Janelle’s Friday Madness Giveaway!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I know we’re still in September, but October is three days away, and since my giveaways are always the last week of the month, I wanted to kick off October by making everyone aware of the fact that it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. 
During October, I always like to giveaway prizes that will benefit Breast Cancer research — as well as remind everyone to get your yearly mammogram done! This year, I’m giving away a gorgeous COACH Breast Cancer Awareness Multi-Charm Keyfob (retail value $58.00). The best thing about having purchased this keyfob is the fact that 20% of the proceeds from each keyfob sale will support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation! 
Winners will also receive an autographed book of their choice from my backlist (Depending on availability. Sorry, BORN TO BE WILDE isn’t available at this time).
Most of you know the drill! All you have to do to enter today’s contest is post anything below, then check back on Sunday to see if you’re the winner! Once you’re done entering your post here, please be sure to click on the Breast Cancer Site link below and click on the pink button to help support giving FREE mammograms to women who need them, but can’t afford them!
HELP SAVE THE TATTA’S! CLICK HERE TO GIVE FREE MAMMOGRAMS!
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Visit Romance Reviews Today’s Blog to read an interview with Carly!
What a great prize for a good cause. Happy Friday everyone.
Comment by Stacy S — September 28, 2007 @ 6:42 am
Wonderful prize idea. Long live the tatta’s!
Comment by Stacy ~ — September 28, 2007 @ 6:51 am
Wonderful and thoughtful prize. On my way over to the Breast Cancer site to click on the link to fund free mammograms. Have a great weekend everyone.
Comment by Cheryl S. — September 28, 2007 @ 6:56 am
Good morning and happy Friday! I just had a mammogram this week before it got busy. At least I hope it’s very, very busy in October because that’s means everyone is going to get checked.
Comment by Kim — September 28, 2007 @ 7:13 am
What a wonderful idea. The keychain is great. Have a happy weekend everyone.
Comment by Kimmy — September 28, 2007 @ 7:23 am
Great Prize with a Good Reminder!
Comment by Shelley — September 28, 2007 @ 7:28 am
What a great prize and a great cause. I had my mammogram this year I never knew how important they were until my Mom was told she had breast cancer this year. I know now that the little bit of time and pain is well worth getting it done each year. Thanks for thinking of everyone.
Comment by Brenda Mazur — September 28, 2007 @ 7:28 am
My birthday is in October and I always schedule my annual mammogram right after my birthday. Great cause Janelle! Count me in!
TGIF - have a great weekend everyone!!
Comment by Carolyn A. — September 28, 2007 @ 7:39 am
What a very thoughtful and meaningful prize for the week. It is a great reminder for women to get their yearly mammogram. I am 41 and I just had my 2nd one in July and they are not as bad as people make them out to be and I feel its a great test we have to save our lives . Have a good weekend ! Tammy
Comment by TAMMY — September 28, 2007 @ 7:51 am
Comment by Yolanda — September 28, 2007 @ 7:52 am
A great prize for a great cause. Have a good weekend everyone.
Comment by Crystal B. — September 28, 2007 @ 8:20 am
Good Morning!!
My grandmother and aunt are both survivors! My mother had a scare about a year ago but fortunately it wasn’t cancer. I had my first mammogram earlier this year and will make sure it is a priority every year.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Laura J — September 28, 2007 @ 8:48 am
I lost a very good friend to breast cancer. I was bitter for the longest time over this terrible disease. Thank you for supporting such a wonderful cause.
Comment by Barbara-Jo — September 28, 2007 @ 8:52 am
What a wonderful way to remind everyone that October is breast cancer awareness month. My mom is a breast cancer survivor. She was first diagnosed in 1993 and had both surgery and radiation. Her cancer metastacized, and over the years, she has undergone several different treatments, including hormone thereapy. Recently, she finished an almost year long treatment of chemotherapy, but she’s doing great. My mom is the most courageus woman I know, and I’m so proud of her. She’s my role model.
As you can tell, this cause is very important to me. Thanks, Janelle. On a lighter note, have a great weekend everyone!!!!
Comment by Shari A — September 28, 2007 @ 8:55 am
What a thoughtful and important cause to support. Have a wonderful weekend.
