I can't believe we are so far into the summer already. Many of my friends are already back from European vacations.
I have been busy this month taking more photos of all of our new products. We have 7 new pins on the website this month, including the Nurse Pink Ribbon pin, Motorcycle Pink Ribbon pin and Check Your Boobs pink ribbon pin. We also have 2 different versions of the Pink Wings Pink Ribbon pin with a glitter pink ribbon and angel wings. It is adorable! And- our princess pink ribbon pins now come with glitter dresses.
Our summer special is out: We have our blue Walking For A World Without Cancer t-shirt. Along with the t-shirt you will also get a pink ribbon lanyard, a heart pink ribbon cell phone charm, a pair of pink ribbon earrings, a pink wings pink ribbon bandana, a paisley ribbon and a PIP ribbon temporary tattoo, a pink ribbon toggle bracelet and a Pink Wings pink ribbon pin of your choice (does not include the custom pink ribbon pins). This pink ribbon special is only $31.00 If you are a Breast cancer 3-Day walker, you can substitute the Walking for a World shirt for a Next 60 Miles t-shirt.
If you are fundraising for a breast cancer event- please check out www.pinkribbonfundraising.com We can help you raise money for your event. This is a risk free fundraising program. Call Courtney at 310-663-0482 with any questions.
We have lots of new visors on the website. New colors include: baby blue, green, vanilla and charcoal. We also have the white and pink visors at Pink Wings. These visors all have an emboidered pink ribbon on the front and velcro closures in the back. One size fits all.
We hear from people all the time trying to find pink ribbon items in larger sizes. We have added a grey "Ribbons 4 A Cure" pullover pink ribbon hoodie to the Pink Wings website. The hoodie comes in size 3XL only. I also have the hoodie available in a periwinkle blue in size Large, XL and 2XL only. I LOVE this color!!
If you are looking for that special something for someone who has hit the 5 year breast cancer survivor mark, our new Crown Pink Ribbon Pin is the perfect gift. This is a Cloisonne Pink Ribbon pin with a silver crown. The 5 points on the crown each have a pink stone. This is one of the nicest pins we have done to date...it is just gorgeous!! This pin can also be purchased for the princess in your life.
For the guys, remember that we have Real Men Wear Pink t-shirts in black and pink. The Real Men large logo is silk screened on the back of the t-shirt and a smaller logo is silk screened on the front left chest of the t-shirt.
We have lots of great summer items including: Pink Ribbon camisole tank tops in brown, pink, white and black, Pink Ribbon tank tops in pink or black, tye dye tanks and pink ribbon t-shirts.
If you are a store owner or have a store in mind that should be carrying our Pink Ribbon merchandise, please go to www.pinkribbonwholesale.com
If you want to create your own pink ribbon pin, please contact me and I can email you pricing on custom pink ribbon pins. We can do pins for any occasion...graduations, bar/bat mitzvahs, wedding favors, 25th wedding anniversaries, cancer awareness events, etc. We can do as few as 50 pins or as many as 10,000 pins. All pins are Cloisonne with a butterfly clutch attachment.
