Help keep Mom well this Mother’s Day

    As Mother’s Day approaches, thoughts turn to flowers, chocolates and pastel greeting cards. But why not give Mom a gift that gives back?
    Charitable gifts seem all the rage. Some mothers like their offspring to make Mother’s Day donations to worthwhile causes. For other moms, nothing beats spending the day with their children and family.     Mother-loving families can also buy gifts from companies that donate part of their proceeds to charity. Many products now benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which promises to save lives and end breast cancer forever.
    Breast cancer affects many American families — women living in North America develop breast cancer more often than anyplace else in the world. Each woman — each mother — has a one in 33 chance that breast cancer will cause her death.
    The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Web site, www.komen.org, lists products whose sales will help fund breast cancer research. Many prove typical Mother’s Day gifts, like scarves and jewelry. Other products appeal to more unique-minded mothers.