In case you haven’t noticed, Madyson Designs has gone pink! Now I’m nor­mally not a fan of pink, but it’s a great way to show sup­port for Breast Can­cer Aware­ness Month for Octo­ber. My fam­ily has luck­ily not been closely affected by breast can­cer, but with 2.5 mil­lion breast can­cer sur­vivors in the US alone, it’s still a cause I believe in.

Pink for Octo­ber saw 15,000 sites adopt a pink theme in one way or another in 2008, and every site that joins in in 2009 will help spread aware­ness about the cause. Visit http://pinkforoctober.org/ to see the grow­ing list of par­tic­i­pat­ing sites.

Resources

There are many sites where you can learn about breast can­cer, sta­tis­tics, and how to detect and pre­vent it. Every early detec­tion helps save someone’s life. Many of these sites offer aware­ness para­pher­na­lia with pro­ceeds going to the cause.

http://www.nbcam.org/

http://boobiethon.com/

http://www.savethetatas.com/

Pro­mo­tions

Many sites are offer­ing spe­cial sales and sav­ings this month to ben­e­fit the cause. Most are also donat­ing a por­tion of pro­ceeds to breast can­cer charities.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

http://www.woothemes.com/we-love-boobs/

Sup­port­ers

Many other blogs, sites and Twit­ter pages have adopted ‘Pink for Octo­ber’ themes to show sup­port for breast can­cer aware­ness. Take a look and per­haps be inspired to cre­ate your own pink redesign.

Chris Har­ri­son

Fred LeBlanc

Kyle Fiedler

Mike Conaty (Twitter)

James Bow­man (Twitter)

If you’ve dolled up your site for Breast Can­cer Aware­ness leave a com­ment to let me know, and I will add it to the list. Don’t for­get to add your site to the list at Pink for Octo­ber too!