Comment by anne — September 28, 2007 @ 8:55 am
that is a beautiful key fob i will have to try and buy one sometime. I had a breast cancer scare several years ago, thankfully it turned out to be fibrocystic disease, not cancer, but being i was only 31 at the time, my insurance wouldnt pay the bill, and wont let me have another til next year when i turn 40. i have lived with the thought of what if they were wrong.. i will be getting one as soon as insurance will allow..
My sister had a mastectomy in her 20s, and my mom and sisters all suffer from lumps.. we all wonder when they will tell us, sorry its cancer this time not fibrocystic disease…
what a wonderful cause to support, and what a beautiful gesture on your part to promote awareness…
Jolene
Comment by Jolene — September 28, 2007 @ 8:58 am
Great gift, Janelle. Not naming names, but did those of you….okay, Julie…who hadn’t scheduled their mammograms last time we had this discussion get yours scheduled? If not, please do. We love you and want to make sure you’re taking care of yourself!
Hope everyone has a great weekend. I’ll be at the river…and as we know from yesterday’s discussion, I’ll be checking in on the Sat. blog as much as possible from the neighbors porch!
Have a good one everyone!
Comment by Jodie — September 28, 2007 @ 9:11 am
What a wonderful prize. Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Shannon T. — September 28, 2007 @ 9:12 am
Awesome prize Janelle, I just two weeks ago had a mammagram then an ultrasound to make sure nothing was going on. Long stroy short I am fine. But I totally support the cause my grandmother battled breast cancer twice 25 years apart. And My sister and I are co-captains of a team that does the annual “Relay For Life” overnight walk for the American Cancer Society.
PS: Sorry I haven’t been around much. I just got a part time jobs working at a coffee house in the mornings. When I get home my 3 year old just wants my attention so I haven’t been online in a while.
Comment by Kelly F. — September 28, 2007 @ 9:20 am
Great prize for a great cause! Count me in!
Comment by Amy S. — September 28, 2007 @ 9:24 am
That key chain is awesome…..Happy Friday, everyone!
Julie: just started reading the anthology that you have about reality shows with VLT. So far, awesome!
Comment by katie — September 28, 2007 @ 9:32 am
Great prize for a great cause! BTW, I got an email yesterday about the amount of lead in lipstick being directly connected to breast cancer. The way to test for lead in lipsticks is to put on your hand a run a gold ring through the lipstick. If the lipstick turns black, you have lead in your lipstick. The email said most of the long wearing lipsticks have the highest amount of lead(not just the generic brands, but the big name brands too). Just wanted to pass this on. Hope everyone has an awesome weekend.
Comment by Liza — September 28, 2007 @ 10:08 am
Great give away Janelle. Have a great weekend everyone.
Comment by Jennifer C — September 28, 2007 @ 10:10 am
Thanks so much for supporting breast cancer awareness. Have a great weekend everyone.
Comment by Za — September 28, 2007 @ 10:34 am
That is such a beautiful key chain. I used to do the Y-Me race because my mothers company helped raise money there. I dont know why but they stopped doing that. I was very sad. Breast cancer is a very scary thing (well any kind of cancer is). It runs in my family so all the women are sure to get our check ups to make sure nothing is wrong.
Comment by Emily — September 28, 2007 @ 10:45 am
It’s a great cause - I’m glad that so many institutions and people are working together to fund research!
Comment by Michelle — September 28, 2007 @ 10:46 am
TGIF
Comment by Tina Martinesi — September 28, 2007 @ 10:48 am
Have a great weekend everyone. It is beautiful here in the Teton Mountains.
Comment by Phyllis Lamken — September 28, 2007 @ 10:58 am
Janelle, great prize. I just had a mammogram and an ultrasound on my right breast in Aug. after having had pain in it for a month, but all was fine after the tests. October is the month when I always have my yearly check, so it’s back for another mammogram on both breasts this time in a couple of weeks, already have the appt. The little bit of time and pain it takes is worth the piece of mind to know that nothing is wrong.
Take Care all and Have a good weekend!!!!!!!!
Comment by Kathy — September 28, 2007 @ 11:12 am
Comment by tyne — September 28, 2007 @ 11:22 am
Great prize!
Comment by darla — September 28, 2007 @ 11:29 am
I made the appointment for my baseline mamo!!
Comment by lisa — September 28, 2007 @ 11:37 am
What a great prize! Have a good weekend everyone!
Comment by Claudia — September 28, 2007 @ 11:52 am
Comment by Karen B — September 28, 2007 @ 12:05 pm
Great keychain!!
