Deputy Leader of Bali Pink Ribbon Project, Amanda O'Connor, Tuesday (20 / 9), said the event will be held on Saturday (22/10) in the upcoming BTDC Nusa Dua, Bali.
"This activity would also be one fundraising event for the women who had breast cancer," he explained.
He said he also hoped people would enjoy participating in social activities by walking together in the Nusa Dua.
"Hopefully will be more than 500 people will participate in this year's walk, to support women who have fought against breast cancer so that no more cases of breast cancer that killed them," he said.
Amanda explained, to participate in this activity, people in Bali just buy a ticket for Rp250 thousand for adult participants and 100 thousand for the children.
With these tickets, participants are making a donation to breast cancer sufferers in Bali, and has helped to empower individuals and communities to increase awareness of breast cancer.
Breast Cancer walk a chance for survivors to say thanks
Today will be Jennifer Harrison’s first public appearance as a breast-cancer survivor, the day she takes the first of many steps to thank the American Cancer Society.
“I never realized how much they did until I needed them,” said Harrison, 40, a Springfield resident who was diagnosed in June, had surgery in July and is undergoing chemotherapy.
Harrison, who works as a grant manager for the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities, is participating with her own team of about 60 friends and family members in the fourth annual Springfield Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
She and her team, “Cha-Ching for Cha Chas,” collectively raised more than $4,000 for today’s event, which is expected to attract about 1,000 walkers and will benefit the cancer society’s prevention efforts, treatment, patient services and research.
People are welcome to show up this morning and take part even if they haven’t registered ahead of time, said Shayne Squires, spokeswoman for the cancer society’s Illinois division.
Last year’s event, with 70 teams, raised $98,125. With more than 90 teams, this year’s 5K walk is expected to be “well above” last year’s fundraising total, Squires said.
Harrison said she didn’t know about the walk until she began treatment for two tumors that were detected in her right breast. The tumors were found after she had a mammogram — her first — in May, and doctors later learned that the cancer had spread to four nearby lymph nodes.
Harrison, whose maternal grandmother died from breast cancer at 43, had surgery July 12 at St. John’s Hospital to remove her breast. As a precaution, she had the left, unaffected breast removed, too.
Harrison, the married mother of a 5-year-old daughter, has begun the process of surgical breast reconstruction.
The chemotherapy has caused nausea and fatigue, as well as the temporary loss of Harrison’s shoulder-length, brown hair. Chemotherapy will end in mid-December. And with 6 1/2 weeks of radiation treatments scheduled to begin in January, she said her prognosis is “very good.”
A volunteer peer mentor provided by the cancer society — a woman close to Harrison’s age and a fellow breast-cancer survivor — has helped sustain her emotionally.
“She’s basically been a support system,” Harrison said. “She sends me funny cards. She’s very encouraging. She doesn’t sugar-coat anything for you.”
Harrison said she enjoyed attending the society’s free “Look Good, Feel Better” class on cosmetics and other beauty tips during cancer treatment, and the society helped her get a free wig and scarves.
“The American Cancer Society — I can’t say enough wonderful things about them,” she said.
Harrison said she wants to become a peer mentor someday, but for now, she will raise money by walking with her husband of 20 years, Jim, 43, and their daughter, Ella. Joining them will be relatives and friends from her workplace and from Little Flower Catholic School and Church.
She said she feels overwhelmed that so many people wanted to join her team. Taking part in an event focused on breast cancer has lifted her spirits, she said.
“I consider this a bump in the road,” she said. “I truly believe that everything happens for a reason.”
Breast cancer awareness events this weekend:
+ Breast cancer walk
Today’s fourth annual Springfield Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk raises money for the American Cancer Society.
When: Today; registration opens at 7:30 a.m.
Where: Commodities Pavilion on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
Of note: The event is non-competitive, and there’s a suggested minimum $200 in fundraising for each participant, but fundraising isn’t required for people who want to take part.
For more information: visit www.makingstridesillinois.com or call 523-4503.
+ Women’s health fair
Memorial Medical Center will hold its second annual Be Aware Women’s Fair, devoted to women’s physical, emotional and financial health and fitness. Proceeds will support a mammography patient-assistance fund.
When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today
Where: Orr Building at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
Of note: A $4 admission covers all exhibits, health screenings, demonstrations and entertainment. All registered walkers from the breast-cancer walk can show their Making Strides sticker to gain free admission.
For more information: visitwww.beawarewomensfair.com, where you also print a coupon for $1 off the admission price.
Dean Olsen can be reached at 788-1543.
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Debate continues on how often women should get a mammogram, and at what age these X-ray screenings should begin.
The American Cancer Society recommends that women start getting annual mammograms at age 40, or earlier if suggested by their doctors.
The cancer society also recommends women 40 and older get a breast exam by a health-care professional every year. Women in their 20s and 30s should have a breast exam at least every three years, according to the society.
The society says women need to be “aware of how their breasts normally look and feel and report any changes to their doctor right away.”
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, long considered the most authoritative source on health screenings, made waves in 2009 when it said research shows most women don’t need annual mammograms in their 40s because the risks outweigh the benefits.
Those risks include “psychological harms, unnecessary imaging tests and biopsies in women without cancer, and inconvenience due to false-positive screening tests,” according to the task force.
The task force’s recommendation continues to stand, along with the panel’s view that most women don’t need mammograms until age 50, and then only once every two years.
The task force also recommends against teaching breast self-examination because there is “moderate or high certainty” that the service has “no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits.”
— Dean Olsen www.sj-r.com
Breast Cancer Walk Paints El Paseo Pink
Friends and family, people of all ages, celebrated the 5th annual Paint El Paseo Pink breast cancer walk Saturday morning on El Paseo in Palm Desert.
Paint El Paseo Pink is the Desert Cancer Foundation's largest fundraiser, benefiting the Suzanne Jackson Breast Cancer Fund. The Fund, administered by the Desert Cancer Foundation, is named for the late LPGA tournament director, Suzanne Jackson, a part-time desert resident who was a victim of breast cancer.
This year alone, nearly 40 thousand women will die from breast cancer in the United States. One in eight women will be diagnosed with the disease.
Nearly 1,000 thousand people showed up on El Paseo Saturday, in an effort to fight breast cancer.
Wearing all pink and 11 beaded necklaces, Becky Grossi, celebrated 11 years as a breast cancer survivor.
"It's an opportunity for me to stop and be so thankful," said Grossi.
Grossi wasn't alone, as many women shared stories of their battle against the disease.
"Four years ago I went through cancer, and I'm a survivor and I do this every year with my family," said Della Obril.
The Desert Cancer Foundation hopes the event will motivate women to get screened and that it will help fund more breast cancer detection services here in the valley, and Grossi agrees.
"It's an awareness, what people need to do to examine themselves and to prevent this, and also join together to fight it," said Grossi.
When caught early, before it spreads beyond the breast, the five-year survival rate is 98 percent. Right now, there are more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.
"It feels awesome, it's like getting a second chance at life," said Obril.
A chance to be involved in the effort to find a cure.
Raising Awareness of Breast Cancer Walk Peggy Bilous, the executive director of the Desert Cancer Foundation, says more than 100,000 dollars were raised from Saturday's breast cancer walk and the Desert Healthcare District promises to match every one of those dollars raised. www.kpsplocal2.com
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