Pink Wings is the place for all of your retail pink ribbon shopping. We have everything from pink ribbon lapel pins to sterling silver ribbon jewelery to pink ribbon apparel. The newest pins on the Pink Wings site are the Heart Pink Ribbon pin and the High Top Pink Ribbon Shoe Pin. Order yours today and be one of the first to add these pins to your pink ribbon pin collection. We also have an adorable 2-tone Pink Ribbon Hoodie that comes in sizes Small- 2XL. This is a great light-weight sweatshirt with a crystal pink ribbon on the left chest. Our new chocolate brown shirt with pink trim is sure to be a hit this spring. This shirt gives the look of wearing 2 shirts, a brown shirt over a pink shirt as it has pink at the neck, sleeves and botton. There is a crystal pink ribbon in the center of the shirt. We have lots of great new colors in visors with pink ribbons embroidered in the front. The visors are now available in white, baby blue, navy, green, vanilla, stone and deep blue. These pink ribbon visors are great for golfers, tennis players and anyone walking in an upcoming Breast Cancer 3-Day or Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. The Pink Wings Pink Ribbon Retail site also has pink ribbon stretch bracelets with matching pink ribbon earrings, pink ribbon lanyards, pink ribbon key chains and pink ribbon cell phone charms. The pink ribbon camisole tank tops with built in shelf bra and the pink ribbon tank tops are great for the summer months. I train in mine for the Breast Cancer 3-Day 60-Mile walk. The pink ribbon tank tops come in black or pink with a pink crystal ribbon in the center. The pink ribbon camisole tank tops also come in black or pink with a pink crystal ribbon in the center. The fabric on both of these shirts is sooo soft! You will want to wear one every day!
Please take a moment to check out all of the wonderful pink ribbon product on the retail website at www.pinkwings.com
Small hospital, big progress Melissa Klein Staff The Journal News
Patients seek out Dobbs Ferry doctors for breast surgery technique
Melissa Klein
The Journal News
DOBBS FERRY
Rori Clark is not the type of patient you would expect to find at Community Hospital at Dobbs Ferry. Clark is healthy and lives some 1,300 miles away in Parkland, Fla. But she traveled to have surgery at one of the smallest hospitals in New York state that was, until recently, little known outside of the village.
An Internet grapevine led her to Community Hospital, and a meeting with the surgical team at its Ashikari Breast Center persuaded her to go through with a difficult surgery she had long contemplated. Last month, she had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer.
"I just knew that if I was going to do it, it was going to be now, and it was going to be with these doctors at this hospital," Clark said in mid-June, two days after the operation.
Clark, a 39-year-old mother of three, and the other women who have come to the hospital from across the country are drawn by a new one-step procedure in which their breasts are removed and then reconstructed, eliminating multiple surgeries. Some have breast cancer and others, like Clark, are at high risk for the disease because of a genetic mutation.
"So that was a huge factor, to wake up and have breasts and be done," Clark said. "Be done, be done, be done and get on with my life and not have to do any more surgeries, look great, feel great and have my main thing, which is the breast cancer reduction."
The unique approach is a collaboration between breast surgeons Roy Ashikari and his son, Andrew Ashikari, and plastic surgeon Andrew Salzberg. In high-risk women, the Ashikaris use a surgical technique to spare a woman's nipples, and Salzberg pioneered a method that creates enough room for implants to be inserted immediately.
The surgeons treat about 250 cases a year at the breast center, which opened in 2004. The center has helped bolster the bottom line of a hospital that struggled financially for years and nearly went out of business.
The 50-bed hospital, which was founded in 1893, was sold at auction in 2002 after it failed to make payments on a federal loan used to finance a new building in the 1980s. St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers purchased the hospital and runs it as part of its Riverside Health Care System.
After the takeover, some workers were laid off, and, to attract more patients, the hospital added speciality programs such as a sleep center, a program for weight-loss surgery and the breast center.
"Normally people go to the hospital based on primary-care doctors," said Ronald Corti, president of Community Hospital. "Here they come for the primary-care doctors and the specialties that we have in place, and the breast center is key in that area."
Last year, the hospital showed a profit - $750,000 - for the first time in years.
Dr. Roy Ashikari, a well-known breast surgeon who once led the breast service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said the hospital's small size was an advantage for treating cancer patients. A woman who has a suspect lump can be evaluated by the surgical team, have a mammogram and ultrasound and a biopsy, if needed, in the matter of an afternoon.
"In an hour and a half, two hours, I can tell the patient you have cancer or you don't have any cancer," Ashikari said.
Hunting online
Most of the patients who have surgery at the breast center have cancer. A small number are at risk for the disease because of mutations in two genes known as BRCA1 and BRCA2. The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer if you carry either of the genes is as high as 85 percent, and having them also puts women at risk for ovarian cancer.
