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SleddersVision.org Ride for Charity
We are currently planning our 2012 charity ride dates...
Included in the activities for the week will be several destination and sight seeing rides you can choose from according to your riding ability. There is also the camaraderie at the hotel after the riding is done for the day. The schedule is very loose in order for you to enjoy your vacation the way you want to.
The purpose of this charity ride is to raise awareness for breast cancer in men and women as well as to help the victims of breast cancer. Event involves a raffle to raise money to be donated to The Pink Ribbon Riders as well as a canned food drive. Canned goods will be donated to the local food bank in Munising.
For more information about the event and/or to make item donations for our raffle to benefit the victims of breast cancer, contact Keith/idooski at admin@sleddersvision.org or Brian/mxzwfo at svadmin@sleddersvision.org.
Breast Cancer Facts:
* An estimated 212,920 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women in 2006
* In 2005, the overall incidence of breast cancer in men is estimated to account for 1,690 cases
* Less than five percent of all breast cancers diagnosed each year in the U.S. occur in women under 40.
* 87 out of every 100 women will survive without a recurrence for at least 5 years.
* The older a woman is, the more likely she is to get breast cancer.
* All women are at risk for breast cancer.
* Women should have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years between the ages of 20-39 and every year after 40.
Known Risk Factors:
* Being a woman
* Getting older
* Having a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer
* Having your first child after at 30; or never having children
* Having a previous biopsy showing hyperpiesia or carcinoma
* Starting menopause after age 55
* Drinking more than one alcoholic drink per day
* Being overweight after menopause or gaining weight as an adult
* Currently or recently using combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
(Source: American Cancer Society, Inc.)
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