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| October 2006 |
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Each spring, hundreds of people in the greater Seaford area prepare for Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s premier all-volunteer fund-raising event. Most participants begin their efforts sometime after kick-off in January, while many wait until the last two months to concentrate on soliciting friends and family, and advertising their various raffles, which often extend into the actual event itself. For me, though, Relay is a year-round event. For the last six years, with the assistance of an unnamed (at her request) hero, I plan and execute an annual fund-raising cruise that raises several thousand dollars for the fight against cancer. This year, 42 people will be sailing out of New York Harbor on January 22, 2007 for 10 days to the Southern Caribbean. But that’s not all. Last year, my team raffled off a cruise for two on the 2006 cruise during the summer and early fall of 2005. This year, timing and other logistics didn’t allow that type of raffle. Instead, we are raffling off a 20 inch flat screen TV—which was an incentive prize our team won with this past year’s raffle. Several team members are using the upcoming Blast Out Cancer event to raise even more; each ticket sold for the event raises $45 toward your team totals for 2007! We’ve sold several and can’t wait to see how our shooting prowess (or lack thereof) compares with those to whom we’ve sold tickets. At the very least, it should be entertaining to watch us! We are hoping to have a major event in early December, with musical performances and a silent raffle to further our efforts to wipe out cancer. If all the particulars can be arranged, Cedar Avenue Circus will be sending out invitations for you to join us for an enjoyable evening of Christmas music, door prizes, and who knows what else? For me, Relay is not just a spring time event, because cancer doesn’t strike at just one time of year. |
| Year-Round Relay By: Dr. Wolfgang |
| We are the Relay For Life Committee of West Sussex County, in Delaware. We hope to create a newsletter each month – to inform – to remind – to help. If there is something you would like to see in the newsletter please feel free to e-mail us. Together We Can Make A Differnce!! We encourage all of you to contribute to this newsletter. ALL Contributions must be e-mailed by the 20th of each month to be in the Next Month's Issue. |
| 3rd Annual Blast Out Cancer Sporting Clay Shoot Owens Station Sporting Clay Range October 22, 2006 (rain or shine) $75.00 Lunch & Shells for 50 rounds included 9am - 1 pm Sign Up See Mary Catherine for Tickets All Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society $45.00 goes to Your Personal Relay For Life Team 50/50 * Duck Squat * Dart Throw * Door Prizes Bring out the entire Family !!! |
| LET'S BLAST OUT CANCER |
| A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "how heavy is this glass of water? " Answers that were called out ranged from 8oz. to 20oz. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. " He continued, "And that's the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on. " "As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can. Relax; pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it! " |
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| 365 Million Dollars For Cancer Research A Million Dollars A Day!!! |
| 19 PonyTails mailed to Locks Of Love From The West Sussex Relay !!! |
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| Kick-Off Celebration January 18, 2007 (Snow Date) January 25, 2007 Country Club Seaford, DE 6:30 - 8:00 pm Survivor’s Reception May 17, 2007 Atlanta Road Alliance Church Seaford, Delaware (Time to be Determined) Relay Events May 18 & 19, 2007 (Rain or Shine) NMH Cancer Care Center Seaford, Delaware 6 pm Until 9 am |
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If anyone would like to join the committee for Daffodil Day Events please contact Mary Catherine MARYH663@aol.com |
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| What is breast cancer? The body is made up of many types of cells. Normally, cells grow and divide to produce more cells only when the body needs them. Sometimes cells keep dividing when new cells are not needed. These cells may form a mass of extra tissue called a growth or tumor. Tumors can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). The most common type of breast cancer begins in the lining of the ducts and is called ductal carcinoma. (What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer, NCCI Publication, National Cancer Institute) What is the incidence of and mortality from breast cancer in the United States? This year, 182,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer (one every 3 minutes) and 43,300 women will die (one every 12 minutes). A report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that about 1 in 8 women in the United States (approximately 12.6 percent) will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. (National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Web Site) Who is at risk for breast cancer? Most women who have breast cancer have no family history. More than twenty percent of breast cancers are diagnosed in women under the age of 50. Being a woman is the greatest risk. Age increases risk. Seventy percent of women with breast cancer have no known risk factors. Early detection is the key to a greater chance of survival and more treatment options. (National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Web Site) |
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| In 2001, I received a Matched Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplant (MUD BMT) at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. During my recovery from the BMT I was placed in the IPOP program at Hopkins. While in IPOP I was able to stay at the Hope Lodge, with my family. My Dad was my primary care giver with my Mom & Husand as alternates. The Hope Lodge is residential living facility supported by the American Cancer Society. It has 26 individual rooms/bathrooms for patients with normally 1 care giver. There is a large kitchen divided into four sections. A group of rooms shares a kitchen section. There is also a main Dining room/Living room with a single TV with satellite. There is a TV/Game room, a library and an exercise room. There is also a courtyard. It was the next best thing to being at home. I spent the days at Hopkins and the nights at Hope Lodge. On my days off (away from the hospital) Brian or my Mom and Dad would take me for a drive around Baltimore or Maryland. Hope Lodge was approximately 10 minutes form Hopkins. My family was able to bring a car to transport me back and forth for my IPOP visits. But, there is transportation to nearby treatment centers provided free of charge by Hope Lodge. Due to the HIGH costs of Cancer Treatment, it was a God Sent when my family found out about Hope Lodge. According to the American Cancer Society web page “Hope Lodges are just one tangible example of how the American Cancer Society gives back to communities. Hope Lodges not only increase access to care and provide a home away from home free of charge for the growing number of cancer patients and their families seeking treatment far from home, but they also serve as a community center for a variety of cancer initiatives, programs, and patient support programs.” |
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| Living at HOPE LODGE By: Melissa Regelin-Sweetman |
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If anyone would like information on the Daffodil Day Bear please contact Mary Catherine MARYH663@aol.com |
| We still need donations for door prizes for the shoot (gift certificates to restaurants, Walmart, Food Lion etc ...) Please Contact Mary Catheine if you can help. |
| Help Us Name Our Newsletter !!! |
| What are we going to name our Newsletter?? We need suggestions!! Please send ideas to us wsrflde@yahoo.com. All entries are due by October 20th. At that time a Committee will decide the name that best fits the Newsletter!! |
| It takes less than 5 minutes! Try this from Xerox. If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com , you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them... |
| Here Is A Way To Show Support For Our Troops ..... |
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