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SHOWUSYOURBRA
The BFF has a major fundraising event occuring every other year. We produce a calendar every year, featuring entries from the contest.  All monies raised from the contest, gala, auction and calendar sales goes to the BFF.

Cancer Connection
CANCER CONNECTION is a drop-in center offering support services to cancer survivors. We offer a variety of programs at no cost. Friends and family welcome. Cancer Connection is a local independent non-profit that was founded in 2000 and receives no funding from any state, regional, or national cancer organizations.

Cooley Dickinson Hospital
The mission of the Cancer Care Program at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital is to provide the best and most up-to-date cancer care including prevention, early detection, screening, diagnosis, treatment options, treatment, psychosocial support along the cancer continuum, and post hospital support. All services will focus on patients and their families.

About Breast Cancer
This site, part of the about.com network, provides a wide range of information on breast cancer, including risk factors and treatments, and includes news, a 24/7 chat room, a newsletter, local resources, events, and hundreds of links to related sites.

American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society offers a wide variety of information on different forms of cancer, upcoming programs and events, locations of national chapters, and recent cancer highlights. A volunteer advocacy organization that works to eliminate cancer through prevention, lifesaving treatment, and research, education, and direct service, ACS also operates a 24-hour hotline that provides prerecorded information on a range of topics.

BreastBiopsy.com
With honest information and diagrams on both cancerous and non-cancerous breast biopsies, this site is a wonderful resource for women facing a biopsy or just coming from a diagnosis. It also offers a space for women to share their stories.

Breast Cancer Action
This San Francisco-based activist organization's mission is to carry the voices of people affected by breast cancer to inspire and compel the changes necessary to end the breast cancer epidemic. See an article by Barbara A. Brenner entitled, "Fight the Corporate Interests That Stand in the Way of Ending This Epidemic."

BreastCancerinfo.com
This site is provided by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; it offers a range of resources on breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment, etc. You will also find a section on "celebrating survivors" of breast cancer.