St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Archive for February, 2012SLOCA makes its mark at WWSSSunday, February 26th, 2012
Volunteers were to staff a SLOCA booth at the show from 11 a.m. Friday through 5 p.m. Sunday. Judging from the first hours of the show, SLOCA’s efforts to distribute awareness literature, tiny plastic teal ribbon pins and teal gel bracelets and to sell our popular Fight Like A Girl t-shirts succeeded beyond all expectations. Survivors and those who have watched family members fight the fight heard story after story of women who’d lost their mothers to ovarian cancer, of women who had no idea that a Pap smear does not screen for ovarian cancer, of women who’d had a hysterectomy but not an oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries). Some stories were poignant, some triumphant, others just cautiously hopeful. Several shoppers sought out the SLOCA booth, which made a repeat appearance at a strategic corner of a busy thoroughfare. The raffle for the hand-made quilt donated to SLOCA will come to a close at 4:30 p.m. Sunday when SLOCA President Beth Hudson draws the winning ticket. T Posted in Events, Fundraising, Home page headlines, SLOCA Programs, Uncategorized | No Comments » Buy Tribute CardsTuesday, February 21st, 2012 SLOCA has reintroduced tribute cards as an easy and anticipatory way to support the cause of ovarian cancer awareness. Tribute cards may be purchased in packs of 10 to send in honor or memory of an individual or program. Do you want to honor an oncology nurse, a doctor, a woman with a diagnosis of ovarian cancer? Want to remember an anniversary, birthday or other important date? Purchase 10 cards and envelopes for$25, and keep them on hand. The cards are attractively designed with SLOCA’s logo on the front, shown at right. The inside allows you to inform the recipient that a donation was made to SLOCA in honor or memory of someone. On the back (bottom left) are printed SLOCA’s mission statement and the symptoms of ovarian caner. To order, call Louise Mass at 314.469.6633 or Ellen Lourie at 314. 434.1947. Posted in Fundraising, Home page headlines, Uncategorized | No Comments » |
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