Comment by Nathalie — September 28, 2007 @ 12:10 pm
Can non-Us-residents enter too
Comment by Lily — September 28, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
Comment by Elisa V — September 28, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
Add me too!
Lois
Comment by Lois — September 28, 2007 @ 1:12 pm
What a great prize for such an important event.
Comment by Vicki — September 28, 2007 @ 1:27 pm
Great prize Janelle
I have my mammogram scheduled for later this month.
like Carolyn I also have a birthday in October and have my check up and everything done this month.
Everyone enjoy the weekend.
Comment by Gigi — September 28, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
What a great prize. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Comment by Suz — September 28, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
What a wonderful way to remind people.
Thanks for the link! 
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Comment by Susan — September 28, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
Great prize and a link that I visit every day as soon as I sign on in the morning. Have a great weekend……….
Comment by Cryna — September 28, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
It is a great prize and cause.
Comment by Maureen — September 28, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Janelle, what a great prize for a good cause.
My mamogram isn’t due yet but I get mine yearly. After finding something on the film one year I had to have a biopsy, it was benign, that for me was a painful experience, I never complain about my mamogram. Besides, I don’t think it is painful just very uncomfortable for a very short time. Please make sure you have one everyone. Four women that I know are breast cancer survivors.
While you are at the breast cancer site click on the other tabs also, or the ones you want to support, it takes seconds & they are all good causes that need your help with just a click.
Thanks again Janelle for a great Friday blog.
Everyone have a wonderful weekend.
Comment by Donna M — September 28, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
That is a beautiful keychain, and it’s so great that 20% goes to such a very worthwhile cause. Thanks for the reminder!
Comment by Zara — September 28, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
What a great prize to support such an important cause. Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Cherie J — September 28, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
What a great cause! My grandmother passed away from breast cancer and my mother-in-law is a survivor. Thanks for the link!
Have a great weekend.
Comment by Georganna — September 28, 2007 @ 2:58 pm
What a great prize !
I click every day at the Breast Cancer Site. I am a survivor, so every little bit of research helps.
Mammograms weren’t available in 1968 when I had cancer, so everyone please get your yearly mammogram.
Comment by Estella — September 28, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
I know so many families that have had a member who had Breast cancer. This is a fight for us all. Glad you are making your readers aware of it.
Comment by JOYE — September 28, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
A GREAT PRIZE. I HAVE AN AUNT THAT HAD TO HAVE ONE REMOVED
YEARS AGO–BUT SHE HAS LIVED A LONG TIME SINCE THEN AND IS
NOW 91.
ALICE IN TEXAS
Comment by ALICE — September 28, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
What a great and thouhtful prize. I now wear my pins and ribbions year round. I also have a special Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Stripped Umbrella that has UV protection. Have a good weekend all.
Comment by Sue Mont — September 28, 2007 @ 3:25 pm
What a great way to end Sept. and begin anew with October!
Comment by Carol R — September 28, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
WOW! That’s a great prize for a great cause.
Comment by Amelia — September 28, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
Great giveaway that supports a great cause.
Comment by Diana — September 28, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
I feel very blessed that breast cancer has not touched any of the women in my family. Thanks for supporting such a great cause.
Comment by Cathy M — September 28, 2007 @ 4:13 pm
Is 18 to young to have a mamogram and those other womanly check ups? i have no clue as to when i need to start checking….
Comment by Ayla — September 28, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
Ayla, you need to speak with your ob/gyn. I think by 18, you should have had a regular gynecological check-up. For the mammo, unless there is a history of breast cancer in your family, it’s probably too soon. But doctors are doing them earlier and earlier now, so you never know. I had my first ob/gyn pretty early because I found a lump in my breast when I was 16. It was only a fibroid, thankfully, but I’ve been pretty good about my appointments since.
Comment by Julie Leto — September 28, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
katie! Thanks! I loved the stories in that collection. Loads of fun to write!!!
Comment by Julie Leto — September 28, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
What a nice thing to do. I’ll enter because I think it would make a great gift.
Comment by catslady — September 28, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
What a terrific prize, and thanks for the reminder (and link) to click for donating mammograms–I always forget about that! Happy weekend, everyone!
Comment by Fedora — September 28, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
What a great prize!
Comment by Minna — September 28, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
What a great thing you are doing and what a great prize!!! My Mom passed away from breast cancer; I have had a lump removed but not cancerous. My aunt (MOm’s sister) has had both breasts removed(cancer).
