Shopping at Loehmann’s can help Fight Ovarian Cancer.

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Loehmann’s is joining the fight. A day of shopping can make a difference.
Loehmann’s has teamed up with the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. On Thursday, September 25, all Loehmann’s stores across the country will host a shopping event to benefit the OCRF.

Ovarian Cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer that affects women.

The symptoms are very ambiguous and often missed and then treatment sadly comes too late. Only 19% of cases are caught before the cancer gets a chance to spread. It can be a very aggressive form of cancer and currently, only 45% of women survive longer than 5 years.

Approximately 21,650 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in this country in 2008 and about 15,520 will die from this disease.

While there is no ”good” cancer, watching a previously vital and healthy person get blindsided by this monster is horrific. If you need some shopping inspiration, then please look into the eyes of these women or read their own words at Blog for a Cure. Then dry your tears, and go shopping.

Shoppers can take 15% off their purchases that day when they make a $5 donation at the Loehmann’s register. The entire $5 amount plus 5% of the day’s proceeds from participating shoppers goes to funding research to find a method of early detection and, in time, a cure for ovarian cancer. So the more you shop, the more you give.

This is a National Charity Event so find the closest Loehmann’s to you and plan your day of shopping. Stock up on new fall fashions and support OCRF, please.

Ovarian Cancer is a harsh killer and the 5^th leading cause of cancer death in American women, so for our mothers, for our grandmothers, for our aunts, friends, cousins, and daughters… and maybe for yourself, go shopping on Thursday, September 25^th.

Shop for a Cure. Shop for Hope. Shop to stop Ovarian Cancer.

Tags: Shopping for a Good Cause, Women's Fashion //