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Komen Race For The Cure 2008 Events
The 13th Annual Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure will be held on October 18, 2008, at Bayfront Park in Miami. Last year, the 5K Race attracted more than 15,000 people, including nearly 700 breast cancer survivors and it raised more than $1.8 million. Proceeds will benefit local communities in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to get the education and services they need to fight breast cancer. For those who cannot make it, you can "Sleep In for the Cure." To register, or for more information on the Race, please visit www.komenmiaftl.org or contact (305) 666-RACE.
Race for the Cure Goes "Green"
This year, Susan G. Komen For the Cure has made the commitment for the Race for the Cure to go green. On Race day, an assigned team will set up recycling bins at the Race and walk around encouraging people to recycle. Komen also printed less applications this year and are encouraging people to register online.
Susan G. Komen For the Cure and NASA Form an Alliance
Susan G. Komen For the Cure and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are forming a strategic alliance to develop a series of public outreach programs and events over the next five years. Their goal is to inform the general public, opinion leaders and policy makers about breast health and breast cancer while showcasing NASA inspired technologies and stressing the continued importance and relevancy of the nation's space program. Aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis for the STS - 125 mission, which is targeted for lift-off from Kennedy Space Center, 100 Komen pink ribbons will be integrated into official flight kits. NASA will also host board members and staff, community leaders and breast cancer survivors nominated by the Florida affiliates for launch viewing of STS - 125. At Komen's Brinker Award dinner, a NASA featured speaker and astronaut will speak about future developments of exhibits.
Second Annual Cruise for the CureSusan G. Komen For the Cure supporters will be sailing three nights onboard Carnival Cruise Line's Imagination from Miami to Nassau and Paradise Island on January 23, 2009. Breast cancer survivors, co-survivors, friends and families will participate in the Benefit Walk in Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. All proceeds will benefit Susan G. Komen For the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate. Corporate teams and sponsors are welcome.
For more information, please visit www.cruiseseverywhere.com or contact Julie Aliseo at (954) 899-8818.
Cut for the CureElite Salon Systems, South Florida's Paul Mitchell distributor, is hosting its third annual Cut for the Cure with eleven locations throughout Florida on Sunday, October 5, 2008. Top stylists will give $15 designer cuts with all proceeds benefiting Susan G. Komen For the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate. In honor of its founder, Linda Martens, Elite Salon Systems dedicated 2007 as the "Year of Care." hrough a series of fundraising events, Elite reached its goal of $100,000 to be raised in Linda's name for breast cancer research. Last year's Cut for the Cure events raised more than $45,000 for breast cancer. For more information, please visit www.elitepinkmiami.com or contact Ashley Mueller at (305) 541-8006.
Pink Gala:
"The Passionately Pink
Affair of the Year"Elite Salon Systems, South Florida's Paul Mitchell Distributor, is hosting its second annual Pink Gala at Flavour Nightclub in Coconut Grove on Sunday, November 2, 2008. The upscale evening will include live music, special dance performances, raffle prizes and a DJ. In honor of its founder, Linda Martens, Elite Salon Systems dedicated 2008 as the "Year of Care." Through a series of fundraising events, Elite reached its goal of $100,000 to be raised in Linda's name for breast cancer research. Last year's event attracted more than 500 guests and raised more than $20,000 for breast cancer. Tickets will be sold for $20 in advance and $25 at the door with all proceeds benefiting Susan G. Komen For the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate. For more information, please visit ww.elitepinkmiami.com or contact Ashley Mueller at (305) 541-8006.
See The Race For The Cure 2007
Couldn't attend the Race for the Cure 2007? You can relive it here, with our exclusive Chopper4 pictures of the race from start to finish, interviews, a slideshow, and more. CBS4 is committed to help in the fight against breast cancer, and salutes those who took part in the race and joined in that support.
Slideshow:
Race For The Cure 2007
Unedited Video:
The Race from Chopper 4
Except for skin cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, but it can be successfully treated. Screening tests can find cancer early, when it's most treatable.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® recommends that you:
1. Know your risk
· Talk to your family to learn about your family health history.
· Talk to your doctor about your personal risk of breast cancer.
2. Get screened
· Ask your doctor which screening tests are right for you if you are at higher risk.
· Have a mammogram every year starting at age 40 if you are at average risk.
· Have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years starting at 20, and every year starting at 40.
