I really like Halloween. Not only does it give people of all ages the opportunity to dress up, but it's also my sister's birthday.

October is important for other reasons though. In case you've missed the signs with pink ribbons, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The first National Breast Cancer Awareness Month program took place in 1985, and since then, groups have been educating women about the dangers of breast cancer.

According to the National Cancer Institute, about one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.

If you're living in supplemental housing or in a bigger apartment or house, you potentially have eight people living in one place.

If you're all women, chances are that one of you will develop breast cancer.

I've been fairly lucky. Only one woman close to my family has been diagnosed with the disease and she has recovered. However, other friends have lost loved ones. Husbands have lost wives; children have lost parents.

This disease will touch everyone's life at some point.

But there are several small things you can do to help. Donate money, run in Race for the Cure.

Wear a pink ribbon and collect the pink Yoplait yogurt lids Yoplait donates 10 cents for every lid returned to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Whatever you do, just do something, and do it wearing a pink ribbon to support all the victims of breast cancer.

You don't know who the next victim will be of this horrible disease.