I am inviting you to the Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast,Saturday, April
24, 2010 – 10am.
April is cancer month and this is a wonderful time spent with women in your life; especially if breast cancer has touched your life. I will be there and I'd love to see all of you out having a great time and supporting an incredible cause.
Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast - Springboard for donation to Breast Cancer Patient Navigator Program
Abbotsford, BC …”The April 24, 2010 Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast at South Abbotsford Mennonite Church (32424 Huntingdon Road, Abbotsford) will be the public springboard for a donation of $145,000 to the BC Cancer Agency for Abbotsford Centre's inaugural Breast Cancer Patient Navigator Program,” says Marie Shepherd, Chair of the Fraser Valley Branch of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
“The Abbotsford Centre's' patient pilot navigator project will assist breast cancer patients by expediting access to services and resources, and improving the continuity and coordination of care throughout the cancer continuum. It offers an umbrella of support and links with other professionals in the treatment process, while allowing them to discuss any concerns in a caring environment,“ adds Shepherd.
The Patient Navigator Program is due in large part to the tireless fundraising efforts of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation members in the Fraser Valley, especially that of the late Jean de Pape, who was a breast cancer survivor and instrumental in rallying this group of dedicated volunteers more than 15 years ago.
Dr. Frances Wong, Chief Physician and head of the radiation oncology department for the BC Cancer Agency at both, the Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre and the Fraser Valley Centre in Surrey, will explain how the new Patient Navigator works. Education, screening and detection are Dr. Wong’s key areas of interest and as someone whose step-daughter has undergone breast cancer treatment she recently commented: ”Being someone who has a family member with a cancer diagnosis, I continue to challenge all those who are touched by cancer indirectly to step up and join the BC Cancer Agency and its ongoing mission against cancer.”
Keynote speakers at the April 24th Breast Cancer Awareness breakfast are Julie Houlker, Glenda Standeven and Michelle Rickaby, authors of the new book and movement “Choosing to Smile.” This trio of friends will inspire you with their story - their collective journey with breast cancer and how they chose to face life's adversities with a smile.
Julie Houlker, a 14 year cancer survivor who has faced breast cancer three times, is undergoing chemotherapy and picked out a sassy wig to wear for the occasion. Glenda Standeven is a 22 year survivor, who was a young mother of a three year old boy when she lost her entire right leg, hip and pelvis to bone cancer in 1988, and within three years of her surgery, she gave birth to her second son despite only sporting half a pelvis.
Michelle Rickaby, also a 22 year cancer survivor of Hodgkin's lymphoma, had two infant daughters when she faced diagnosis of the same disease that had claimed her brother. In addition, she lost her mother and step-mother to breast cancer, following her diagnosis.
Rita Walker will chair the awareness breakfast which will continue its tradition of the highly emotional lighting of the candle of hope, along with the honoring of a founding and dedicated leader of the Fraser Valley Branch.
Tickets to the Saturday, April 24, 2010 – 10 am Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast at South Abbotsford Mennonite Church (32424 Huntingdon Road, Abbotsford) are $20 each and include a hot buffet breakfast. Advance tickets are available at Zammy’s Lingerie & Foundation (2630 West Bourquin Cres.), Ronald Allan Clothiers (33428 South Fraser Way) and Roses & Rutabags (33771 George Ferguson Way). No tickets at the door. For more information, contact June Ross 604-853-3983
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