During October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, eBay Giving Works will launch the Spotlight on Breast Cancer campaign featuring auction items that benefit breast cancer charities. MissionFish, the organization that provides the technology, tools and support to organizations and donors to participate in online auctions, has registered over 80 breast cancer nonprofits in the eBay Giving Works program.

In shopping for a cause or selling items to benefit a cause, you can find antiques, art, books, cameras, clothing, shoes and accessories; collectibles; entertainment memorabilia; health and beauty; home and garden; jewelry and more through eBay Giving Works auctions.

As we near October, we might expect to find some exciting finds being auctioned for breast cancer charities. Right now, the second-wealthiest man in the world Warren Buffet is auctioning off his Thrifty 2001 Signature Series Lincoln Town Car for Girls, Inc, an organization founded to inspire young girls to be strong, smart, healthy and bold. Buffet will wear a chauffeur's cap and personally pick up the winning bidder at the airport when they arrive in Omaha to take ownership of the car.

During October's Spotlight on Breast Cancer campaign, we can look forward to equally interesting auctions. Be sure to bookmark eBay Giving Works auctions and check back often during October.

Our sister blogs, Autoblog and Blogging Baby have posted stories that illustrate the benefits of internet connection in lives touched by cancer. In a you-can-run-but-you-can't-hide karmic twist of justice, Matt Frame found his stolen 1967 Camaro SS online at an eBay auction. Frame and his father had rebuilt the car before his father died of cancer. Of course, the seller denied that it was the same car, but Frame was able to identify the car as the one stolen from him.

On the cosmic scales of fairness, balance was achieved when Anthony McCoy found the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro that he had spent twenty years helping his father restore before the death of his father to cancer. Although it was not stolen from him by a thief, it was lost due to financial circumstances when his mother was forced to sell the car after the loss of his father. Found at eBay, McCoy made the successful bid. To McCoy, it is priceless.

As today's final example of the power of the internet to break down any barriers of time and space that can separate us from justice, the scales of fairness, or the ability to nurture relationships beyond the immediate, Jason Levine is a pediatric oncologist who stays in touch by email with his young cancer patients and their families by visiting their personal websites. Blogging Baby found a sweet and humorous story told of how a young patient role plays his email contact with her.