Participate | Be Visible | Focus on Self Health |  Donate

Even though prostate cancer is as prevalent as breast cancer in the United States and worldwide, we need more attention and funding to better serve prostate cancer patients and their families. Here are a just a few ways you can increase awareness and commemorate Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, September 20-26, 2009.

Participate!

• Read the Presidential Proclamation for National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 

• There are many awareness, screening and patient education events being held around the country during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. See the calendar of events to find an activity in your area. 

• FREE patient education teleconference/webinar: Us TOO University Presents: Estrogen Deficiency Side Effects Due to ADT, Sept 23 – RSVP today!
  
  
• Read up on 3 new Us TOO educational resources:
  • Identifying Clinically Significant Prostate Cancers
  • Signposts: Understanding Diagnostic Tests to Monitor Prostate Cancer
  • In Control: Facts About Male Urinary Incontinence
  
  

• Sponsor a walker in the 5^th Annual SEA Blue Prostate Cancer Walk, Sunday, September 13, 2009, or in the 13^th Annual Quad Cities Marathon Walk for Prostate Cancer, to be held Sunday, September 27, 2009, Moline, IL. If you don’t live in Chicago or the Quad Cities, but want to raise funds for Us TOO’s mission, set up a Virtual Team! 
  
  

  
   
  
  
  
  

• Attend one of the 9 events in 6 states, or hold a Pints for Prostates event at your local brewpub. 
  
           

• Get your office, class, church or club involved! Celebrate Sneakers@Work Day a workplace awareness and giving campaign, with blue shoelaces and boxing announcer Michael Buffer on Friday, Sept 18, 2009.
  
  
  
  

• Attend Life After Prostate Cancer Surgery FREE prostate health talks
  
  
• Attend the 2009 Prostate Cancer Conference – Making a Positive Impact on Quality of Life, Sponsored by PCRI, with moderators: Dr. Mark Moyad and Dr. Mark Scholz, Sept 12-13, Los Angeles, CA
  
  
  

• Join the daVinci Awareness Initiative, attend local events August 24th – October 9^th 

Be Visible!
 

• Increase awareness in your community! Put up Us TOO’s new SEA Blue awareness posters in your doctor’s offices, at hospitals and clinics, in grocery stores, in store fronts, at work, church, the library, and many other public places! Request free posters and other awareness materials here

• Promote blue and the blue ribbon! The blue ribbon universally signifies research and patient support efforts for Prostate Cancer.

• Get a car magnet! They are great for your refrigerator or file cabinets, too! 

• Wear an Us TOO hat when golfing, running errands, sporting events or anywhere people will notice it! 

Focus on Self Health!

• Get tested—schedule an appointment for a PSA blood test and DRE! Us TOO Prostate Health Recommendations and Prevention Strategies

• Find screening events nationwide during Prostate Cancer Awareness Week and Month:

  • Prostate Conditions Education Council (PCEC)
  • Zero: The Project to End Prostate Cancer
  • ProstateCheckup/All Sports Foundation, Inc.
  • Ed Randall’s Bat for the Cure

• Eat healthy. Look at new ways to improve your diet.

Donate!

• Make a contribution to support Us TOO and the patients and families we serve. Help us continue to provide men and their families with fellowship, peer counseling and timely, personalized, unbiased and reliable information about prostate cancer, enabling informed choices about detection, treatment options, and quality of life after treatment. 

• Honor a friend or family member fighting prostate cancer now with a Tribute Gift.  

• Honor a loved one who has passed away with a Memorial Gift. 

• Great gift idea! 2010 Charity Calendar features Us TOO
  
  
• Another great gift idea for the motorcycle enthusiasts! Get your own “Keep Riding Hard” t-shirt for a $20 donation.