Pink Ribbon Giveaway: A Fujifilm One Time Use Camera
June 5, 2008 by Karen Lynch
Filed under Women's Health
Yesterday’s review of the Polaroid i631 digital camera got me thinking about the benefits of disposable cameras … inexpensive, non-breakable, great for kids, disposable recyclable if returned to Fujifilm by your photofinisher … then I remembered, ‘hey, I have one of those … let me give it away’!
I have a QuickSnap 800 Flash One-Time-Use Camera — a pink-themed camera displaying the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s logo and mission and information related to the Images of Health campaign, 27 exposures, indoor/outdoor use — and I want a Pink Ribbon Reader to have it.
Here’s how to qualify for this contest:
- Check out Fuji Film’s Images of Health website.
- Pledge to get a mammogram.
- Leave a comment on this post indicating the name/location of the facility you will use to get your next mammogram. (If you don’t already know where to go, use the Fujifilm site to find a mammography facility near you).
Contest ends on Wednesday, June 11th, at midnight. I’ll post the winner the next day, randomly selected from all the commenters who followed the rules mentioned above!
Now, in case you can’t remember the guidelines for mammography:
- The American Cancer Society recommends annual mammography screening starting at age 40.
- The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists both recommend mammograms every 1 to 2 years for women 40 – 49 years of age.
- Women with a family history of the disease should talk to their OB/GYN about when they should start annual mammography — it might be as early as 25 or 30!
So if you’re young, do your research about when you should start, and assume you’ll be in the same general area when you require your first mammo, and let me know the when and where and you’ll be in the running. Good luck!
(Image: Fujifilm)
I have made a pledge to get a mamogram and this is the place I will be going to get it.
Great contest!!!
Mammography Facility
Corpus Christi Medical Center
dba Breast Center of South Texas
7121 South Padre Island Dr
Ste 110
Corpus Christi , TX 78412
phone #: (361) 761-3430
Karen, when I turned 43, my gyn/OB wanted me to go for a baseline mammogram. I was all for it and was glad he’d brought it up. But what was amusing was that when he brought it up, he didn’t give me a chance to say anything but he went into a spiel to convince me of its importance and why he really wanted me to go.
I tried to interrupt several times to tell him I agreed and when he finally realized I wasn’t arguing, he was very surprised. It turns out that he’s so used to having to sell this to women that he automatically starts off this way.
Anyway, I had my baseline and then less than a year later, I had an assessment mammogram because I found a lump. Thankfully, it was nothing specific.
I pledge to get one every year. Had been doing so and stopped for a couple of years due to no job and no medical. Was always concerned and very big with the cause. I have walked and when I walk again I would love to win this camera to take pictures. I spread the word to friends and co-workers the importance of getting one and self tests. God Bless ^A^ Especially the survivors and families. Wearing my pink watch now. btw, I think they are getting better with the machines…not as cold and not as painful or uncomfortable as they were.
I generally go to MRNJ but now it will be Montclair Radiology.
Thanks.
I get a mammogram yearly at St Luke East Hospital in Ft Thomas, KY.
Women’s Diagnostic Center – Piedmont Medical Center
218 South Herlong Avenue
Rock Hill , SC 29732
phone #: (803) 329-6878
but I am 37.
I get my mammogram every yr in Roseville imaging.
I have made a pledge! I will go to:
University of Michigan – Cancer & Geriatric Center
1500 E. Medical Ctr. Dr.
B2-353
Ann Arbor , MI 48109
phone #: (734) 936-6274
Every year I make sure to go. I go to Medical Park Imaging Route 46 Denville.
Thanks so much/
I absolutely pledge to have a mammogram every year! My doctor sends me to the radiology department at Sierra Kings Hospital in Reedley, California.
Salmon Creek Urgent Medical Center. I go there yearly. I’m only 33, but it’s never too early to start getting checked.
I will be going to Deaconess Med. Center, Spokane, WA to get checked.
The twins have their yearly check up Livingston, NJ at the Ambiltory Center.They treat each patient with care and even give us a parting rose when we’re done. How great is that.
Jennifer
My sisters room is pink
I just had a mammogram a couple of weeks ago and will be going back in six months.