Clark has the BRCA1 mutation. She was tested after her sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, following the death of their mother from the disease. She had a hysterectomy and her ovaries removed three years ago and continued to be monitored for signs of breast cancer.
"Not only is it expensive, it's mentally wearing," Clark said.
She began to do research on prophylactic, or preventative, mastectomies and found an organization called FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered. The group has a Web site, www.facingourrisk.org, where women post messages about their surgical options. It was there that Clark heard about the Ashikaris and Salzberg and a village called Dobbs Ferry.
"I didn't know anything about it," she said. "I've been to New York, but in the city."
Controversial procedure
In women who want preventative mastectomies, the Ashikaris do what's called a subcutaneous mastectomy. They make an incision under the breast, remove almost all the breast tissue and leave the nipples intact. The method leaves the breasts looking similarly as they did before surgery and, in some women, sensation is maintained. But it is not widely embraced, because a small amount of breast tissue remains.
"That tissue is still there ... for a cancer to (potentially) develop," said Marlene Frost, a professional associate in research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "That's the major controversy."
Frost was a co-author of a large 1999 study that found that prophylactic mastectomy reduced the incidence of breast cancer in high-risk women by 90 percent. Of 639 women in the study who had double mastectomies, seven went on to develop cancer, and all seven had subcutaneous mastectomies.
Frost said one cancer was in the nipple and one was above the areola.
"It was in that area where there would have been some tissue left," she said.
Dr. Andrew Ashikari said his surgical team, which includes Dr. Pond Kelemen, shaves off almost all the breast tissue in the three-hour procedure.
"We really leave nothing behind," he said. The Ashikaris, who are both surgical oncologists, also practice at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.
As of June 26, the team had done 42 prophylactic mastectomies, and no patients had developed cancer. About half of those operations were done with the one-step reconstruction.
"What's made it popular has been the plastic surgery part," Ashikari said.
One-step plastic surgery
In general, there are several ways to reconstruct a breast after a mastectomy, including some that use tissue from other areas of the body.
Patients who opt for implants typically undergo at least two operations. The implants have to sit under the muscle in the chest, a space that is usually too small to accommodate them. Surgeons will insert a balloon-like device called a tissue expander under the muscle that is gradually inflated over several months to create enough room for the implant. The woman then has a second surgery to replace the expander with a permanent implant and possibly a third operation to create nipples.
"I was trying to figure out a way we could avoid that tissue-expansion process," said Salzberg, whose plastic surgery office is in Tarrytown. "My idea was to just forget the tissue-expander idea, let's go put an implant immediately and try to cover it with some other material besides the patient's own skin and muscle."
Salzberg, who is part of the plastic surgery team that runs the burn center at Westchester Medical Center, thought of AlloDerm, a tissue-replacement product created from donated skin. It has long been used in burn care and for other treatments.
In 2001, Salzberg began using AlloDerm to bridge the gap in the chest muscle once the implant was in place.
"Within six weeks, it's just totally replaced by your own cells," he said. "It's perfectly natural."
Salzberg said other doctors were slowly starting to use the technique. He wrote an article on using the AlloDerm method in women with breast cancer, which appears in this month's edition of the Annals of Plastic Surgery.
He said there were many women at risk of breast cancer who are candidates for prophylactic mastectomy but have been avoiding it. The operation usually is covered by insurance.
"A lot of women who I see didn't want to do it because they thought they'd be deformed and they thought they would be looking terrible and didn't know that this was an option," Salzberg said.
Calendar girls
Sharon Kulik, a special education teacher from Columbia, Md., had a prophylactic double mastectomy at Community Hospital in February 2005.
She said she considered the surgery for five years and spoke with numerous doctors. She said she does not know if she would have gone through with the operation if she did not have Salzberg's one-step reconstruction.
