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July
e-News
Y-ME
Illinois Presents: The Big Night Out
Join us for a night of cocktails, hors
d’ouvres and live entertainment. Help fund Y-ME Illinois’ free programs and services by entering to win great raffle prizes, bid
on silent auction packages and much more!
Friday, October 19th,
2007
6:30-10:00pm
The Great Hall of Union
Station
210 S. Canal St.
Chicago, IL
60661
Tickets for The Big Night Out will be availble
soon! Check back at www.y-me.org/illinois soon for more
infomation.
We are looking for volunteers, committee
members and sponsors for this event. For more information please contact Jayme Lutsch at 312-364-9071 or at jlutsch@y-me.org. |
We are pleased to wecome the newest addition to Y-ME Illinois, Gloria Taylor-Davenport. |
Y-ME Illinois Welcomes Gloria Taylor-Davenport!
My name is Gloria Taylor-Davenport and
I am very excited to be apart of Y-ME Illinois. I come to Y-ME with over 20 years experience in the non-profit sector. During those years,
I was fortunate to lead and mentor a number of accounting professionals while developing self-growth. Currently, I am a board member and
treasurer of Salvation Church of God, which gives me great pleasure. I hope to bring my financial expertise to this organization as well as
retain for myself the empowering information and support that Y-ME Illinois has to offer. It is my desire that I will be able to help grow this
organization financially, allowing Y-ME Illinois to ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone for many years to come. I consider myself
blessed to be a part of such a dedicated staff that is committed to helping women and men everywhere.
You can contact Gloria
Taylor-Davenport at
gtaylor-davenport@y-me.org.
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Our First Annual Streak Chicago Pink event was a great success! Join us this year on September 15th
to support our 2007 Pink Streak Team! |
Associate Board News
The 2nd Annual Streak Chicago Pink event has been set for Saturday, September 15th at Vines on Clark. We'll
honor the 2007 Pink Streak marathon runners and raise funds for Y-ME Illinois. It will be a night filled with food, drinks and fun including raffles and entertainment. We are looking for enthusiastic men and women to
help plan this fantastic event (which last year raised over $13,000 for Y-ME Illinois)! Please join us for
a kick-off planning meeting on Monday, July 16th at 7pm at Vines (3554 N. Clark St.). Positions are
still available for both committee chairs and committee members. If you’re interested in learning more about this event but
can’t make the kick-off meeting, please contact Kristin Kuehn at
Kristin.e.kuehn@accenture.com.
The mission of the Y-ME Illinois Associate Board is to impact the fight
against breast cancer through volunteering, increasing awareness and raising funds to support the programs and services of the Illinois Affiliate of
Y-ME. If you are interested in learning more about the Associate Board, please contact Natalie Long at nslong1@yahoo.com.
Pink Streak Marathon Team members have already raised over $26,000!
Check out our runners at www.firstgiving.com/y-me. There are only 98 days until the
marathon and they need our support! Think of them this weekend as they run 9+ miles in training.
If you want to be a part of the
marathon without running the 26.2 miles, sign up to be a Water Station volunteer! Please contact Laura McDougal at lmcdougal@y-me.org
if you are interested.
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Rose Sajuan with her sons, Michael and Andre. |
The Power of Corporate Partnerships: Cancer Treatment Centers of America
When Rose Sajuan was diagnosed with breast
cancer she was the care taker for her mother, had one son getting ready to graduate from high school, another in Army training, and a daughter working
in Lake Forest. Despite all the activity, Rose had a nagging feeling that it was time to get a mammogram. As
Rose explains “God put it in my heart to schedule the appointment.”
Once the appointment was scheduled, everything
moved quickly. Saturday she went to the physician for a follow-up on her mammography. Tuesday she had a biopsy performed on a lump
that was removed from her breast. When Rose returned to the doctor on Thursday and the physician began by asking where her husband
was, she was prepared for the worst.
Rose received care at Cancer Treatment
Centers of America (CTCA) and enjoys her status today as an eleven year breast cancer survivor. She credits her supportive family
and two close friends that stood by and helped her get through the experience.
