Breast Cancer Survivor Creates Grilling Accessory That Raises Awareness — And Money! — For Breast Cancer Research
October 14, 2008 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
(www.livelywomen.com) — If this isn’t perfect for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I don’t know what is!
Leslie Haywood’s first introduction to Breast Cancer was in 1988 when she and her sisters were sat down for “the talk.” Her mother was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, and at the time, it was a little more than her 16-year-old brain could comprehend. Says Leslie, “I knew it was serious and that over the next few years, my mom would be in a fight for her life but it was only after my own diagnosis 18 years later, that I began to understand just how dire the situation had been.”
Her mother is now almost 20 years cancer free, Leslie says, “But with both my mom and I being stricken with this disease on our thirties, and my daughters now being 5 and 3, I’m sure you can see why I feel a sense of urgency to help find a cure.
Follow this link to read about how Leslie is raising awareness and money for breast cancer research through her own company and a new product line called The Pink Collection.
Contents © Copyright 2008 Kristen King
(image courtesy of Leslie Haywood)
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