Prostate Cancer Facts:
- About 240,890 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in 2012.
- About 33,720 men will die of prostate cancer in 2012.
- About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.
- More than 2 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.
- Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer.
- About 1 man in 36 will die of prostate cancer.
Testicular Cancer Facts:
- It most often affects men between ages 20 and 39.
- It affects 8,000 men a year, and kills 390 of them.
- It is the most common form of cancer in men ages 15-34.
- 95% of cases can be cured if detected early.
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The Fund Raising Challenge:
- You must be 21 to enter, and be eligible to own or possess a handgun and/or ammunition. All handgun transfers are subject to applicable FFL transfer laws and the laws of your state. The handgun winner must pay the applicable FFL transfer fee.
- Wear a kilt for the month of September, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. When you're not required to be in a uniform or otherwise attired, go kilted. If you'd prefer to raise funds without going kilted, that's okay. Kilts aren't for everyone. But seriously, give it a try. It's liberating!
- Post a photo of yourself in your kilt on the front page of your blog, with a link to the Kilted to Kick Cancer homepage. If you're not going kilted, then put up the official Kilted to Kick Cancer badge or logo in lieu of a photo.
- Sign up as a donor to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, LiveStrong, or Blue Cure.
- Solicit donations, and may the top blogger win! You can solicit donations to any of our 501c3 (tax deductible!) charities, or all of them! If you choose to raise funds for all charities, your cumulative total will be counted toward award of the prizes.
- All donations MUST be through the team fundraising sites. That's how we track how much money you've raised! You can start fundraising as early as you like, and keep soliciting donations as long as you like, but only the donations made from 00:01 CST on September 1 through 23:59 CST on September 30 will count toward the fundraising challenge.
- Top three fundraisers will win a set of nice gifts, generously donated by a lot of good people from the shooting community. Top fundraiser chooses first from our prize packages, second places chooses second, and third place gets the remaining prize package. What are the prize packages? Glad you asked!
The Prizes!
Prize Package A:
- Ruger .22/45 pistol from Virginia Arms Company.
- $200 gift certificate from Brownell's.
- $250 gift certificate from Hornady Ammunition.
- $200 gift certificate from KTKC sponsor Alt.Kilt. Put it towards one of their great-looking Classic Build kilts, or check out the schweeeet Steampunk kilts.
- Ka Bar black tanto knife with sheath.
- Crimson Trace CMR 202 weapon light.
- $50 gift certificate from Argyle Armoring. Put it towards a competition kit for your Glock, Smith & Wesson M&P or Springfield XD, or get your weapon Cerakoted by testicular cancer survivor and kilted gunsmith Marshall MacHugh!
Prize Package B:
- Pair of custom, handmade Queen Anne dueling pistols in custom wood presentation case. An exemplar can be found here, but it is not a Pedersoli-crafted pistol. Pistols are currently being crafted by professional gunsmiths and will be completed by contest's end.
- $200 gift certificate from Brownell's.
- $250 gift certificate from Black Hills Ammunition.
- $100 gift certificate from KTKC sponsor Alt.Kilt. Put it towards one of their great-looking Classic Build kilts, or check out the schweeeet Steampunk Kilts.
- Ka Bar black tanto knife with sheath.
- Crimson Trace CMR 202 weapon light.
- $50 gift certificate from Argyle Armoring. Put it towards a competition kit for your Glock, Smith & Wesson M&P or Springfield XD, or get your weapon Cerakoted by testicular cancer survivor and kilted gunsmith Marshall MacHugh!
Prize Package C:
- Taurus PT111 Pro 9mm pistol from Southwest Washington Surplus, with custom leather holster from Michael's Custom Holsters.
- $200 gift certificate from Brownell's.
- $100 gift certificate from KTKC sponsor Alt.Kilt. Put it towards one of their great-looking Classic Build kilts, or check out the schweeeeet Steampunk Kilts.
- Ka Bar black tanto knife with sheath.
- Crimson Trace CMR 202 weapon light.
- $50 gift certificate from Argyle Armoring. Put it towards a competition kit for your Glock, Smith & Wesson M&P or Springfield XD, or get your weapon Cerakoted by testicular cancer survivor and kilted gunsmith Marshall MacHugh!
Go ahead and take the Kilted to Kick Cancer fundraising challenge, and encourage your fellow bloggers to participate!
Bloggers who have taken up the challenge:
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