Pink Persuasion Helps Fight Breast Cancer

Few government agencies reach as many Americans each day as the U.S. Postal Service … and postage stamps provide an opportunity to raise money and awareness in support of important social issues.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and September sales of the Breast Cancer Research semi-postal stamp have totaled nearly $1.1 million, raising $217,163 for research. This brings the total raised for breast cancer research to $71.1 million since 1998. By law, 70 percent of the net amount raised goes to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent goes to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense.