One of the news stories that really disturbed me this week was the $187 million fraud complaint against Cancer Fund of America, The Breast Cancer Society, Children's Cancer Fund of America, and Cancer Support Services. A group of four charities that were run by family members, which used a reported 3% of their funds raised to actually help cancer patients. As this Wall Street Journal details, one of the services the Cancer Fund did provide was shipping Little Debbie snacks and sample sized shampoo. Are you even kidding me? Yes, please send me and my bald head sample shampoo. Oh and please, while I'm trying to optimize my nutrition intake please send me literal crap in plastic wrap. Then these jerks went on elaborate vacations and bought themselves fancy cars. Yes, deceiving the public and not actually helping cancer patients must be really hard work that you need to reward yourself for. These people make me angry on an entirely different level.
If you looking for worthwhile places to make donations for breast cancer funding, read this great article by Time magazine. Which mentions two of my favorite organizations: Young Survival Coalition and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. The YSC provided me with a free cancer navigator (giant binder) that helped me organize and navigate through my treatment. The DSLRF's primary focus is the cause of breast cancer in order to prevent it. Via their Army of Woman I have enrolled in more genetic studies and enrolled in the Health of Woman (HOW).
Or if you are looking into if a charity is worth your donation, don't forget to check on www.charitynavigator.org. They even rank them by cause.
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