We want to celebrate! Our website was launched in February, 2006 with our first member, founder Vicki Tashman. Today, we have over 350 members and we're still growing! Our members live across the country and span into Canada, Guatemala, Austrailia and South Africa! That's the beauty of Pink-Link. You can connect for support around the world!

Most of us look forward to dessert, me included! Desserts, being sweet, creamy, and delicious, are some of our favorite comfort foods. Unfortunately, desserts are usually high in calories and low in nutrients. The trick is to save the rich desserts for truly special occasions and to make other desserts a nutritious part of your diet. Click below to read about my tips to making the most of dessert!

This journey with breast cancer has steadily led me to trust myself because I have made conscious choices from my heart, putting those choices to the test every day. This trust has proven itself in my health, energy and vibrancy. I am cancer-free and know I will remain so! These are four lessons that I learned from my breast cancer experience.

If you are shopping for travel arrangements on-line, please check out our own travel website through GT Trends Travel. If you book through this site, Pink-Link gets 50% of the commission paid from the hotels, cruise lines, car rentals, tour companies, and airlines. This doesn't cost you a penny, and it will help Pink-Link continue to do their work!

Did you know that if you are a member and have a news item or announcement that you would like to tell our members about, you can post it yourself using our built-in WIKI tool! We want Pink-Link to be linked into your community. You can write about local walks and runs to benefit breast cancer awareness, or simply inform us about your support group meetings.

To add a news item, first log into Pink-Link and click on "News," then "Click here" to share news. To add an announcement, log into Pink-Link and click on "Announcements," then "click here" to add an announcement.

Pink-Link will be exhibiting at 2 conferences during the month of February. Our first conference is sponsored by the Young Survivors Coalition (part of the LBBC). Held in Washington DC from Feb 23-25, approximately 800 women diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 45 will be learning about various issues pertaining to pre-menopausal breast cancer. You can check out their website at www.youngsurvivorsconference.org

The second conference we're attending is the National Consortium of Breast Centers annual symposium held in Las Vegas from Feb 25 through the 28th. This conference focuses on issues faced in breast centers across the country.

This is the 2nd article in a series of 6 written by Dave Balch, founder of The Patient/Partner Project. Dave was caregiver for his wife during her successful nine-month battle with breast cancer; now he is on a full-time, personal mission to help other patients by helping their partners. This series of articles outlines some of the tools and techniques that helped them get through their ordeal together.

One of the most important things you can do to cope with the stress of serious illness is to laugh. I’m not saying that cancer is funny; it isn’t. You can, however, find plenty of humor in some of the situations that you find yourself in because of the cancer. Focus your attention there, find something to laugh about, and laugh your head off. Here are some examples from our experience.

Pink-Link is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization which provides free support to women with breast cancer and their families and friends. We rely on the generosity of individuals to maintain our website and reach out to all breast cancer survivors.

Girish, a cutting edge Sanskrit chant singer, will be performing live with his band for his DVD release party at Golden Bridge Spiritual Village, Sunday February 24, 8pm in Hollywood. This special concert is part of Girish’s acclaimed, cross-country Yoga Vision tour. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit Pink-Link and breast cancer support!