Support Programs to be launch in 2010:

• Let’s Live – This enlightening, complimentary seminar enables Men For A Cause to affect a large audience of breast cancer patients, survivors, and their families.  The workshop concentrates on how breast cancer affects the entire family and includes useful ideas to the help deal with a breast cancer diagnosis. In particular, we strive to help men recognize the specific needs of the female patients in their lives.
• So WE Have Breast Cancer: A caregiver’s breast cancer educational guide and action plan for men – This book offers specific information and advice for men finding themselves in the caregiver role. Included are frequently asked questions about breast cancer and ways to be the best support possible.
• International Silent Warrior Symposium – This symposium aims to empower men to confidently and capably care for women with breast cancer by providing an ongoing forum for men in similar situations to develop a support network and express fears that only other men may understand. Men For A Cause will partner with existing conferences targeting men and facilitate a break out session for the symposium.
• National Mammography Program – This program provides breast cancer screening and treatment to underserved and underprivileged women and men.
• www.menforacause.org- The Men For A Cause web portal provides information about breast cancer including MFAC support services, a national list of oncologists, book suggestions for men dealing with breast cancer, and other breast cancer organizations and resources. The site also includes the following unique features:

Wall of Prayer - menforacause.org has the first Breast Cancer Prayer Wall. This is a virtual forum for individuals and families to request or leave a prayer when faced with breast cancer. Others can offer words of encouragement and thoughts to those who post on the Wall of Prayer. This will be accessible on the Men For A Cause site or at http://www.prayerwall.org

Wall of Hope - The Breast Cancer Wall of Hope is a place for individuals and family members to share their stories of triumph over breast cancer. The Wall of Hope is a place to find encouragement and celebrate together for having beat the disease. This will be accessible on the Men For A Cause site or at http://www.messageofhope.com.

Wall of Honor - The Breast Cancer Wall of Honor is a place for breast cancer survivors to honor their caretaker/co-survivor. This year more than 1.35 million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and we be no stretch have an accurate picture of how many men will be diagnosed or die from this disease. Breast cancer affects the entire family and we want to honor the men and women who join in the fight.  The Wall of Honor is a public forum for individuals affected by breast cancer to say thank you to their warriors. This is accessible on the Men For A Cause site or at http://www.Breastcancerwallofhonor.com.

The first International Breast Cancer Awareness Memorial, which is available in multiple languages. Every year, tens of thousands of women and men die from breast cancer. Men For A Cause wants to provide a place for families and friends to memorialize their loved ones. This is also a way to create a connection between the person and the statistic. We want to give the researcher and the legislator a way to put a face with the number and increase overall awareness of breast cancer. This is accessible on the Men For A Cause site or at http://www.breastcancerawarenessmemorial.org

Men For A Cause’s social networking community provides a closed forum for men and women to discuss the effects breast cancer has on their lives and share best practices and other advice. This is accessible on the Men For A Cause site or at http://www.mybreastcancercommunity.org