

When you are out caching, remember to THINK PINK!  Try to leave something pink in any cache that you find!  Lets make this interesting, I challenge you to do it.  Lets make as many Cache's that we find get a little pink.

A few facts that I have found while trying to "THINK PINK!"
         

About 1 in 8 U.S. women (just under 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.

In 2011, an estimated 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 57,650 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.

About 2,140 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in men in 2011. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000.

From 1999 to 2005, breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. decreased by about 2% per year. The decrease was seen only in women aged 50 and older. One theory is that this decrease was partially due to the reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by women after the results of a large study called the Women’s Health Initiative were published in 2002. These results suggested a connection between HRT and increased breast cancer risk.

About 39,520 women in the U.S. were expected to die in 2011 from breast cancer, though death rates have been decreasing since 1990 — especially in women under 50. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances, earlier detection through screening, and increased awareness.

For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.

These are just a few facts, feel free to check the facts for yourself!  So with all the facts, I want all my fellow cachers to start to THIN PINK!  Leave something pink in EVERY cache that you find, weather it be a pink signature, ribbon or collectibles!  Lets show what we are made of, and why we care.