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This signature event celebrating survivorship is not to be missed.
Tickets available online now!
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October 2006 Y-ME
Illinois e-News
In This Edition:
Fashion Show & Luncheon To Roll Out Pink Carpet for Supporters
This October 28th breast cancer survivors, friends and family are invited to gather together at our 26th Annual Y-ME Illinois
Fashion Show and Luncheon located at the Chicago Hilton. This year we are honoring special supporters that make up your Circle of
Help and Healing while enjoying music, food, fashion and friends.
Join us to celebrate survivorship and support in addition to helping Y-ME Illinois meet
its mission to
ensure no one faces breast cancer alone. Special thanks to our 2006 presenting sponsors, LaSalle Bank,Walgreens and North Shore Friends of Y-ME
for helping us make this exceptional event possible! Your kind and generous support is deeply appreciated.
To purchase tickets please click here.
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Y-ME Wellness Spa to Pamper Survivors
On Thursday, November 9, Y-ME Illinois will again be partnering with Aveda
Institute Chicago to offer the Y-ME Wellness Spa for breast cancer patients and survivors. Between 6 and 8 p.m., women are invited to pamper
themselves with complimentary haircuts, scalp treatments, focus facials, make up applications and lessons, and stress less services in a private and
comfortable setting.
One of the goals of this program is to bring together survivors from all different stages of the
breast cancer experience to support and empower one another. For more information or to register, please contact Phoebe Harlan, Program
Coordinator, at 312.364.9071, or pharlan@y-me-illinois.org.
Y-ME Illinois and Cardinal Fitness
Kick-off Partnership During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Throughout
the month of October, twenty-eight participating Cardinal Fitness health clubs
in Illinois and Northwest Indiana will promote the free programs and services
provided by Y-ME Illinois. Donors who make gifts of $10 or more will be thanked with a special
limited-edition Pink Ribbon t-shirt. All
proceeds will help ensure the sustainability of the Y-ME Illinois mission to
ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone.
On
Saturday, October 21, 2006 Cardinal Fitness will unite with other leading
fitness sponsors and host a Health Fair that is free and open to the
public. The Health Fair will take place at
select Cardinal Fitness clubs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will have a Breast
Cancer Awareness focus with information and education provided by Y-ME Illinois.
Other Health Fair highlights include exciting details about the Y-ME Illinois
"Pink Streak" Marathon Team, nutritional and vitamin samples, complimentary
lunch, fitness advice from certified personal trainers and more.
Please visit www.cardinalfitness.com for participating
locations and a schedule of events.
First Annual Streak Chicago Pink
Event Raises Over 13,000!
Streak Chicago Pink, hosted by the Y-ME Illinois Associate Board was a public tribute
to the spirit and
dedication of the Y-ME Illinois Pink Streak Team, who have committed to raise
$750 each to further the mission of Y-ME
Illinois while training for the
LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
With over 100 people in attendance, the 2006 Pink
Streak Presenting Sponsor Flair Communications announced a challenge to the
runners and asked that they "go the extra mile" with a 10% increase in
dollars raised over last year. To launch
this exciting challenge, Flair Communications matched their initial gift to the
Team with an additional $7,500 donation.
If the Pink Streak Team is able to achieve the $130,000 goal by Marathon day Flair will contribute an additional $2,500!
The event attendees were touched and inspired when Y-ME Illinois presented the Spirit of Giving
Award to Chicago Marathon Founder Lee Flaherty for his commitment
to ensuring that no one faces breast cacner alone.
Congratulations to the Associate Board on the success of this event, Lee Flaherty for being the
first to receive the Spirit
of Giving Award, and Flair Communications for providing endless support and
generosity. Special thanks to the entire Pink Streak Team for
your indomitable spirit and selfless support of those faced with breast cancer.
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Y-ME Illinois and Walgreens Join Forces for
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Y-ME Illinois and Walgreens join forces to provide free mammograms at selected Walgreens
sites throughout the month of October. Technicians from the Cook County Traveling Mammography Van will perform free mammogram screenings for
individuals who: are 40 years of age older; not pregnant or nursing; and have not had a mammogram within the past year.
In addition to free mammograms, this joint effort will provide underserved individuals with an
opportunity to receive information
about how to perform a breast self-exam and how to access free services for breast and cervical cancer screenings. The
mammography van is provided by John J. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Y-ME Illinois outreach programming is also generously supported by the
VNA Foundation and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
View the calendar listing all mammogram van visits.
