Avon goodie gift pack

Avon Foundation offers many fundraising products, priced at $15 and under, that help its Avon Breast Cancer Crusade and Avon Speak Out Against Domestic Violence. The Avon goodie gift pack includes woolly clogs ($15), bubble bath ($8), water bottle ($5), rhinestone flip-flops ($10), angel car-visor clip ($6), charm bracelet ($5), lip balm ($1.50) and locket necklace ($5).

Find these items at www.avonfoundation.org or call 1-800-FOR-AVON to find a representative.

Flat iron

This Hana professional, 1-inch pink flat iron comes with a matching carrying case. The suggested retail price is $99. Shop online at www.hanasalon.com.

Organic cotton T-shirt

Tees for Change — a positive messaging, eco-friendly apparel company — sells a "Stay Strong" organic cotton T-shirt. The tee sells for $32 at www.teesforchange.com (click on "limited edition"). We have a large one to give away.

Water bottle

This $16 aluminum water bottle is worth a double-whammy of do-gooding: It helps the environment (yay, reusable bottles!), and $1 from the sale of each bottle is donated to breast cancer research. Visit www.principessabeauty.com.

Highlighting cream

Julie Hewett Los Angeles' Shimmy in "pinkie" is a highlighting cream that you use like a fingerpaint to swipe across your face. It adds that Hollywood starlet glow. Shimmy sells for $22 at www.juliehewett.net.

Portable manicure kit

Japonesque makes a handy, portable pink manicure kit ($25) that's packed with all the essentials. See www.japonesque.com for details and retailers.

Here are two of the events slated during Breast Cancer Awareness Month:

• The Arizona Cancer Center's Vida! — The Third Annual Mujer Latina Breast Cancer Conference — 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 25, El Pueblo Community Center Senior Building, 101 W. Irvington Road.

Admission is free; complimentary breakfast and lunch provided. Advance registration required. Call 626-2271 or 626-0331.

• Dine at Pastiche Modern Eatery, 3025 N. Campbell Ave., anytime in October, and you can designate a favorite charity to receive 5 percent of your dinner bill. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 4574 E. Broadway, asks that you remember the organization.

• For information on other events during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, go to www.komensaz.org.

– Rosalie Robles Crowe