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I am a Junior at the University of Minnesota Duluth. I love love LOVE the crisp smell that Fall brings, but also need the vitamin D that summer brings. I thoroughly enjoy photography and watching movies. To anyone that likes the outdoors, I'm sure we will get along quite well-- I dig fresh air :) I have a cat named Kozmo, who is quite crazy, and If it were more convenient at this time in my life, i'd have a dog as well. As you might conclude, I am an animal junky.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Share & Voice: Packers Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Hey hey hey now, don't get me wrong... I am ALLL about the purple and gold, but since Vikings had a by-weekend last Sunday, Oct. 3rd, I was compelled to watch the Packers vs. Lions game instead. 
Right away it was apparent that green and yellow were not the only colors being worn on the field-- PINK was everywhere, supporting breast cancer awareness month. Kohl's department stores also teamed up with the Packers for this display, and handed out pink rally towels to the entering football fans. Items such as towels, pink ribbon stencils, hats, jingle dresses, wristbands and even CLEATS were seen everywhere in the color of pink. 
I thought it was great of Kohl's and the Green Bay Packers to put on such an outstanding recognition of this life-threatening cancer and to all the lives that it has claimed, or has gotten close to taking. Sunday football has a ever-expanding audience, and this was a unique and effective way to get the word spread.


If you would like to read more on it, here is just one website that I found:
Packers, Kohl's To Recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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  1. Kristy@Kristy's Fun in the Sun SpotOctober 4, 2010 at 6:52 PM

    That's awesome. You don't normally expect football players to be supportive of breast cancer in such a public display. I think it's great that Kohl's donated stuff too. Freebies always check peoples' eyes. I think it is important for all people to show support for any type of disease that affects a large population. The more we stand together, the more confidence people have to fight.

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  2. Brier@Lovin' Nature With BrierOctober 5, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    I think that this was a great post. It great to see people who are in the public's eye doing something beneficial for so many people. People often forget that men too are affected by breast cancer because it's their loved ones too. I love the support for this cause from what I would have thought to be an unlikely source.

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  3. Lauren JOctober 5, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    That's really cool, I also think it's great when people in the public eye take advantage of their publicity and try and make something good out of it. Also really cool that alot of people wore pink.

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  4. Mary is AWESOMEOctober 6, 2010 at 10:15 PM

    I love it when football has event themes like this one. I saw it once in the past and loved the idea of showing awareness through an activity that majority of people enjoy. Who ever thought of the idea is a genius! I'm not much of a football fan but I do enjoy watching football when they have a theme on or something out of the ordinary. Mary

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  5. Jamie@jamie says jumpOctober 8, 2010 at 11:07 AM

    I watched that game too!! They look so silly with their pink shoes, pink gloves, and pink chin straps. This morning on the Today Show they had doctors in speaking about new research about breast cancer. That with all the testing being to prevent it...the methods used to have those tests may actually cause breast cancer as well...hmmm...

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