Conversation at the Checkout Counter
A few days ago I was checking out at Haggens, our local supermarket, when I realized that my reusable cloth bags were still in the car. It was raining very hard and I was not about to go back out to get them, so I ended up getting all the food stuffed into plastic bags… pink plastic bags. They were for the Susan G. Komen For the Cure© campaign. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Noble effort, but I was feeling that lung cancer, which has far more victims, was getting slighted. I asked the clerk, “when is Lung Cancer Awareness Month?” He didn’t know. Just as I was ready to leave, he asks, “So when is it?” Ah ha! I didn’t know either. I’m not sure how I get started on some of these disastrous conversations and I’m even less sure how to end them in some really clever way. The best that I could do was to say that one of us should look it up. So I did. Lung Cancer Awareness Month is right now – this month – November. Go to the Lung Cancer Alliance website to find out even more. It’s important. You might get the same checkout clerk.
... Bob
... Bob
posted by Looking for Hope | 10:25 AM
1 Comments:
Bob,
I love your initiative - and thanks for raising awareness for those silently suffering with lung cancer. Doesn't everyone know that twice as many women die from lung cancer as breast cancer, and that 20% of these women have never touched a single cigarette? I did something like you did on a flight to San Francisco as they served pink lemonade to raise money for breast cancer. What drink do you think they will serve for lung cancer awareness in November?
(http://lungcancer.about.com/b/2008/10/21/lung-cancer-is-a-lemon-the-inequality-of-support-for-lung-cancer.htm)
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