Loganville leads country in purchase of breast cancer stamps

LOGANVILLE - Doctor Balzaar ``Ernie&#39;&#39; Bodai, who persuaded Congress to create the breast cancer awareness stamp, was proud to come all the way from Sacramento, California, to honor the city of Loganville. <br> <br> This small town about 30 miles east of Atlanta leads the nation, per capita, in the sale of Bodai&#39;s fund-raising postage stamps. And the town hopes to buy even more. <br> <br> The stamp costs 45 cents -- 8 cents more than regular first-class stamps. Proceeds are split between the National Institute of Health and cancer research initiatives at the Department of Defense. <br> <br> Mark Myers, a marketing whiz on the Myers Team of Re/Max Preferred, got interested in the cause when his wife found a lump in her breast that turned out to be non-cancerous. Soon after that scare, Myers organized the Contract to Cure to raise awareness of the breast cancer stamp. <br> <br> Now the local barbershop and even the mayor&#39;s office at Loganville City Hall regularly sticks a breast cancer stamp on its mail. <br> <br> Since it was released in July 1998, more than 400 million cancer research stamps have been sold, raising about $30 million to fight the often fatal disease. The Loganville Post Office has seen a 1,000 percent increase in sales of the stamp since the campaign began last spring.

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