We cannot be silent is one slogan printed on specialty clothing offered by a company called Privacy. Other slogans include United We Cure and Mission. Purpose. Cure.

The slogans say a lot -- but the accomplishments of Carolyn Jones, Founder and President/CEO of Privacy, say a whole lot more.

Think about this:

Jones lost her mother to breast cancer on November 16, 2000 during a time when too many questions about the disease were left unanswered and not enough options were available for women fighting for their lives.

Times have changed, in part due to outspoken pioneers like Jones, who are spreading the word and funding the cause.

Part of the Privacy corporate goal is to support medical research and to educate women about early detection and treatment.

"It is very clear that more information and research is needed due to the yearly increase in new cases nationally," says Jones who cites statistics such as this: every 12 minutes a woman in America will die from complications associated with breast cancer. And this: more than 1,500 new cases of male breast cancer will be diagnosed this year.

Privacy, a California-based company with a social conscious, offers for both women and men an assortment of t-shirts, sweatshirts, jeans, hats, recommended books, accessories, breast cancer facts, and even a contest or two. A portion of all profits are donated to breast cancer initiatives with an emphasis on low-income and uninsured populations.

Check it all out right here.

Yesterday afternoon, a Canadian hockey team with a roster of seven and eight-year-old boys sported pink socks, pink jerseys, and pink hockey sticks in an effort to raise money for Breast Cancer Action of Ottawa -- a group dedicated to raising awareness and providing support for those affected by breast cancer.

The color pink was a non-issue for the little boys asked to do their best to help others.

"I'm excited about playing in pink," said one eight-year-old decked out in the breast cancer color to support his aunt, who is currently battling the disease.

One hockey mom says it was surprisingly easy to convince the boys to wear pink uniforms.

"They told me that real men wear pink," she said.

And so pink is what they wore on this special day -- it was Hockey Day in Canada, when Canada's national game is celebrated throughout the country -- and raise funds is what they did. In fact, the team was overwhelmed by the amount of donations received and the special items given for use in a silent auction. A jersey signed by Dany Heatley of the Ottawa Senators, a jersey signed by Wayne Gretzky, and two tickets to a Senators hockey game top the list of generous offerings.

These little boys reached their goal -- they raised awareness, and they raised money. Yes, indeed, real men do wear pink.

According to the information on the Lee National Denim Day page, this event is the world's largest single-day fundraising campaign for breast cancer. In October, Lee Jeans hosts the event that inspires millions of women and men nationwide to wear their favorite jeans and to make a $5 donation to support breast cancer research, education and outreach. For the 11th annual National Denim Day, Lee Jeans is joining together with the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund. The Women's Cancer Research Fund was established to support research, education, and outreach programs for more effective approaches to the early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of all women's cancers. Honorary chairs include Kate Capshaw and Rita Wilson. Online registration begins June 1. Favorite place the webpage or check back here, we will remind you to go over and sign up.

For the last ten years, on the first Tuesday following Mother's Day, the CURE Foundation hosts National Denim Day, where employees across Canada make a $5 dollar donation to wear denim to work. CURE is a national foundation that works in partnership with women and men, health professionals, other foundations and Canadian teaching hospitals to improve breast cancer survival. The foundation supports researchers, laboratories, projects and equipment towards these goals.

In 1996, Diane Proulx Guerrera was diagnosed with breast cancer. In gratitude for the breast cancer research that led to the treatments that saved her life, Guerrera and her husband founded the CURE Foundation to support continued research and treatments for breast cancer. To raise funds for the foundation, they started National Denim Day. CURE has helped raise over $10 million dollars for breast cancer research, education and equipment. Today Guerrera is cancer-free. The slogan of National Denim Day is, "Wearing jeans has never been so important !" In 2006, National Denim Day is May 16.