"His technique allows women to have breasts like they did before or better, and not something that is so artificial-looking, and yet reduce their risk," Kulik said.
She posted her experience on the FORCE Web site, and when other women did as well, it began to catch on.
"I call them the `mavens' - these women who basically have just gone out there and been our advocates for doing this, and, honestly, we've never advertised it," Andrew Ashikari said. "We were just amazed how women were coming in from different parts of the country."
These "mavens" gave their doctors a gift this year. A dozen of them posed for a calendar, some wearing low-cut shirts and one in a T-shirt that says "Nice Rack."
Roy Ashikari showed Clark and her husband, Terry, the calendar when she returned to his office after her surgery. She stayed in New York for a week after her operation while drains remained in place from the surgery. She felt well enough to see a Broadway show and go sightseeing.
Now back home, Clark said she felt good and was very pleased with the outcome. She said she was adjusting to life without the threat of cancer.
"To not have to worry anymore is just a whole new way of being now," she said. "It's really amazing."
Reach Melissa Klein at mklein@lohud.com or 914-694-5063.
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This is our Pink Wings Pink Ribbon bandana- exclusive to the Pink Wings site. My girls love wearing them at the walks as they cheer me on! This photo was taken at the last day of the Michigan Breast Cancer 3-Day in August, 2006.
These last 6 months have flown by! Pink Wings had an exhibit booth at the FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered) conference in February in Florida, as well as the Young Survivor Conference in Denver. It was so great to meet so many new people at the first FORCE conference. This was a fantastic weekend to get informed about BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. I am BRCA 2, and so is my younger sister. I was able to meet and talk to Dr. Susan Love at the dinner event. I will definitely want to attend this conference again next year. Sue Friedman did a fantastic job putting on this event. To read more about FORCE- please visit their website (go to my LINKS page).
At the Young Survivor Conference, I was able to see so many other young survivors that I have met over the years. This was the first year that the conference was held in Denver. The last 2 conferences that I attended were in Philly. It was just announced that next year's conference will be held in Virginia. I was very sick at this conference and could barely talk, but thanks to my good friend Colleen and her sister Bethany- we were able to keep the Pink Wings booth manned. We had many new pins to show at this conference, as well as our new "What Is In Your Heart?" necklaces (we sold out!). I think my new friend, Elaine, bought one of everything in our booth!
In March, Pink Wings held a successful fundraising boutique for the Ezralow Foundation as they raised funds for the L.A. Revlon Run/ Walk for Women. Pink Wings also helped to design a custom pin for the Ezralow team (as seen on the Custom Pins page of the Pink Wings store) and completed an order of almost 100 baseball caps with teal paisley ribbons. The teal ribbon represents Ovarian Cancer.
In April, we had another busy month. Courtney flew to North Charleston, South Carolina to meet her sister, Melanie (from Gardenpaper.com) to set up a booth at the E.W. conference (Essentially Women). This is a fantastic event for Pink Wings and Garden Paper. It is how we get our product out to the retail market.
In April, Courtney also got some sad news...the baby boy she was to adopt was born and the birth mom had changed her mind and decided to keep him. Thank goodness for strong family and friends who reached out during this tough time with words and notes of hope.
Later in April, Courtney and her family participated in their 3rd Annual Pacific Palisades Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. This is a fantastic event for the entire family as teams spend 24 hours walking the track raising money and awareness for cancer. You can read the articles published about this event on the Press link on Pinkwings.com For the 3rd year, Courtney was a team captain, as well as the Survivor Co-Chair for the event. This year, Pink Wings was proud to become a sponsor of the event. How cool it was to see the Pink Wings Angel Logo on the back of all of the event t-shirts as a sponsor. I am hoping Pink Wings will continue to grow so that we can sponsor more events.
In May, Courtney kept busy filling orders for custom pins and visors for teams participating in various walks for Cancer. Courtney also finally had a screening of her documentary "Courtney's Amazing Race" at the Pacific Palisades Film Festival. This documentary was made a few years ago as Courtney was getting ready to complete another Breast Cancer 3-Day event. The film follows Courtney and her family through a few weeks and deals with the effects that cancer has on an individual and a family.
