The Cause:

After a month of pink ribbons and “I love boobies” bracelets and tweets filled with words like ta-tas, it would surprise me if a single person wasn’t aware that October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year, more than ever before, it felt like people really have become more aware.

Questions about mammograms were answered not with “what’s that?” but with “of course I had one, plan to have one, will start having one as soon I reach the recommended age.”  Questions about self breast exams were answered with instructions on how to perform one and nodding heads everywhere.  ”Yes, I do them and I do them regularly!” seemed to be the standard answer.

This is amazing and wonderful and really does seem to confirm that awareness campaigns work.

The Campaign:

This year, in an effort to promote Breast Cancer Awareness, EdenFantasys joined up with Evolved Novelties and multiple other manufacturers to sponsor month long sales on pink toys — a portion of whose proceeds went to the Save the Ta-Tas foundation — as well as an incredible contest.  We asked you, our loyal community, to create videos expressing your awareness and then to vote on those videos.  The best three videos were to win prizes, the grand prize being a gift basket valued at over $500.

We were rewarded with many videos and an outstanding amount of votes!

And because we understand that not everyone wants to enter a contest or create a video, we also asked you to write; to write your thoughts and feelings and experiences with breast cancer.  Again, you responded with gusto.  Here on EdenCafe we got 14 fantastic posts and SexIs Magazine proudly published 6 different articles in their Breast Cancer Awareness Project.

The Winners:

Now that Breast Cancer Awareness Month is over we feel like we’ve all learned a little something, or become a little more aware.  And we hope that the learning and the awareness don’t stop with the end of the pink ribbons, we hope you continue to show your ta-tas some love all year round.  After all, they’re already close to your heart!

Please check the announcement page for a list of who won those fantastic prizes and for another look at any videos you may have missed.

From the bottom of our hearts we congratulate the winners and thank those of you who participated, however you participated. Whether through a video, a post, an article, a tweet or a vote, you helped. Thank you.

First Place Video: