Running a marathon this year? Running for a charity or cause? Among the variety of reasons to run a marathon in hopes to raise money for a cause, Breast Caner is one of the most significant.
From seasoned athletes to the novice runner, people have been running for the cure of cancer for obvious reasons. In 2010 breast cancer caused over 39,000 deaths in women, resulting in breast cancer being the 2nd leading cause of deaths in women from cancer, after lung cancer. The American Cancer Society reported that women have a 1 in 8 chance of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at some point in their life.
Raising money for a cause as part of your running goal is great motivation, however, paying the marathon entry fee is not the only way to contribute to a cause. Online fundraising is gaining popularity in the world of giving and charity. With the continued massive growth of social networking tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Email and others, online fundraising for any cause can be surprisingly effective and easy to promote.
DonationTo.com, a web service enabling users to create a fundraising web-page, has focused its service towards marathon runners. The result is empowering marathon runners to increase awareness about breast cancer. “The hope is to bring continuous awareness to Breast Cancer” The DonationTo Team explains, “To raise funds and ensure the battle against breast cancer continues.”
Currently there are approximately 2.5 million breast cancer survivors and the number of deaths has been declining. Increased awareness leading to prevention and earlier detection are all factors to consider for the increase in survival rate. We hope this trend continues as people are coming up with more ways to support the fight for breast cancer and causes alike.
To learn more about the American Cancer Society visit: www.Cancer.org
To learn more about DonationTo and fundraising for marathons visit here: DonationTo.com and here: http://DonationTo.com/Raise-Money-For-Marathon
Tags: breast cancer, crowd funding, fundraising
3 comments
Posted by: Sarah on February 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm
oh I used DonationTo before I love these guys!!!
Posted by: Viet on February 27, 2011 at 7:22 am
Awesome service….I highly recommend
Posted by: petercrowe on March 8, 2011 at 2:57 am
All of us must take the initiative to raise funds for the noble cause.