Why give a percentage of sales to OVATIONS FOR THE CURE?
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EBay sellers are lucky enough to have the option to give a percentage of sales, by item, to a charity that has registered with their Giving Works program.
I would donate all of my profits to Ovations for the Cure, if I could afford to, but I am not that lucky.
So- I have decided to choose some of my favorite items and donate a percentage of those sales.
Why Ovations for the Cure?
When I see my two 20-something daughters with their grandmothers, I realize how lucky they are to have the benefit of those important relationships. Family history, a perspective from a different generation and that special connection between grandmothers and granddaughters has helped make them the wonderful young women they are today.
I never had that, and I still mourn the grandmothers I never really knew.
My mother's mother died when my mother was a teenager, and left her as an orphaned only child. My father's mother died when I was 4, and I remember her in a soft warm but vague way.
Both of my grandmothers died of OVARIAN CANCER.
There is too little known about this cancer but more important, the signs and symptoms are almost impossible to recognize. I personally started having symptoms and found that despite my doctor's creative ways to get a scan, special blood test or x-ray, insurance companies will fight coverage of these tests unless there is an elevated white blood count. The special blood test for ovarian cancer has a 30% false positive rate, and in the insurance companies rationale, that would lead to more tests that would be unnecessary.
Further, grandmother's aren't considered a direct blood line that means increased risk, despite the fact that my father only had one brother, no sisters, and my mother, who hasn't had ovarian cancer, is an only child.
Right now, ovarian cancer is considered, like pancreatic cancer, a death sentence. It is almost undetectable. We need to change this! We need to find a cure, and to find a way to better identify this cancer. This means money for research. This means supporting organizations like Ovations for the Cure.
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Treasures of Cape Cod
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10%- opens in a new window or tab of the final sale price will support Ovations For The Cure- opens in a new window or tab ( Small deduction may apply. Learn more about eBay Giving Works )
