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First class effort: Stamping out breast cancer is the goal Excerpt from NurseWeek, May 18, 1998. Writer Unknown. |
Los Angeles. The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new stamp May 9 that sponsors hope will raise at least $7 million for breast cancer research programs in the first 90 days of its release. The 40-cent stamp, which won't go on sale until August, will function like a regular 32-cent first-class stamp. The eight extra cents from each stamp sold will be turned over to research programs run by the National Institutes of Health and the Defense Department. The stamp is a line drawing of the Roman goddess Diana reaching back to retrieve an arrow from her quiver, which places her torso in the position of a woman receiving a mammogram. The words "Fund the fight. Find a cure" are written across the stamp. Elizabeth Mullen, a Covina breast cancer survivor and founder and CEO of Women's Information Network Against Breast Cancer, worked to convince the government of the stamp's benefits with Ernie Bodai, MD, a Sacramento surgeon who specializes in breast cancer surgery and who came up with the idea of the stamp. The stamp marks the first time that some of the proceeds of stamp sales have gone to fund research. Mullen hopes business and individuals will support the program by buying the stamps for letters and for gifts. "It's a way for people close to patients to do something on their behalf to raise funding and increase knowledge," she said. If only 10 percent of people who use first-class stamps purchase the new stamp, approximately $60 million a year would be raised for breast cancer research.
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