Kids attacking cancer
The Oklahoman Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:00 PM PDT
With most schools now well into the fall semester, I wish to bring attention to a new service-leadership program for Oklahoma’s high school students. Oklahoma Students Care is a program that will tap the energy, enthusiasm and creativity of our state’s high school students in an initiative to reduce the impact of cancer in Oklahoma.As a former teacher, I know firsthand the positive influence ... |
OU Cancer Institute seeks high schools’ help
The Oklahoman Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:00 PM PDT
The OU Cancer Institute is asking high school students across the state to help them raise awareness and money to support cancer patients in Oklahoma.Information on the Oklahoma Students Care initiative was sent to high schools across the state, along with a letter from first lady Kim Henry asking students to make a difference."Cancer is one of the most pressing public health issues in our state ... |
Upton firefighter remembered
The MetroWest Daily News Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:55 PM PDT
Firefighters and town officials gathered yesterday to honor Robert Henderson, a call firefighter who served the town for more than 30 years, who died Sept. 27 after a battle with brain cancer. He was 62. |
Living Pink
The Daily Ardmoreite Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:51 PM PDT
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Shelba Rayburn’s story previews The Ardmoreite’s “Living Pink†series, which will be published in the Oct. 8, 15,22 and 29 editions, and will also featurethe sparkling and inspiring stories of fouradditional area breast cancer survivors â€" Kim Turner, Barbara Thompson, Carolyn Owen and Becky Summers. “Living Pink†encourages women of all ages to commit to ... |
Tennis Fundraiser Helps Women Fighting Breast Cancer
WCAV Charlottesville Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:47 PM PDT
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Saturday morning in Albemarle County, a group of women took to the tennis courts to help raise money. The "In the Pink" tennis tournament sought to raise about $30,000 for Martha Jefferson Hospital; all those funds going to Marianne's Room. |
Nancy MacNeil Daly Riordan Dies At 68
CBS 2 Los Angeles Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:38 PM PDT
Nancy MacNeil Daly Riordan, longtime philanthropist and wife of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, has died. She was 68. Daly died Friday in St. Louis while traveling back to Los Angeles from New York in a motor home with her three adult children, according to the Los Angeles Times. She had been battling pancreatic cancer. |
“Pink Weekend 2009†educates breast cancer awareness
Fort Myers Beach Bulletin & Observer Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:31 PM PDT
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southwest Florida announces the third annual Pink Weekend event on Saturday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 25, in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |
Region briefs for Oct. 4, 2009
The Martinsburg Journal Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:30 PM PDT
Cancer event is scheduled Monday MARTINSBURG - A Breast Cancer Awareness Day is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday in classroom B at the Shenandoah Community Health Center, Martinsburg. Open to the public, the event will include speakers talking about surviving breast cancer, a presentation by local officials, a special wreath hanging and a balloon release, as well as refreshments. |
Cancer, be ready with a plan ‘B’
The Biloxi Sun Herald Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:29 PM PDT
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The successful formula is the same as it was yesterday: imagination plus work. The only difference is you are getting better at doing both things in a positive and specific way. |
This and That 10-04-09
Plainview Daily Herald Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:28 PM PDT
Covenant Hospital Plainview is encouraging fans to wear “a touch of pink†to Friday night’s Bulldog football game against San Angelo Lake View in support of breast cancer awareness. October is breast cancer awareness month. |
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