Charity Guide for Wisconsin---link included

I have to say I sometimes just type in a word or a group of words just to see what comes up.

This time I typed in Wisconsin charity just to see what would come up.

This was near the top of the list.

Basically you click on your city

and it brings up charities in your area.

What I really like is that it has links for the United States too.

So, if you have family or friends living in any other city

you can share ideas and events with those people.

It also has tabs for donation guide, to list a charity, etc.

I seem to be collecting on-line friends from all over the world

and have been getting more interested in causes, diseases, conditions

that honestly I probably would not have in the past

or have forgotten that people I know have a particular disease or condition.

It is nice to be reminded gently once in a while of what other people have been going through.

I have done blogs lately on

Multiple Sclerosis and Melanoma

because currently those are the two conditions/diseases that seem to be affecting me personally

(by worrying about them...they are really nice and wonderful people

and knowing there really is not one thing I can do to make their lives easier)

because one is a friend with a daughter with MS

and a colleague's husband's Melanoma came back.

I do not have money to really help; so, I try to spread the word.

Thanks for reading my babble if you made it this far.

This is the link that will take you to the Wisconsin charity guide.

http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/WI.html

This is the main/home link.

http://www.charity-charities.org/index.htm

Melanoma is the fastest growing cancer in the United States

I know this is breast cancer awareness month,

but

melanoma

is actually the

fastest growing cancer

in the

United States of America.

It is the leading cause of death

in women 20 - 25

and

the second leading cause of death

in women ages 30 - 35.

One person dies every hour from melanoma.

In the year 2000

1 in 74

got melanoma cancer

and

estimates are that

by the year 2010

1 in 50

will get melanoma.

Folks that is less than 2 years away

and a 3% rise in cases.

That is considered an epidemic.

The Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association

has taken up this cause

and to find out why

(it is for a personal reason for the president of the association)

click on the link below.

http://wppa-online.com/photographers.iml?mdl=melanoma.mdl

How to detect melanoma (link from the WPPA website).

http://wppa-online.com/photographers.iml?mdl=detecting_melanoma.mdl

Safety measures (link from the WPPA website).

http://wppa-online.com/photographers.iml?mdl=sun_safety.mdl

Facts on melanoma (link from the WPPA website).

http://wppa-online.com/photographers.iml?mdl=melanoma_facts.mdl

This link gives names, address, etc., to photography studios that donate a portion of their fees to help the melanoma cause.

http://wppa-online.com/photographers.iml?mdl=melanoma_participants.mdl

National Cancer Institute---Melanoma Home Page link.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/melanoma