Blog Updates

I just returned home from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the huge breast cancer meeting that is attended each year by about 9,000 doctors, researchers, and advocates. This year I was especially excited about San Antonio because we had planned to hold our first in-person meeting of the Army of Women’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) [...]

In this time of economic crisis and uncertainty, we all need to take a deep breath and be thankful for what we have, whether it be health, family, work, education, or a way to become part of eradicating breast cancer as a member of our incredible Army of Women! There is always something to be thankful [...]

As I write, I’m on an airplane, returning home from a breast cancer prevention meeting where I spoke to scientists about the Army of Women and what it can do for them. The more they learned, the more enthusiastic they became and, after my talk, a number of scientists told me about the new projects [...]

We did it! I always thought that an Army of Women would step up to the plate, but this week we proved it. The first “Call to Action” was sent out on Tuesday, October 28, and the response was incredible. The Sister Study has been recruiting sisters of women who have had breast cancer since it was [...]

Wow, what a week! On October 1, 2008 we launched the Love/Avon Army of Women on The Today Show. Seeing hundreds of you standing outside the studio in pink Army of Women T-shirts was nothing short of amazing! The day ended with me being interviewed about the Army of Women on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.  [...]

Welcome to the official Army of Women blog. This is where we get to exchange ideas about the Army of Women, the amazing new initiative developed by the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and the Avon Foundation. For years I’ve been talking about the need to find a way to help scientists get the volunteers they need [...]