I went to “Tennessee Women’s” in the Baptist Hospital complex of Nashville.
i always get mine at waldo county hospital
My mom died at 38 from breast cancer and her sister as 50. I get a mammogram every year at St. Luke’s hospital. Great giveaway. Early detection is key!
I get my mammogram every year at Meritcare, Fargo
I have to have a 6 month follow-up on right breast on 20th due to a mass that was found growing in Oct. I go to St. John’s Breast Center in Springfield, MO.
I have one yearly at
The Womens Center
Ft.Smith,Arkansas
Mercy-Franciscan…the Mt. Airy unit.
I get my annual mammogram at the Sierra View diagnostic center in Porterville, CA. Since I am over 50, I make sure to get a mammogram every year. I made my pledge at Fuji anyway:)
I made a pledge at Fugi to get a mammogram and will do so next month at Innovis Health Center in Fargo, ND
Bardmoore radiation
Largo, FL
I will be going to the Women’s Health Care Center, San Francisco. I go annually in September!
I will have my mammogram at Bay Ridge Imaging in Brooklyn, NY
I will go to St. Mary’s Warrick in Boonville, Indiana to get a mammogram.
I have mine done yearly at Digital Mammography in Seminole, Florida – love digital!
Diane Jones
dewdropnyc@aol.com
Have mine every year in June at Albany Medical Center
I get mine done at Harrington Memorial in Southbridge MA. They have excellent gynecological and women’s health care services over there. I oftentimes will buy products from companies that donate money to breast cancer research.
I just called Central Maine hospital and they have a free mammogram program! YAY!
I pledge to get a mammogram, either at Price Hoffman or St. Anthony’s.
I pledge to get a mamogram. I get one yearly, this month in fact, at SMDC Superior, WI.
I get mine at St. Peter’s Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.
I pledge to get a mammogram this Tuesday coming up I have the appt. My sisters and I make a day of it we all go together every year for the last couple years. It is a way where we know we will all go when we do this.
We go to Valley Womens Health in Springfield MA. 
I pledge to get a mammogram this year and every single year at Milford Hospital.
Please people, dont just pledge to do it, DO IT! I was diagnosed at 42 with an aggressive form of bc and if I missed my mammogram, I wouldnt be sitting here typing right now.
I’ve made a pledge to get a mammogram and I will be getting it at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. I think it’s very important for women to get mammograms.
WASH REG
I will get my mammo at Capitol Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, Missouri.
my wife go’s to DR. Rosens office in epworth, IA
I’m not due to go for my mammogram until December, and I’ll got to the Breast Health Clinic in Fayetteville, GA
i will get a mammogram this year at the kirklin clinic in birmingham al.
I went yesterday!
Winter Park Women’s Center, Winter Park, FL
I’ve been getting mammos every year since I was 35 (I just turned 43 this week) and have them done at the Kaiser Radiology Facility in La Mesa, CA
I get mine every year at the Anmed Health Campus in Anderson, SC
I DO NOT WANT TO GET THAT DONE EVERY YEAR OR ACTUALY AT ALL BUT I DO FAITHFULLY AT WABASH HOSPITALIN WABASH IN
I will be going in in the Fall for my next appt.
Women’s Medical Center
Sun’ n lake Blvd
Sebring Fla 33870
I think It’s great to get checked and also support the foundation. My grandmother died from Breast
Cancer 6 years ago. Thanks for the contest!
This contest reminded me that I am due for my annual mammogram. I have now made my appointment at the Americn Fork Hospital in American Fork, Utah, for June 17th.
Special Thank You to my husband who is good to remind me to do a self check regularly.
I’ve been quietly in awe of each comment that comes in. I am so touched by your participation, your honesty, your disclosure.
Each time someone here commits to getting a mammogram then shares where they are going — I feel a surge of empowerment, for myself and for women throughout the world that are afraid of a diagnosis.
Armed with early detection, breast cancer can be manageable, treatable and curable — that’s what mammography is all about.
Thank you all … from the bottom of my heart.
Now … let’s hear it from the rest of you!!!
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 1-1/2 years ago. You can bet I’ll be getting a mammogram this year! I’ll get it at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte NC.
I had my Mamo last year and I will do it again this year. I’ve been having them for years as I found my first suspicious lump when I was only 17 years old. Thank the Lord I’ve only had benign fibroids.