Rise & Shine with Ashley & Y-ME Illinois in
Springfield
On Saturday, October 14th, the Springfield Ashley Furniture Homestore and Y-ME Illinois
will be hosting a "Rise & Shine" event to celebrate its Grand Opening. Karen Geninatti, the Central USA Women's Bodybuilding Champion and personal
trainer will be leading the public in exercises. Panera Bread (also know as SLB in Central Illinois) will be serving breakfast and Ashley Furniture
Homestore of
Springfield will be giving away $100 gift certificates every hour.
The Ashley Furniture Homestore of Springfield is proud to become a Y-ME Illinois community
partner and the first two hundred people into the store will receive a Y-ME
teddy bear. Local radio station WNNS will be broadcasting from the scene. For more information, call the Y-ME Illinois, Springfield Office at
217-545-7424.
Sing to Live Community Chorus to Perform at Fashion
Show
The Sing to Live Community Chorus is proud to perform at the 2006 Y-ME Fashion Show & Luncheon
because it was created to provide a unique and supportive musical outlet for singers touched by breast cancer, both men and women. The chorus
members share a common love for music and strong support systems, and are committed to presenting quality musical experiences to the community. They
celebrate hope and survival while supporting local breast cancer communities through the gift of music.
As part of their mission, Sing to Live provides complimentary concert tickets to breast cancer
patients and survivors. For more information, please contact Melinda@singtolive.org.
Please join Sing to Live on October 21, 2006 for their first concert of the 2006-2007 season -
One Voice. For more information on this concert or to purchase tickets, please visit our website at www.singtolive.org.
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Pick Up a
Pink Ribbon BagelTM at Panera Bread® in October
Panera Bread®'s most powerful bagel happens to be pink - announcing
Panera's hard-to-resist Pink
Ribbon BagelTM! It's made with cherry chips, dried cherries and cranberries, vanilla, honey and brown sugar. 25-cents from the sale
of each Pink
Ribbon Bagel in the Chicago-land and Springfield areas during Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) will be donated to Y-ME National Breast Cancer
Organization.
A free, monthly one-hour teleconference,
offered by Y-ME National
Breast Cancer Organization, featuring a breast cancer related presentation by a medical professional followed by a question and answer session.
The call ends with small discussion groups.
ShareRing Network Teleconference
Schedule:
October 18, 2006, 7:00 p.m. (CT)
"Genetics and Breast Cancer"
Shelly Cummings, M.S. Genetic Counselor, Cancer Risk Clinic, University of Chicago
To register, click here.
Transcriptions are now available! To read
transcriptions of past
ShareRing Network teleconferences, click here.
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Calendar of
Events
We post additional events online:
October 22,
2006
The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
Chicago, Illinois
Cheer on the 2006 Pink Streak Marathon Team as they run 26.2 miles to ensure that no one faces breast
cancer alone! If you want to become part of the Pink Streak Team, contact Jayme Lutsch at jlutsch@y-me-illinois.org or visit the Pink
Streak
website.
October 28,
2006
26th Annual Y-ME Illinois Fashion Show & Luncheon
"Circle of Help and
Healing"
Chicago Hilton & Towers - 720 S. Michigan Ave.
Don't miss this signature Y-ME event celebrating survivorship! Purchase tickets online
now.
November 9,
2006
Aveda Y-ME Wellness Spa
6 - 8 p.m.
Chicago, Illinois
Y-ME Illinois is again partnering with Aveda Institute Chicago to offer the Y-ME Wellness Spa
for breast cancer patients and survivors. Women are invited to pamper themselves with complimentary haircuts, scalp treatments, focus facials, make
up applications and lessons, and stress less services in a private and comfortable setting. To register, contact Phoebe Harlan, Program Coordinator,
at 312.364.9071, or pharlan@y-me-illinois.org.
Science & Research
News
Y-ME Illinois does not necessarily endorse the content listed below. We also
remind our readers about the importance of reading reports regarding the latest research with a critical eye. Happy
reading!
New model emphasizes breast density as a predictor of breast cancer risk, large study
shows
Breast density is nearly as important as age in determining a woman's risk of developing breast cancer...Read more.
Source: ScienceDaily, September 17, 2006
New Technique May Offer Fertility-Sparing Option to Cancer Survivors
Researchers funded by NICHD have developed a new technique that may provide a fertility-sparing option for women with cancer and other women at risk
of infertility. Read
more.
Source: nih record, September 8, 2006
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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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