The Pink Crusader wishes you all a very pleasant week and will be back soon.
Until then, please remember our Veterans and their loved ones in your prayers.
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DAILY REMINDER #1:
"Fund Free Mammograms" Go to The Breast Cancer Site at http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/tpc/EEB_0115_BCSm
and help fund free mammograms for the homeless, working-poor, and un-insured women. It costs nothing to you, except one daily click on the pink "Fund Free Mammograms" button. You can even request automatic reminders via e-mail. Please make your free click now, and thanks for your continuing support! The Breast Cancer Site, One Union Square, 600 University Street, Suite 1000, Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 1-888-811-5271
NOTE: WE DID IT! The 5th Annual Pink Ribbon Challenge is a Success!
Together, we funded over 500 mammograms this October & our
premier sponsor donated another 150! Please keep clicking... Please click daily!
DAILY REMINDER #2:
Help eliminate Breast Cancer with a daily click at
http://breastcancer.care2.com/ebc-about.html
You'll be one of the first people to participate in the largest virtual mountain climb in the world! With every click, (or "step") you generate a donation to
eliminate the environmental causes of breast cancer--for free. Sponsors pay for your click and fund The Breast Cancer Fund's programs focusing on environmental links to breast cancer. It only takes a second! The Breast Cancer Fund is the leading national organization focused on identifying – and advocating for the elimination of – the environmental and preventable causes of the disease. For more details on the organization’s work, visit www.breastcancerfund.org
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UPCOMING EVENTS: Mark Your Calendars and Save the Dates!
CAP HOLIDAY CARD SALES at MAYS CLINIC
Volunteer Services and The Children's Art Project (CAP) collaborate to better the lives of patients at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. For more than twenty-five years volunteers have assisted with Card Sales. Proceeds benefit M. D. Anderson's Pediatric and Adult Patient Programs. Volunteer Services is asking for volunteer assistance with the upcoming 2007 CAP - Holiday Card Sale at the Mays Clinic. Please contact Cindy Shursen, Program Coordinator - Volunteer Services, if you are available to assist during the below sale days / times.
Dates: November 5th -16th
Times frame: 9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m.
Contact: Cindy Shursen
Phone: 713-745-0266
Email: cshursen@mdanderson.org
SOS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY MEETING
Monthly meeting open to breast cancer patients/survivors
in Fort Bend County. 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Next meeting November 13, 2007 7:00 - 9:00 pm
at Holy Cross Church in New Territory.
JESSE H. JONES PARK & NATURE CENTER
Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Network
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $10 per person (includes lunch but not parking at M. D. Anderson)
The Day Away program offers patients, caregivers and Anderson Network members the opportunity to take day trips to attractions in and around the Houston area. The chartered bus departs at 8:30am from the Jesse H. Jones Rotary House International, 1600 Holcombe Blvd., at M. D. Anderson. Programs typically last six to eight hours. Activities include hay ride, guided nature tour, lunch, hay ride to the Pioneer Village and guided pioneer tour. Trip is open to any M. D. Anderson patient, caregiver or survivor age 18 or older. Space is limited to 23 participants. For reservations or more information, please contact Anderson Network at 713-745-9204 or 1-800-345-6324.
THE FACES BEHIND BREAST CANCER BOOK-SIGNING EVENT
Thur. November 15 - Austin, TX
The Book Woman
918 West 12th Street
Reception 6:30 pm
Book Event 7:00 pm
Participants invited to sign
512-472-2785
METASTATIC BREAST CANCER NETWORK
Finally, a national independent advocacy group of and for people with
metastatic breast cancer, the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network (MBCN).To join and for information about this network visit www.MBCNetwork.org
Your membership in MBCN makes you a part of an important first step toward
bringing a new voice, a proactive voice, to the breast cancer community.
It is absolutely committed to you and makes the following pledge:
• We will honor your life by working together to fight for the development
of treatments that extend life as the search for the cure continues.
• We will protect your privacy and will never share your name or e-mail
address with any person or group.
• We will keep you informed of what we are doing to promote the concerns
of people living with advanced breast cancer.
Let our voices be heard!
November 17 - 18, 2007 Metastatic Breast Cancer Network 2nd Annual
National Conference, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Sponsored by Dr. Gabriel Hortobagyi, Chairman of the Department of Breast
Medical Oncology. Registration will open in September on the MBCN web
site www.MBCNetwork.org MBCN’s 1st annual conference in 2006 was at
Sloan-Kettering in New York and was a great success with about 300
attendees.
LAVENDER MAKING CLASS
Make your own affordable, soothing lavender bath and home products
for yourself, your family, or to make for gift giving for any and all occasions.
Class is November 18th, from 2:00 - 4:30 pm
To register call VICTORIA at 713-849-3535.
Or visit www.feminineliving.com
THE ALICE THOMSEN LYMPHEDEMA AWARENESS GROUP of Houston Meetings are scheduled on the 3rd Tuesday of every other month at the American cancer Society Building,6301 Richmond (between Hillcroft and Fountainview) at 7:00pm. 2007. Next scheduled meeting is November 20th.
ROSEBUDS MEETING
November 20, 5:45 - 7:30 pm
Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting
The Rose, 3400 Bissonnet.
Open to all Breast Cancer Patients/Survivors
1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month
Future Meetings: December 18, 2007
www.RosebudsSupport.org
Note: There will be no Rosebuds meeting on December 4 inasmuch as
the annual Holiday Party will be at the home of Janet Covington on
December 4, 2007 We look forward to seeing you!
ROSEBUDS II MEETING
November 29th, 5:45 - 7:30 pm
Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting
For those who have had or are at high risk for recurrence
and/or metastasis, 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month
The Rose, 3400 Bissonnet.
Open to all Breast Cancer Patients/Survivors
Future Meetings: November 29*, December 13 & 27,
Note: *Rosebuds II meeting will be on the 29th of November
since the 22nd of November is Thanksgiving
KNOCKOUT ROSES
A support group for women diagnosed under 40
2nd Monday of each month, @ 5:45
December 10
The Rose, 3400 Bissonnet.
Contact Amy Rigsby, Technical Director of The Rose
713-660-6675.
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"SHARING is CARING"
As always, The Pink Crusader welcomes your comments, stories, poems, events and photographs! Posts are updated each week. Please send your written contributions to thepinkcrusader1@aol.com.
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Until next week stay strong, stay well and keep on dancing!
Love, Josie
The Pink Crusader
thepinkcrusader1@aol.com
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