3. Know what is normal for you.
Go to your health care provider right away if you notice any of these breast changes:
· Lump, hard knot or thickening
· Swelling, warmth, redness or darkening
· Change in the size or shape of the breast
· Dimpling or puckering of the skin
· Itchy, scaly sore or rash on the nipple
· Pulling in of your nipple or other parts of the breast
· Nipple discharge that starts suddenly
· New pain in one spot that doesn't go away
4. Make healthy lifestyle choices
· Maintain a healthy weight
· Add exercise into your routine
· Limit alcohol intake.
Susan G. Komen Breast Awareness Instructions
Laurie Stein's Survivor Blog
MEMORIES OF MY FIRST RACE FOR THE CURE I remember my first Race For The Cure. Well, it wasn't really "my" race; it was more of my husband's race. His law firm had committed to a table at the event and he and his fellow attorneys were interested in getting some exercise and supporting a good cause. And since my husband knew I had the BRCA breast cancer gene, he was enthusiastic about being part of such an important event. I appreciated his excitement, but I preferred to take a more passive stance. Since breast cancer hadn't affected me yet, I went to the race as a complete bystander, cheering on my husband and occasionally looking at my watch to see when we could wrap it up! It was a hot morning, a little drizzly and frankly, a little unnerving. There were so many people "running for someone." So many women who had "running for my mom, my sister, myself" on the backs of their shirts.
I admired them but I didn't feel like one of them. In fact, I didn't really know anyone who had the disease. My father's two sisters had breast cancer but that was long, long ago. I barely knew them and I was a young, healthy woman who had just gotten married. I stood by the finish line waiting for my husband to finish so we could go home. As I saw the participants, filled with so much vigor and pride, I felt myself choke up a bit. I began to realize how incredible this event really was, how much it meant to so many people. But I'm not going to exaggerate my feelings to you; I felt very removed from the real meaning of the race. I could appreciate the importance but I would be lying if I said I was truly moved by that first race.
So imagine how I felt just two years later, when Bobbi Meyers from the local Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure asked me to be a part of the event on stage. By then, I was a survivor. (A lot can happen in two years!) If I tried to put my feelings that day into words, I'm afraid it would sound trite because I am simply not that good of a writer. I stood on the stage and looked at the thousands of people who were there to support survivors. Thousands! It sounds so simple to say, "I felt as if I were not alone." How often have we heard those words? But it was true. After enduring so much personal struggle, I could not deny the fact that there were others with similar battles. Maybe the circumstances were not identical, but you know what? These people cared. A lot! After months of putting on a brave face and tackling this disease with a seemingly positive spin, I could admit to myself that this was a grueling ordeal. And knowing that there were thousands of South Floridians who understood my pain, the Race For The Cure truly became "my" race.
Laurie
Laurie Stein is a seven-time Emmy award nominated investigative reporter for CBS4; she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 and ensured aggressive treatment. She continues to report for CBS4 news and is also an advocate for genetic risk testing.
Our History
As we honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we would like to share with our subscribers a brief history of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate and some words of support from local sponsors.
The Susan G. Komen For the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate is dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. Since its inception in1996, the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Race For the Cure® and the Affiliate has raised more than $6 million and reached hundreds of thousands of women and men in educational outreach through grassroots efforts.
The Affiliate funds local mission and education projects. The Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate's mission outreach provides mentoring for recently diagnosed breast cancer patients through its "A Buddie For You" program and includes a variety of outreach and educational programs in collaboration with local community organizations and entities.
In 2007, the Affiliate raised more than $1.5 million in the fiscal year ending March 2007 to support the fight against breast cancer. The money funded 18 grants that are diverse groups of not-for-profit health care organizations, public health agencies and community groups that further the Komen mission. More than 7,000 medically underserved individuals will be impacted by the grant dollars provided for mammograms and thousands more will be impacted by education and awareness programs.
In accordance with Komen's guidelines, 75 percent of the net dollars raised through local events, including the annual Race for the Cure®, will stay in the local community to fund breast cancer screening, education and awareness initiatives. The remaining 25 percent will be pooled with Komen's national efforts to fund research programs. In 2007, more than $915,000 stayed in the local community. For more information about the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate, visit www.komenmiaftl.org
For more information about other grants from the Susan G Komen for the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Website
Quotes from Sponsors
From the South Florida Ford Dealers "The South Florida Ford Dealers are proud to a founding partner of the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Race for the Cure. We support Susan G. Komen for the Cure because we believe in the conviction, the promise and the passion of the Foundation's last 25 years to create a world without breast cancer. We have been in this race since the beginning and we intend to be there when we find the cure, it is a race that must and will be won,"
Allan Young, Chairman, South Florida Ford Dealers. From Macy's"With a 150-year history of giving back to our communities, one of our proudest accomplishments has been our unwavering and passionate support for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure," stated Julie Greiner, Macy's Florida chairman and chief executive officer. "This is a cause that is meaningful for our company, our associates and our customers."
