Thank you Hannah Powell-Auslam

Hannah Powell-Auslam inspires us to keep fighting. Her spirit and her willingness to share her story with others is truly remarkable. Thank you Hannah for being such a young woman of courage, thank you also for wearing our shirt to show your solidarity to the fight against cancer. We send you MANY kisses, our friend and fighter!

Hollywood Note Foundation presents ta-tas® Brand with Humanitarian Award

The Hollywood Note Foundation http://www.hollywoodnotefoundation.org/ presented ta-tas® Brand with The Corporation for Evolution Humanitarian Award, Sunday May 31, 2009. Thank you Hollywood Note, for recognizing our unique business style, giving 5% off the top of every sale, every day, since our very first sale, with no cap, to fight cancer.

It was quite an honor, as we were among fellow recipients Scott Baio and Nancy Cartwright for their humanitarian efforts! Bai Ling introduced us. A gorgeous talented and exotic actress who, is not only a Chinese Oscar winner, but also a person with filled with personality and heart!

We started ta-tas Brand in 2004. We have given 5% off the top of every sale since our very first sale. As 2004 came to an end we wrote our first check to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation on 12/12/04 - $32.20 Obviously, I have always believed, no amount is too small of a donation to make a difference!

To date we have donated $313,000, and organized our own non-profit, The Save the Ta-tas Foundation. If you would like to help us fund a breast cancer researcher, donate today at www.savethetatas.com. For $50,000 Save The Ta-tas Foundation can support one researcher for one year. Help us today!

We share this award with all of our supporters, it is because you buy our product that we can make the donations. So thank you for your efforts to spread the word and extinguish cancer forever.

Our bumper magnets making a difference!

I love letters like this one! Thanks Robin for sharing!!

To Whom It May Concerned,

A coworker that I know & say hi to, but don't know very well came over to me today to tell me this story. Her car was parked next to mine in the parking lot and she noticed my Save the Ta Ta's bumper magnet. It made her realize that she hadn't had a mammogram in six years. She had one done several days later and they found a lump. It turned out to be nothing, but she was so grateful that she had done it and she realized that she would always do it on a yearly basis from now on. She searched me out (I work in a pretty big place) to tell me her story and say thank you.

Thank you so much for keeping this important message alive for those who are struggling with breast cancer as well as those who need a reminder of how to prevent it.

Keep Up the Good Work

Robin H.

ta-tas Welcomes Liz Vassey as our Goodwill Ambassador!

Actress Liz Vassey of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Named Goodwill Ambassador of The Save the Ta-tas Not-For-Profit Foundation

- The Foundation Is Dedicated to Raising Money to Support Cancer Research and Awareness -

LOS ANGELES Thursday, April 16, 2009 – Actress Liz Vassey of CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has been named the Goodwill Ambassador and spokesperson for The Save the Ta-tas Foundation (www.savethetatas.org), a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to raising funds for cancer research.

The Save the Ta-tas Foundation was launched in 2008 with a commitment to fighting cancer at every stage, from education and prevention to research and community support. The Foundation was created by ta-tas Brand Clothing Founder Julia Fikse, who is extremely pleased to work with Vassey in an opportunity to grow the awareness of the good work provided by The Save the Ta-tas Foundation.

“Liz Vassey is a well-known, respected actress and it’s our pleasure to have her join The Save the Ta-tas Foundation as our Goodwill Ambassador,” Fikse said. “We hope that through Liz more people will become aware of the work we’re doing and be able to support cancer research and education.”

Vassey, who portrays investigator Wendy Simms on the ground-breaking series, was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her role on All My Children, and has held recurring or regular roles on many successful programs including The Tick, Maximum Bob and Brotherly Love.

“I’m very pleased to be affiliated with The Save the Ta-tas Foundation and I truly believe we’ll be able to do some great things together,” Vassey said. “I was raised with the mentality of giving back to your community by helping others and I’m so thankful that I’ll have the opportunity to do that now by promoting and helping raise money for cancer research and awareness.”

Vassey will run in the Revlon Run/Walk of Los Angeles on May 9th. Save the Ta-tas is a Silver sponsor of the Revlon Run/Walk each year as well as supports other cancer organizations.