Comment by RobynL — September 28, 2007 @ 4:53 pm
Great idea for a giveaway!
Comment by Dev — September 28, 2007 @ 4:53 pm
Hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend!
Comment by Teresa W. — September 28, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
Wonderful prizes for a wonderful cause.
Comment by Linda — September 28, 2007 @ 5:46 pm
What a great prize to remind us to reflect on the people who survived and those who did not survive (my mom) their battle with breast cancer.
Comment by Sharron Paterson — September 28, 2007 @ 6:23 pm
Every year I purchase something, usually jewerlly or t-shirts, that supports breast cancer research.
And I make my yearly squashing appointment.
Love the key fob!!
Comment by ev — September 28, 2007 @ 7:28 pm
What a great prize!!! Have a great weekened everyone
Comment by Melissa — September 28, 2007 @ 8:51 pm
Hi Janelle, Great prize,I’m glad you put that link,it’s free and easy for everyone to do,and you can do it everyday all year. There are also some other great causes that you can click on everyday too.
Comment by Dena — September 28, 2007 @ 8:54 pm
No one can stress the importance of having an annual mammogram enough. Early detection has improved survival rates a great deal. The keychain is gorgous - a great give-away. All have a fab week-end.
Comment by susie — September 28, 2007 @ 9:21 pm
Happy Friday! I was at walmart today and seen Born To Be Wilde (4 copies)and Sealed With A Kiss (3 copies)
Just thought you would like to know.lol I can’t wait to read ‘em. 
I love that icon! All for the pirates.
Comment by nancy — September 28, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
Kudos to you Janelle!!
Or is that TMI??? )
It is so important for all women to have their mammos grammed.
And to do self exams. I do both and funnily enough, it wasn’t me that found the lump in my breast, it was the DH (during…yeah. Can we say mood killer
Thank God it was not malignant, but I have mammograms every year now.
One of my bestest buddies is a 10 year breast cancer survivor. And you should get her started on Breast Cancer Awareness!
Early detection is the key!
Comment by Angie T — September 28, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
Have a great weekend everyone!
And I love the prize!
Comment by Sue A. — September 28, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
What a wonderful prize with alot of meaning behind it. I think it’s scary that we are hearing about more women having breast cancer. Like they say early detection is your best defense. Happy Weekend to everyone!
Comment by Tina — September 28, 2007 @ 10:26 pm
I’d like to be entered please. And thank you for the reminder to get my mammogram
Comment by Jeanette Jackson — September 28, 2007 @ 11:28 pm
Wonderful prize and what a great cause. This is very important to me ~ my Mother just had her 6th chemo treatment on Wednesday.
Comment by Christy H. — September 28, 2007 @ 11:36 pm
I’m always up to supporting any breast cancer cause - it killed my grandmother and I miss her every day.
- Maura
Comment by Maura — September 28, 2007 @ 11:42 pm
what a great cause and great prize. hav a good weekend
Comment by kim h — September 29, 2007 @ 12:54 am
What a cool prize for a good cause!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Terri W. — September 29, 2007 @ 2:06 am
Wonderful cause! I try to attend the Susan G Komen Run for the Cure every year. My friend Cherie has been fighting breast cancer for the past 12 years and has recently had it come back ( so depressing) and now her younger sister has been diagnosed! Mammograms are so important!!
Comment by Laurie — September 29, 2007 @ 6:24 am
What a great gift idea and Happy birthday to me :happy birthday to me!! I partyed too much last night!!!LOL
donna
Comment by donna — September 29, 2007 @ 5:43 pm
Great prize!
Comment by Marie — September 29, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
What a thoughtful prize for such a wonderful cause. Great idea!
Comment by April — September 29, 2007 @ 11:20 pm
What a great gift! Since my mom was a breast cancer survivor, I always try to show my support during October. I’ll be wearing my pink pin as well as making monetary donations.
Everyone….this is a great time to go get that mammogram we’ve all been putting off too!
Mo
Comment by Mo Boylan — September 29, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
Know I am pretty late but I slept at my friend’s and she doesn’t have internet access so I couldn’t blog. Sounds unbelievable but it’s true. Hope you can still count me in. Great prize as always.
Happy Sunday to you
See you
Comment by Vero — September 30, 2007 @ 2:03 am