BurdaStyle has teamed up with the American Cancer Society to host a great fundraiser!

BurdaStyle is inviting sewers and seamstresses from all over the world to sew a pink or black bow-tie and donate it to the ACS fundraising “Pink & Black Gala”.

“We are asking out members and friends to donate a handmade bow ties to be auctioned off at the ACS Pink and Black Tie Gala on May 7th 2009.

Want to help? Download the David Bow Tie pattern Sew it up in pink and/or black fabric and send it to us here at BurdaStyle by May 4th 2009.

BurdaStyle 325 Gold st Suite 201 Brooklyn, NY. 11201

If you would like to include a personal story with your bow tie you are more than welcome to. Write it on a note card, that way, whoever wears your bow tie will know the story behind it.

We are so excited to be helping out with this great cause and we are very happy that our members can be involved.”

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Remember Hope Lodge? The American Cancer Society (ACS)  has received a $4 million gift for the building of a new Hope Lodge in City of Rochester in New York.

Here’s the YouTube video forwarded by Paul McGee (thanks again Paul!).

God bless the generous hearts for the donation and most especially, God bless Hope Lodge!

All cancer patients need all the help they can get.

Speaking of SharingHope.tv, I have been browsing the site and I am seeing potential in there.

The American Cancer Society is right of course that the success of the said community depends on the contribution of people with cancer stories to tell.

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I was notified of something really interesting that will be of huge help (I hope!) to cancer patients — from the American Cancer Society (ACS) via Paul McGee.

Pretty much like YouTube, ACS has launched its own, cancer specific, video and picture sharing site called SharingHope.TV.

SharingHope.tv allows users to create an account and upload video, audio, photos and artwork in order to tell their stories of cancer in ways that work best for them. Visitors to the site can view the content, share what they like with others, or find hope and inspiration for their own fight against cancer.

Cancer survivors and their loved ones are already avid users of online community Web sites, and with SharingHope.tv, the American Cancer Society hopes to engage new and existing users of online media. “Many people share their stories of cancer on Web sites like You Tube, Flickr, and personal blogs.

Now they have a chance to come together in a single online community, with an organization and an audience that really cares about cancer,” said David Neff, American Cancer Society High Plains Division director of web and interactive strategy.

Hey do check it out! Please go to www.sharinghope.tv or you can read the full press release.

Wow. Isn’t that something?!