From Publix "At Publix, many of our associates and customers have been touched by breast cancer. We have seen first hand the affects of this disease and believe it's simply the right thing to do to support our Publix family and customers by helping to raise awareness and dollars for a cure," said Kim Jaeger, Publix Super Markets Media and Community Relations manager, Miami. "That is why we have teamed up for the last several years with Kellogg's and its Special K brand to support the Miami/Fort Lauderdale Race for the Cure. We hope that our sponsorship helps to inspire other businesses to support such a worthy and necessary cause."
Grantee Feature - Broward County LibraryWe spoke with Barbara Miller, programming manager for Broward County Library - Main Library, one of the grantees that received funding this year from Susan G. Komen For the Cure® Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate. Broward County Library is the ninth largest library system in the nation. It provides essential quality-of-life community service as well as outstanding customer service throughout Broward County. The library provides approximately three million items and more than 2,000 computers for public use and facilitates events and programs that satisfy the changing needs of Broward County's community of children, teens, and adults for information, education, and recreation. It retains a strong emphasis on literacy and after-school programs. The library has been receiving Komen funding for the past five years.
Komen's funding enables the Library to provide resources and innovative programming for breast cancer survivors. It also enables the library to inform all its customers for the necessity of breast health. Through Komen grants the library is hosting several programs in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The programs and activities lined up will include:
October 11 - Mothers and daughters will decorate a pink t-shirt at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Mother/Daughter Craft Program at the Main Library, all t-shirts and supplies will be provided.
October 14 through October 31 - "Stories to Share" will be displayed at the Main Library where Tamarac photographer Susan Buzzi has met with survivors, care givers, family members, physicians and other people involved with breast cancer and photographed the participants in candid shots using black and white film. Persons photographed have provided written commentary about their triumphs and battles with cancer, which will be displayed next to their photos.
October 16 - Check It Out - Learn Breast Cancer Prevention Techniques. Program will be presented by Broward Region of Hadassah Volunteer Nurses at the Sunrise Dan Pearl Branch Library.
October 20 - Komen Wellness Fair at the Main Library will include tables of information from local cancer institutions demonstrating how to perform breast self-examinations. The program will also include Susan Ryan Jordan, author of the book The Immune Spirit: A Story of Love, Loss and Healing: One Woman's Triumph over Breast Cancer, from the mother of Meg Ryan, where all books will be available for sale and signing. The program is followed by guest speaker Dr. Nicholas Tranakas, M.D., medical director of cancer services for Broward Health and of the Comprehensive Breast Center at Broward General Medical Center. He will speak about breast health. The program will end with a "Stories to Share" reception by photographer Susan Buzzi.
October 26 - Creative Journaling with Susan Buzzi will be held at the Main Library.
In addition, there will be information on all 290 Broward County buses promoting Susan G. Komen for the Cure library resources. Komen For the Cure informational tables will be also be available at 11 branches throughout Broward County with information in Spanish, Haitian Creole and English. All activities will be free and open to the public.
"Susan G. Komen for the Cure is an outstanding organization to partner with to inform our customers of breast cancer health and awareness," said Miller. "It is an honor to be chosen as a grant recipient and we look forward to a continued relationship in the coming years."
Broward County Library continuously evolves to meet the needs of its customers and to offer information that encourages exploration of knowledge and self-expansion. It is through programs like these that Komen's Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate is dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever -- by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. For more information about Broward County Library, call 954-357-7444.
For more information about Komen's Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate visit www.komenmiaftl.org.
CBS4.com offers a complete resource center on breast cancer for information in a variety of areas, including informative videos.
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Komen: Where The Money Goes
TO SUPPORT THE MISSION, education, screening and treatment Local Breast Cancer Organizations Benefit from More than $915,000 in Grants. Susan G. Komen For the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate Awarded 18 Breast Cancer Education and Screening Grants in 2006 2007
Click here to see the 2006/2007 Grant Recipients
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