Fikse and ta-tas Brand Clothing formed The Save the Ta-tas Foundation to allow outside donors to contribute directly to cancer research-related causes through the company’s effort, but in a not-for-profit setting. Currently, a portion of the proceeds of all ta-tas products are donated to cancer research and more than $300,000 has been raised for cancer research to date.

Fikse created the apparel line in 2004 that boasts such sassy, fun sayings as “Save the ta-tas” or “My Wife Has Great ta-tas” – provide a humorous, fun way of approaching a cure for breast cancer.

Products that help support breast cancer and are popular among ta-tas regular customers include the following:

➢ Boob Lube™, $14.99 – Available in bars or liquid soap, Boob Lube is the world’s first breast check soap. It is a soothing, herbal soap formulated with lavender and rosewood that has instructions for monthly self-checks written on the label.

➢ “Save the ta-tas” tank, $25.95 – The cornerstone black tank with “Save the ta-tas” across the front; available in S, M, L, XL and XXL.

➢ “Imagine” t-shirt, $25.95 – The “Imagine a World without Cancer” Save the ta-tas t-shirt, available in S, M, L, XL, XXL, 1X, 2X and 3X.

➢ Bumper Magnets, $17.96 – A 5-pack of bumper magnets featuring the signature slogan, “Save the ta-tas;” ideal for giving one to every girlfriend as well as mothers and daughters. Also available in 10-pack for $33.92.

About Save the ta-tas

ta-tas Brand has a full line of apparel and accessories designed to “put some fun in the fight” against cancer. The truly original line of t-shirts, hats, magnets, stickers, apparel and other accessories encourages women to enjoy the playful, fun nature of the company’s sayings that are promoted on those products. These include slogans such as “Save the ta-tas,” “Imagine a World Without Cancer” and “Caught You Looking at My ta-tas.”

Happily Ever After

Here's a great story from one of our customers about how he proposed to the love of his life with one of our tees! Congrats to Tyrone and Jen and we wish you, and your ta-tas, happily ever after.

Dear Jasmine and ta-tas Team,

Sorry it has taken so long for us to write. I wanted to tell you once again how thankful Jen and I were that Save the Ta-Tas participated in our engagement. Jen and I left for Jamaica on April 3rd and after several weeks of working with Save the Ta-tas and a shroud of secrecy, I proposed to Jen on the first leg of our flight to Jamaica. I had the ring and an empty box (with instructions) for the flight attendant in my pocket as we boarded. Jen boarded first, then as I boarded and Jen was walking towards our seats, I slipped the empty ring box and instructions to the flight attendant. Mid flight Jen was called to the front of the plane (much to her surprise) and was asked how many bags she checked. During this conversation I snuck up behind them and when the flight attended said there was something found in one of your bags and gave her the empty ring box, I made my presence known and professed my love, dropped down on one knee and popped the question! Jen was completely surprised and finally said yes after I asked her are you going to answer me?? Our proposal was announced on the loud speaker and we got applause from the entire plane as we walked back to our seats. Once we were there, I told her of how I had secretly met with her sister a few weeks before and asked permission to marry her. I also told her that Save the Ta-Tas was involved and at that point I gave her the new shirt (happily ever after) that we came up with and explained that there was also a gift basket and card as well. Jen could not believe it and was even more surprised. We had a fun filled trip to Jamaica. Thank you so much for help making my proposal and engagement a huge success!!!

Sincerely,

Tyrone

He's got the whole world in His hands...

My dear friend sent me this note today and I thought I'd share because it's just so cute!!!
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Thought you might get a kick out of this :-)
Every night we sing "He's got the whole world in His hands" and the kids make up verses about what He HAS in his hands. Last night, (my son looking at my t-shirt) sang "He's got Save the Ta-tas, in His hands, He's got everybody's ta-tas...in His hands!" Bwahahaha!! Yes He does Dear, yes He does ;-)
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AWESOME~ my new favorite song!!

Smiling is contagious for miles and miles

"Smile awhile and when you smile soon there's miles and miles of smiles because you smiled." -unknown

A childhood favorite saying of mine, that just happens to have turned out to be true!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/05/happiness.social.network/index.html

Think you have cancer? It's probably nothing.