In May- Courtney got some wonderful news!!!!! On May 9th, she and her family were chosen to adopt a beautiful baby who had just been born earlier that day. We named him Slayton Haven Zinszer. He was 8 lbs. 12 oz at time of birth and 20" long. He is the most perfect baby and a fantastic addition to the Zinszer family. His big sisters; Sedona (12) , Sage (4) and Sienna (4) couldn't be happier. Mommy and Daddy are beaming!! What a great gift for Mother's Day!!
In the last couple of months, Pink Wings has come out with more new pins. You can view them on the website. Our newest pin, set to arrive in just a few days, was inspired by a little girl named Madeline Ybarra. Maddie is 10-years-old. 2 years ago, she lost her mother to breast cancer. Maddie was a team captain this year for the Revlon Run/Walk and has raised almost $2,000 individually and almost $3,000 as a team of 41 members. Pink Wings is donating pins for Maddie's team, as well as donating 100% of the proceeds from the first 27 pins sold so that Maddie can reach her goal of $2,000 for the Revlon event. To purchase the pin- please go to www.pinkwings.com and go to our store.
Courtney will be participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in July in San Francisco. She will also be walking in the Michigan Breast Cancer 3-Day event in August. If you would like to sponsor her in either of these events- please go to the Donate Link on the Pink Wings website.
Well Pink Wings has had another fantastic year. We have added lots of new original pink ribbon pins including the Survivor Angel Breast Cancer Awareness pins, the Wipe Out Cancer ( surf ) pin, and the oh so popular Martini Pink Ribbon pin. We closed out the year with a Santa Hat Pink Ribbon pin (designed by L.A. artist- Nynette Marceth, designer of the popular Foot pin).
Pink Wings was participating in events almost monthly through out 2005...and sometimes weekly. We started out the year at the fabulous Young Survivor Conference in Philly last Feb. Pink Wings teamed up with our sister site- Garden Paper (GardenPaper.com) at a booth at the conference where we sold pink ribbon merchandise. We met so many wonderful young breast cancer survivors and their supporters at this event. We also caught up with women we had met at the 2004 Young Survivor Conference. It was great to see Tiffany, Marisa, Edna, and Mary Lou again.
April 8, 2005 Courtney and her oldest daughter Sedona attend the What A Pair event at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles for the 2nd year in a row. This amazing event is an evening with celebrities. Rene Zelwegger, Lisa Ann Walter (Shall We Dance, Bruce Almighty), Lea Thompson, etc. These wonderful actresses/ singers sing duets from Broadway shows. After the show there is an amazing Silent Auction. Money raised from this event helps to fund Dr. Helena Chang's Breast Cancer research at UCLA.
April 16 and 17th, 2005 Pink Wings participated in the Pacific Palisades Relay For Life for the 2nd year in a row. Courtney is the Survivor Co-Chair and Captain for Team Pink Wings. Our Pacific Palisades Relay this year brought in over $70,000 for the American Cancer Society. That is twice the amount that we raised at our 1st Relay in 2004. I love this event because it is one that the entire family can participate in. I stay the full 24 hours and my little girls have so much fun sleeping in a tent with mom and dad and big sister. They also think it is funny to watch us walk in circles around the track over and over again..hour after hour. What we will always remember from this Relay is the sprinklers going on at 4 AM and soaking our tents. I had walked til 3:30 AM and had finally gone to sleep- just in time to be woken up by the sound of the sprinklers and the water coming into our tent. I will never forget my husband handing me the babies (they were 2 1/2 at the time) and running out of the tent to help other dazed event participants cover the sprinklers with trash cans. Note to Relay Committee: Make sure the sprinklers are turned off for the 2006 Relay!
