BREAST CANCER RESEARCH STAMP RAISES $50 MILLION FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH - NEW GOAL of $100 millio

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BREAST CANCER RESEARCH STAMP CONCEIVED BY CALIFORNIA SURGEON DR. ERNIE BODAI RAISES MORE THAN $50 MILLION FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
New five year $100 million goal set for research

Sacramento, CA - Cure Breast Cancer Inc. announced that the Breast Cancer Research U.S. Postal Stamp has raised more than $50 million for breast cancer research. The stamp was created and initially funded by Ernie Bodai, MD, a renowned breast cancer surgeon at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento, California. The stamp is the first-ever fundraising stamp to be issued and sold with a six cent differential which is provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense (DOD) to specifically fund breast cancer research. Over 800 million stamps have already been sold.

�Never beyond my wildest dreams could I have imagined that the breast cancer stamp would raise millions of dollars for breast cancer research,� said an elated Dr. Ernie Bodai. �Although we have yet to find a cure from this horrid disease, I am grateful we are now able to have an ongoing effort to fund the necessary research to find a cure," he added.

Cure Breast Cancer, Inc, a nonprofit organization headed by Dr. Bodai, has established a new five year goal to raise $100 million through the sale of the Breast Cancer stamp. Although the Cure Breast Cancer organization has no affiliation with the U.S. Postal Service, nor do they receive any funds from the sale of the stamp, one of the organization�s missions is to promote and advance the sales of the Breast Cancer Stamp.

�Unfortunately too many of us know someone who has been stricken by beast cancer. Help us find a cure, buy the breast cancer stamp and help us raise $100 million for breast cancer research,� said Bodai.

For more information, visit www.curebreastcancer.org.

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About the Breast Cancer Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service commissioned breast cancer survivor Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland to design the stamp which features the phrases, "Fund the Fight" and "Find a Cure" and an illustration of a mythical "goddess of the hunt" by Whitney Sherman of Baltimore.
The Breast Cancer Research semipostal was issued on July 29, 1998, at a first day ceremony held in the White House. It was the first semipostal in U.S. history. By law, 70 percent of the net amount raised is given to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent is given to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense.

About Dr. Ernie Bodai
Founder of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp, Director of Breast Surgical Services at Kaiser Permanente, and Author, Dr. Bodai is the mastermind and founder Stamp - the first fundraising stamp in U.S. history.

Dr. Bodai criss-crossed America for more than two years, addressing key members of Congress, the U.S. Postal Service, and breast cancer advocates to make this inspired idea a reality.