Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Jennifer McDermott, Evanston: ‘My main reason for walking is my 11-year-old daughter’Oct 10, 2012 2:37 pm - My main reason for walking in Making Strides is my 11-year-old daughter. Both my grandmothers and two of my aunts had breast cancer. I want a cure found so that, as she ...
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Cara Novy-Bennewitz, Wilmette: Her book helps newly diagnosed patientsOct 10, 2012 2:36 pm - Hearing you have cancer is hard enough without the added burden of trying to figure it all out — from where to start, who to see and what to do. I know this first hand. ...
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Susan Witwicki, Hoffman Estates: Cancer survivors walk togetherOct 10, 2012 2:37 pm - When the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk started here in the Northwest suburbs, I knew I had no reason not to participate. I am a 6-year breast cancer survivor...
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Lori Skipper, Joliet: ‘It’s my time to give back to the ACS’Oct 10, 2012 2:37 pm - Last year, at 35 years old, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer that spread to all of my lymph nodes. I had a mastectomy, four months of chemo and six weeks of ra...
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Patty Oskorep, Elk Grove Village: ‘I plan to have a party each year to celebrate the life I have left’Oct 10, 2012 2:37 pm - I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer at the age of 43. With two young boys, 8 and 11 at the time, I had no choice but to fight. It all started with an itch when g...
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Katherine Burgess, Hoffman Estates: 'I want breast cancer to be eradicated'Oct 10, 2012 2:37 pm - I walk because I want breast cancer to be eradicated in my lifetime. In September 2007, I retired after 34 years of teaching and was looking forward to the rest of life...
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Survivors and supporters are Making Strides Against Breast CancerOct 11, 2012 11:14 am - Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect changes to one associated story. Last year, an estimated 288,130 American women began the battle of their lives when the...
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Rhoda Markowitz, Northbrook: Cancer does not discriminateOct 10, 2012 2:37 pm - Editor’s note: This story was updated to remove information unrelated to Rhoda Markowitz’s story. I am participating in and fundraising for Making Strides because I am a...
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Maristella fundraisers:Oct 08, 2012 4:09 pm - The public is invited to fundraisers this week for Maristella Ministry for Homeless Women and Children, a Libertyville-based organization celebrating its 14th anniversar...
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CLC organ donation registration:Oct 08, 2012 4:09 pm - Secretary of State Jesse White will visit the College of Lake County in Grayslake on Thursday, Oct. 18 to raise awareness for the Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry. T...