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breast cancer awareness

Thanks!

16 May 2010

Thanks to all of my readers who donated to Team Joye in the Komen Race for the Cure. Our team raised $1000 for breast cancer awareness and research. $1000! Thanks again for the support, you guys rock!

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Comment for the Cure">Comment for the Cure

19 October 2009

It’s October, which means that it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Last year, on the blog, I promised to donate a dollar for every unique comment on my cancer post. This year, I’m doing it again. I saw, on twitter, and elsewhere criticisms of similar campaigns, asking why it’s necessary to ask for comments: why not [...]

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Infant Formula Not a Medical Expense

14 October 2009

It’s somehow appropriate that the IRS would release a private letter ruling regarding a double mastectomy in October (in case you’re not aware, it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month). Here are the facts: Taxpayer had a double mastectomy. She later gave birth to a healthy baby. As a result of the mastectomy, she was not able [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Susan Komen for the Cure

21 December 2008

It’s the seventh day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving. To recap, I’ve asked a panel of judges to review a number of deserving charities as suggested by my readers. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). I encourage you to check out the charities voted [...]

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Pink for October">Think Pink for October

7 October 2008

My maternal grandmother may be responsible for my current coffee addiction. She used to let me drink a little bit of coffee – with a lot of milk – as she drank her own coffee (all day long). It was the beginning of a life long love affair, though now I drink it black, the [...]

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