Mariangie González, from Mind, Body and Paw, is temporarily putting business on hold to participate in an online event designed to bring awareness of breast cancer to work at home moms all across the country and the globe.

This month-long event is taking place on InternetBasedMoms.com, a community of work at home moms who network and share resources to build their online businesses. In October 2004, this community is banding together to bring awareness of breast cancer and raise funds for breast cancer charities.

González is personally contributing to this event by promoting it locally in Puerto Rico and donating a portion of her sales during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October 2004.

Despite the growing awareness of breast cancer, there are still women who do not take advantage of early detection of breast cancer at all and others who do not get screening mammograms and clinical breast exams at regular intervals.

According to the organization, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM), “If all women age 40 and older took advantage of early detection methods – mammography plus clinical breast exam – breast cancer death rates would drop much further, up to 30 percent. The key to mammography screening is that it be done routinely – once is not enough.”

Says Gonzalez, “I lost one aunt to breast cancer and another one had a mastectomy years ago, she’s a survivor, but what I’ve learned from this is that early detection makes all the difference.”

Mind, Body and Paw can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.MindBodyAndPaw.com
Full Breast Cancer Awareness Event details can be found at http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/breast-cancer-awareness/