Currently, she is an active volunteer in
the cancer community and is a recognized “Cancer Fighter” with CTCA. When Rose, who is of Puerto Rican descent,
learned that CTCA and Y-ME Illinois forged a partnership to create a Spanish version of the Y-ME Illinois brochure she was pleased and stated that
“together you can make such an impact!” She also added that “in the Hispanic culture the feeling about breast
cancer was very hush, hush. It is considered taboo for women to touch their bodies and some have believed that the disease is a
punishment from God.”
Rose’s comments reflect the importance of
providing translated information to ethnic communities and the ongoing need to continue to break down cultural barriers. Corporate
partnerships like this are proof that working together, and enhancing our respective missions, we can better ensure that no one faces breast cancer
alone.
Update: Rose’s daughter now works as the secretary to the Birthing Unit of Highland Park Hospital. Both
of her sons are stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky and presently live just 5 houses away from each other! Michael is with the
887th Engineers and Andre is with the Airborne Unit attached to Special Forces. At this time, Michael is presently overseas fighting in
Iraq and Andre is scheduled to leave for Iraq again in October. Y-ME Illinois extends our sincere gratitude for their noble commitment to our
country.
ShareRing Network
A free, monthly one-hour teleconference featuring a breast cancer related presentation by a medical professional followed by a
question and answer session. Participants are divided into small groups for discussion, which are moderated by peer counselors.
July 18, 2007, 7:00 p.m. (CT)
“Caring for the Caregiver: When a Family Member or Friend Has Cancer”
Speaker:
Joanne Corbo Cruz, M.S.W., L.M.S.W., A.C.T.
Behavioral Health Social Worker
National Family Caregivers Association
In this teleconference, Joanne Corbo Cruz, M.S.W., L.M.S.W., A.C.T., provides
practical insight on what caregiver often forget: caring for themselves when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer. A question and answer
session will follow the presentation
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Do you know about the Y-ME IlliNOISY Advocacy Network?
The Y-ME IlliNOISY Advocacy Network is
comprised of hundreds of advocates from across Illinois who are passionate about lobbying for breast cancer funding, research and programs to support
those today who cannot wait for tomorrows cure. When you sign up for the Network you
will:
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Receive our monthly advocacy
e-Newsletter and read about the latest in breast cancer and health care policy.
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Receive advocacy alerts via
email when you need to contact your elected official urging them to support breast cancer legislation.
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Participate in NBCCF’s Annual Advocacy Training Conference in Washington, DC where you will attend three days
of advocacy training and lobby members of Congress on Capitol Hill!
Use your voice in the fight against breast
cancer! It’s easy, it’s free and it takes just five minutes! Click here to
sign up today!
If you have any questions, please contact Rachel
Runnals, Advocacy Coordinator, at (312) 364-9071 or at rrunnals@y-me.org.
Donate to Y-ME Illinois!
It is through kind donations from people like you that allow
us to serve those in Illinois whose lives have been touched by breast cancer! Y-ME Illinois offers comprehensive support and
educational services throughout Illinois and Northwest Indiana. These services are provided free of charge and include
adult and teen workshops, support groups, wig and prosthesis salons and a statewide grassroots advocacy network.
Donations can be made to a specific department
or to our general operating fund. You can also make your donation to Y-ME Illinois in honor or in memory of a loved one.
Y-ME Illinois is a 501(c) 3 charitable organization and donations to our organization are tax
deductible. Call Y-ME Illinois at 312-364-9071 to donate via phone (we
accept Visa and Mastercard) or send your contribution to 300 W. Adams, Suite 430, Chicago, IL
60606.
Donate now by going
to Just
Give. Thank you for your support! |
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Illinois
Affiliate of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
300 West Adams | Suite 430 | Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-364-9071 | Fax: 312-364-9066
Springfield Office:
SIU Breast Center | 747 N. Rutledge | Baylis Building 1 | Springfield, IL 62794
Phone: 217-545-7424 Fax: 217-545-7442
www.y-me.org/illinois
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Y-ME
National Breast Cancer Hotline
1-800-221-2141 (English)
1-800-986-9505 (español)
*Interpreters available in 150 languages |
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