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Another Great Feature of Project Pink
For all the Twitter-ers out there, you’re probably quite familiar with the #projectpink hash tag that signifies $1 donated to the fight against breast cancer. The Project Pink partnership between PUMA and WPS also supports specific breast cancer ...more
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PUMA launches Project Pink
On the heels of the biggest soccer event in the world (do you remember a little tournament in South Africa this summer called the World Cup?), sports brand PUMA is excited to announce a new initiative that links women’s soccer with a well-deserving caus...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Fran Drescher
The star of The Nanny (I’m still waiting for her next sitcom) took her focus on health care and cancer (she is a uterine cancer survivor) to Capitol Hill yesterday to get Senators on board of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010. The bill will eliminate c...more
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Back in Black to battle breast cancer
When you think about southern California, Los Angeles is probably first in mind. Along with the city of Angels you may think of Disneyland, the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, The Oceanside Pier, the summits of the San Gabriel Mountains, the Colorado and M...more
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Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important thin...more
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BP crisis: Oil & Water Don’t Mix tees benefit Surfrider
With the BP oil spill now going on for more than two months and estimates of 140 million gallons leaked, this will now become the worst oil spill in the Gulf Coast’s history — surpassing the 1970-1980 Ixtoc I spill of 139 million gallons. The disast...more
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Kim Kardashian’s sweet-smelling fight against breast cancer
Kim Kardashian, one of the most glamorous and downright gorgeous women in Hollywood, has taken up arms in the fight against breast cancer. In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Kim has turned to her closest and most trusted support group - her ...more
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Give Back: A Chick’s Guide to Community Service
College is the time in your life when you’re allowed to be selfish in a sense. It’s your time to figure out who you are, what you want, and to start paving the way to make your future goals a reality. Because of that mentality, it’s easy to become w...more
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Canadian skater Rochette talks about her mother
One of the most memorable, and inspirational, stories from the recent Winter Olympics involves Canadian figure skating Joannie Rochette who took to the ice in Vancouver only days after her mother Therese, 55, died of a massive heart attack. Rochette, a ...more
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Celebrating Earth Day: Celebrities, Authors & Supporters
It seems celebrities support everything nowadays, from classy New York restaurant openings to their hometown baseball teams. But perhaps the most significant celebrity-approved concept is the green movement.
After all, the staggering facts regarding glob...more
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Jiffy Lube to raise $1 Million to fight heart disease
Just three weeks into its "2010 Maintenance Partners For Life Campaign," Jiffy Lube has already reached more than 65 percent of its $1 million national fundraising.
Through the generous support of its customers, as of February 22 Jiffy Lube has already ...more
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Got Milk? Shawn Johnson does
Gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is the latest milk-drinking celeb to don the famous Milk Mustache to inspire teens to ‘Drink Milk for a Change.’
Shawn joins the ranks of more than 290 other athletes, actors, models and musicians who have lent thei...more
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Red Hot start to Fashion Week
Beginning today, with National Wear Red Day, millions will celebrate the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness. Everyone can participate in the national movement by wearing their favorite red outfit, or Red Dress Pin.
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How chicks can help Haiti
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti about 10 miles southwest of its capital, Port-au-Prince. It has left hundreds of thousands people dead, missing or injured. Buildings, including hospitals, schools and people’s hom...more
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Soles 4 Souls: Lend a hand to Haiti by donating shoes
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti last week is a reminder just how fragile our world is, and seeing the devastation that has affected so many, Soles4Souls is mounting a massive response of emergency relief to victims of the disaster.
The non-...more
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Summit on the Summit
File this under Pretty Good!
Did you know that over 1 billion people don’t have access to clean water? In fact, every 15 seconds a child dies from a preventable water-related disease – that is the equivalent of crashing a 747 jet filled with children...more
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