Hands-on-Heart Breast Cancer Pillow Drive Raises More Than Just Awareness
Fairfield World, FaveQuilts.com, and AllFreeSewing.com host charity drive during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, calling for homemade pillows designed to ease post-surgery pain.
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October 1, 2014: 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of their lifetime, according to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This means that roughly every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed in the United States. Since 1985, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month has sought to educate Americans about this disease, to fundraise for research into its prevention and cure, and offer information and support to those affected. In recent years, more and more attention has turned to alternative ways to lend support to breast cancer sufferers beyond simply donating money. To that end, Fairfield World, AllFreeSewing.com, and FaveQuilts.com are hosting a month-long charity drive for the Hands-on-Heart Pillow.
While there are many ways to treat and overcome cancer, many cases require single or double mastectomies. This surgery, both incredibly invasive and traumatizing, requires long hours of uncomfortable recovery. The Hands-on-Heart Breast Cancer Pillow is specifically designed to help alleviate some of that discomfort by fitting neatly into the space between the patient's arm and chest, protecting the sensitive area from bumps and undue pressure.
The Hands-on-Heart Breast Cancer Pillow Drive calls for anyone and everyone to make and send in this incredibly easy-to-make pillow to be donated to the American Cancer Society through the American Sewing Guild of Chicago. The pillow is simple enough that anyone can sew it, children and adults, of any skill level. As a thank-you, anyone who sends in a pillow will be automatically entered to win an assortment of Fairfield products; every week, one lucky entrant will receive 5 pounds of Poly-Fil® Polyester Fiber, and at the end of the month the winner of a Fairfield Grand Prize, valued at $250.00, will be chosen.
This is a wonderful activity for parents to do with their children, sewing guilds to make together, or any crafty man or woman looking to help a good cause.
Learn more about the Hands-on-Heart Breast Cancer Pillow Drive at this URL: http://www.allfreesewing.com/Sewing-Charity-List/Hands-on-Heart-Breast-Cancer-Pillow-Drive
For additional information about the Hands-on-Heart Breast Cancer Pillow Drive, please contact FaveQuilts.com and AllFreeSewing.com editor, Mollyhall Seeley.
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