For your friends, mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, etc.

From an email received today:

As you may be aware, the US Postal Service recently released its new “Fund the Cure” stamp to help fund breast cancer research. The stamp was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland. It is important that we take a stand against this disease that kills and maims so many of our mothers, sisters, friends. Instead of the normal $.37 for a stamp, this one costs $.45. The additional $.08 will go to breast cancer research. A “normal” book costs $7.40,this is $9.00. It takes a minute at the Post Office and means so much.

If all stamps are sold, it will raise an additional $35,000,000 for this vital research. Just as important as the money is our support. What a statement it would make if the stamp outsold the lottery this week. What a statement it would make that we care.

We can all afford the $ 1.60.Please help & pass it on!”

For myself, having lost my mother to breast cancer nearly 11 years ago now, I’ve bought 5 books of these online just now. If this is important to you or if you’re just a fan of the boob, go ahead and show your support by buying these stamps.