You’re HOW Old?!
Another year has passed. If I’m lucky, there will be many more to count.
A birthday is about celebrating life – your life. Although many people think of birthdays (or either forget) as a reminder that they’re getting older, we should think of each year as a victory!
As an effort to create a world with less cancer and MORE birthdays, the American Cancer Society and the Culinary Institute of America teamed up to create a healthier birthday cake. A quote from ACS sums it up perfectly,
“Birthday cakes help people celebrate important milestones in meaningful ways. We see a significant opportunity to use the American Cancer Society’s new official birthday cake to inspire people to stay well and lead healthier lives through simple lifestyle changes.”
A healthy lifestyle is the key to reducing your risk of cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. By making small steps to live healthy, you will ultimately improve your chances to live a long and healthy life – and maybe even make it to 100 CAKES!
To make the ACS the official sponsor of your birthday, click here. (You can also download the winning cake recipe!)
I will take this day to celebrate my life and give thanks for my health – and even enjoy a slice of my own [healthier] birthday cake!
I have great fondness of the American Cancer Society. Not only do they encourage nutrition and fitness as a means of cancer prevention, but they also encourage it in their employees.
Some of their ad campaigns throughout the years have been deemed controversial because they dared the media to talk about breast exams and colorectal cancer. I love the birthday campaign. I’d never really thought about the people whose greatest gift is just being alive to celebrate a birthday.
Thanks for this post, Cheney.
From Nicki
August 14, 2009
Having volunteered much of my time with the ACS in college – I am a huge fan of their efforts in cancer awareness and preventative screenings. Putting a new spin on how to celebrate a birthday – a day most of us take advantage of – was my favorite of theirs yet!
From Cheney
August 17, 2009