Through out the summer months, Pink Wings was present at many of the Breast Cancer 3-Day and Avon Walks. We had a great time meeting so many wonderful people supporting the fight against breast cancer. I also love running into old friends from previous walks like: Sandra Jordan (who walks in EVERY Avon Walk) and Barbara Jo Kirshbaum (who has logged in more miles than anyone at these walks), Tia Bruna- a fellow young survivor and Smile Guy and Little Grin.
In September, Pink Wings was present at the 1st Annual Young Survivor Conference in Orange County, and also at the Women Of Color Luncheon in Torrance, Calif. We had a booth at each of these events. Both of these events were a success and we look forward to being invited back again next year.
Courtney walked in her first Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in September. The walk was from the Queen Mary to El Dorado Park and back. A beautiful 40 mile walk...well...I walked 26 miles. It was fun spending the 2nd day walking along side Sandra Jordan and Tia Bruno. These two ladies kept me laughing every mile!!
Courtney walked in her 7th Breast Cancer 3-Day in October. She participated in the San Diego walk and it was one of the most beautiful walks to date. The weather held out for us and it was nice to see so many walkers and supporters along the route. Courtney's husband, Ron and her 3 daughters met her all along the way. This makes the walk go so much faster- knowing that you will see your family just around each corner. Courtney walked with fellow Marquez teachers Elise Bamesberger and Nynette Marceth.
Courtney and her family also participated in the Los Angeles Take-A-Hike for Breast Cancer out in Malibu. This is another beautiful event for the entire family. Walkers choose one of 3 hikes that range from an easy 1 mile hike to a more difficult 3 mile hike to an advanced hike. This year I actually walked with my husband and 3 daughters on the 3 mile hike. 2 of my daughters are only 3 years old. My husband ended up carrying one of them (Sienna) almost the entire 3 miles, however, the other one (Sage) walked almost the entire 3 miles on by herself. I couldn't believe it!
October 19th, 2005, Courtney flew to Pennsylvania for the Keystone Breast Cancer Conference. Before the lunch break, a young women walked up to my booth asking about our Pink Ribbon Flip Flop pendants. As this woman was wearing one of our Pink Ribbon tank tops, I struck up a conversation with her. As we continued to talk, the young woman mentioned a trip she was taking with other breast cancer survivors to Sri Lanka. I said, " Are you talking about Amazon Heart Odyssey?" She said, "Yes." I said, "I am going to Sri Lanka in December with Amazon Heart Odyssey too! What is your name?" Imagine my surprise when she said her name- Debra. She was to be my roommate in Sri Lanka!!! We started screaming and yelling and hugging each other like 2 long lost relatives. Everyone at the conference must have thought we were crazy. What were the chances that 2 women from opposite sides of the country would run into each other, only to find out they were to be roommates on the other side of the world?!
December 1, 2005 The day has finally arrived. I leave for my trip to Sri Lanka. I have raised thousands of dollars and now will be boarding a plane for my long flight to Sri Lanka. First I fly to Tokyo, then to Singapore, and finally to Sri Lanka. The trip takes almost 24 hours. I land in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka and take a 1 hour cab ride to The Galle Face Hotel. Here I meet with 10 other breast cancer survivors and one amazing photo journalist named Jill. Megan and Meredith are the founders of Amazon Heart Odyssey. To read all about them and to follow our wonderful adventure in Sri Lanka, please go to www.amazonheartodyssey.org Our entire journey is on a blog on this site with fantastic photos. I will summarize our trip here- but you have to go to the Blog for all the great details.