Says who? I've been told about some shocking reports lately. One article out of Canada recently told us that self breast checks really aren't that important and most women do them too often, and even if you find something, it's probably not cancer. (True, most lumps found and biopsied, are not cancer... but wouldn't you rather know if it is so you can take action?)* A more recent article, sent to me by friend this weekend posed the question: Can cancer go away by itself? We never really wait to find out, so we could be treating it unnecessarily ... AND if that isn't enough had the nerve to imply that many patients with cancer could be treating cancer that would go away on it's own, we just really don't know that because we've never tried to let it go away on it's own. Data? None. Source? Not given. Seriously? I think this is extremely irresponsible reporting.

Who is putting these reports out? What is the purpose? It's beyond my comprehension. Cancer curing itself? Really? Is that what we want people to think? We need to know much more about cancer before we can even suggest this kind of thing, and we should at the very least be equipped with information about what kind of cancer cures itself, if indeed it does, before we start giving people the idea that denial could work in our favor!

I have had far too many widows tell me the stories about insurance companies and doctors who said ___________ wasn't really necessary. Turns out, it was. I mean, I'm sure in some cases it isn't, but cancer is insidious, and from what I've seen, I say, "find it and get it out!" I also believe that if there are signs of something that even remotely looks or feels like cancer, get it checked. Your life is much more valuable that the cost of a check up, biopsy or surgery. We're talking about an entire life, with family and loved ones and days and years of LIFE! It blows my mind that someone, or some agency or reporter could possibly imply that "probably nothing" is ignorable. It makes me so angry.

I am not a doctor and when I started this company I had a small understanding of what breast cancer, and cancer in general was. After four years, I have experienced, through the lives of the people Save the ta-tas has touched and helped, the devastating serial killer that is cancer. As you can see, I have very little patience with people who say it can be ignored or taken lightly. It's inconceivable.

And if you want to help in the fight, donate or buy some ta-tas Brand product. You'll get the reward of fun product and enjoy the satisfaction that your purchase helped great organizations that are facing cancer head on, searching for a cure, educating the public and caring for people struggling against the disease. I'm particularly drawn to recommending the Boob Lube today, a potentially life saving product in a fun and helpful package.

http://www.savethetatas.com/catalog_booblube.htm

Don't wait to help yourself, and help others. These days, some cancers are curable, but most often only if found early. So know your body, recognize changes and see your doctor. No one can take care of you like you.


*Doctors recommend doing a self breast exam one time a month a few days after your cycle is over, and/or around the same time every month. Doctors I've spoken to have recommended it be done with the fingertips working in a circular motion from the nipple out, including under the arm. Do this once on the surface, and another time with deep pressure. Squeeze the nipple to make sure there is no blood or discharge. If you notice a lump, discharge, a change in breast shape or something new, call your doctor. Your life is worth that call, even if it turns out to be nothing.

You know that great mascara...

You've always dreamt of it. That great mascara, that is so perfect, so NOT clumpy, the one that makes your lashes so long and natural looking, it's really all you have to wear?

I found it.

me by [me}zhgan
www.mebymezhgan.com

They are the make-up of the stars actually. They do the make-up for my favorite show, American Idol! (I know you've asked yourself how such amazing transformations can happen from week one to week 6, now we know!)

I came across them at an event honoring our humanitarian efforts (more on that soon). Now I am addicted to their mascara, it only really took one use. But there's more, if you buy a blush or lip gloss from them, they're going to give a portion of that sale to Save the ta-tas!

So... here's the scoop-

Kiss breast cancer good-bye and blush away fears with me by [me}zhgan!

This month Me by {me}zhgan has joined forces with save the tatas to help fight the cause. We are offering two of our favorite pink Items at an incredible discount. So think pink and be sure to add Cheeky {me} blush and brush combo and tease {me} lip gloss to your bag at checkout because 50% of all the proceeds will go to save the tatas.

Thanks for your support! (Oh, let me see that pout, those rosy cheeks! You look great, just great! ... (just trying to prepare you for the accolades.... )

Happy Breast Cancer Awareness month. Have fun, spoil yourself, and help save the ta-tas!