Last December, Virginia resident Susan Reynolds underwent a needle biopsy to determine whether she had breast cancer.

To ease the pain and swelling afterward, Reynolds initially put an ice pack on her chest. But she didn’t like the feel of the ice pack, so she replaced it with a pack of frozen peas.

Reynolds wrote about this on her blog and included a picture of the pack of peas peeking out from her top. She also sent out tweets about the peas.

This started a wave of tweets about the peas, and scores of pea-themed photos ended up on Twitter and Flickr, the photo- sharing site.

You can read the full story here. As a side note, we would wish Keith heartfelt congratulations on his new position as Best Buy’s Community Manager!

Susan Reynolds and Connie Reece (or Laverne and Shirley as they referred to themselves after viewing this video) finally got to meet in person this week when Susan and her husband, Bill, flew to Austin for meetings. Frozen Pea Friday #10 marked a milestone: incorporation and trademark papers have been filed. When completed, the Frozen Pea Fund will be a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.

There will be a lot more to report in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. For now, Susan and Connie want to thank you for supporting those who, like Susan, are battling breast cancer, and for your support of cancer research and awareness through the Frozen Pea Fund.

It’s been 9 weeks since Frozen Pea Fund began and we’re still going strong with over $8,000 raised so far. The response from the community and *beyond* our social media community has been amazing. Susan is an inspiring woman and by sharing her story has shown not only the power of social media but shown the power of giving and make an effort at change. Donating the cost of a couple of bags of frozen peas to the fund is EASY! Donating helps people like Susan and my grandmother and millions of other people in the world that are suffering every day and fighting hard for their lives.

The American Cancer Society is an organization that is dedicated to eliminating cancer and minimizing suffering from cancer. They are the people that are working hard to fund research that is searching for a cure.

To those who have donated time and again, we thank you so much for supporting cancer research by donating to ACS and the Frozen Pea Fund. It’s YOU who have made a difference.

In this week’s FPF video, Susan Reynolds, the woman behind (under, er, yeah) the peas was interviewed by Channel 9 WUSA about frozen peas, Twitter and how the movement got started. See the video below.

I join Susan in her gratefulness of this community for their generous donations to the Frozen Pea Fund and the American Cancer Society. I’m proud to be a member of a community that stands up for something remarkable and supports one another wholeheartedly.

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It’s Frozen Pea Friday number 6 and we’re still going strong. Frozen Pea Fund is raising funds for breast cancer research through October 2008. If you can, please donate the cost of one or maybe two bags of frozen peas to the fund by clicking on the Donate Now button in the sidebar. Every little bit makes a difference.

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Please take a few minutes, click on the Donate button in the sidebar and donate the price of a couple of bags of frozen peas to the American Cancer Society. That can, and will, make a difference in breast cancer research.

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After you’ve stopped laughing, support breast cancer research by making a donation equal to the price of a couple of bags of frozen peas today. Just click the flashing peavatar button at the top of the right-hand sidebar. The money goes to the American Cancer Society.

P.S. Ann, why not just drink the green Skittles?

Craig Colgan from the Post sat down with her to ask her how frozen peas came to be and what makes them so special to her. Read what she had to say.

(Photo was taken by Katherine Frey for the article.)