11 breast cancer survivors from the U.S., Canada and Australia raised thousands of dollars (the requirement was $5,000 each) and flew to Sri Lanka to build homes in the slums (Shanty Town) of Colombo. The money raised would go towards the building materials. Part of the money was also going towards putting a new roof on one of the pre-schools. Each day, the group of women took a bus to the Shanty Town (which was next to the city dump) and worked on homes. These were not your ordinary homes...no plumbing, no electricity, just a floor, walls, windows, door and a roof. Some of these homes were to house families with up to 7 children. This experience was the adventure of a lifetime. Meeting all of the wonderful people of Sri Lanka...the beautiful children, seeing how they had rebuilt from the Tsunami. Seeing the beautiful beaches....riding an Elephant up and down Bentota Beach. I would recommend this adventure to anyone. One of the highlights of this trip was the afternoon that we met with breast cancer survivors from Sri Lanka. One had traveled 3 hours on a train to meet with us. It was interesting to talk about the similarities and differences of being a breast cancer from Australia, Canada, the U.S. and Sri Lanka.
Pink Wings is excited to announce that we have designed a beautiful retro pin for Breast Cancer Awareness that we call " Paisley Power" and we are donating $2 from the retail sale of each pin to the Young Survival Coalition (YSC).
The YSC is the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to the concerns and issues of women aged 40 and younger living with breast cancer. In addition to promoting action, advocacy and awareness, the YSC also serves as a resource for young women diagnosed with breast cancer.
This retro pink ribbon Cloisonné pin is 1 1/4". As with all our pins, it is a great quality, custom original pin. It will be a must for your pin collection and you will feel great knowing that $2.00 from the retail sale of every pin will be donated to the Young Survival Coalition (YSC).
Pink Wings is proud to announce the addition of 3 brand new, original pink ribbon pins!
The first pin is "Knock Out Cancer". This adorable pink ribbon pin is a pair of pink boxing gloves. It has a pink ribbon at the top and the words Knock Out Cancer on the gloves. As all our pins, this is a great quality, 1 1/4" custom Cloisonne pin. Show your support in the fight against Breast Cancer!
The 2nd pin is "Making a Difference Together". This is our 1st specialty pin. It is a LARGER custom great quality 1 1/2 " Cloisonne pin. Check out the great details and colors on this pin. This is the perfect addition to your pink ribbon collection, and makes a nice gift for friends and family. For those of you participating in upcoming Breast Cancer walks, this pin makes a great gift for your walking team members or your extra special sponsors who have given you a large donation for you walk. Own it today by going to my website at www.pinkwings.com
Our 3rd new pin is " 3- Day or Bust". This pin is for all you 3-Dayers out there. It makes a great statement and lets everyone know that you are participating in an upcoming Breast Cancer 3-Day 60 mile walk. This pin is a good conversation starter and is sure to help you with your fundraising! It is a great quality 1 1/4" custom Cloisonne pin. A fantastic addition to your pin collection. Courtney and her Pink Wings team will be participating in her 7th Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. They will be walking in San Diego in October 2005. Please contact Courtney at courtney@pinkwings4bc.com if you would like to join her Pink Wings Team.
To order any of these brand new pins, or to see our entire line of pink ribbon pins, along with the popular pink rubber cancer awareness bracelets, and other pink ribbon and survivor jewelry and apparel....please visit our online store at www.pinkwings.com
Pinkwings is wishing you a healthy and happy 2005!
This is the first post on the new Pink Wings Blog.
Please visit our online store for terrific pink ribbon and survivor items.
We have original pink ribbon great quality custom Cloisonne pins. These pins are great for your pink ribbon collection. They make great gifts for family and friends and are also great for fundraising. Please inquire about wholesale and fundraising prices by emailing courtney at courtney@pinkwings4bc.com
Our store also carries pink ribbon and survivor t-shirts and hats, along with totebags and sterling silver charms.
We have in stock and ready to ship the trendy pink rubber bracelets that Lance Armstrong has made so popular. We carry 3 types:
BELIEVE
Faith Hope Love
Courage Endurance Bravery Hope
Please let us know of any other products you are looking for by emailing courtney at info@pinkwings4bc.com
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The New Pink Hoodie Pink Ribbon Sweatshirt in sizes Med and XL only is currently available for purchase at our 
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