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In this edition:
A Daughter's Question
Make it a full house at this year’s
Pink Tie Affair!
You Saved My Life!
Register today for the Komen Denver
Race for the Cure®
3,000 Women Tri for the Cure
Look for K-9s for the Cure in the spring of 2009!
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A
Daughter's Question
A simple, but heart-wrenching question posed
by Kari Vier’s seven-year-old daughter put Kari on a journey
to find out if her cancer would be passed on to her children.
After numerous tests, Kari discovered that she did not carry
the BRCA 1 or 2 genes, but found that her cancer was likely to
return. As a consequence, Kari underwent a double mastectomy.
Click
here to read more of her story, which will surely motivate you
to sign up for this year’s Komen Denver Race for the
Cure® on October 5th at Pepsi Center! |
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Make
it a full house at this year’s Pink Tie Affair!
Stack the deck and become a high roller
at this year’s Pink Tie Affair benefiting the Denver
Metropolitan Affiliate on Saturday, November 15th at the Sheraton
Hotel Denver. Don’t miss this exciting evening, including
a silent auction, dinner, dancing to the Jerry Barnett Orchestra
and casino games! Plus, an exciting live auction that includes
the opportunity to bid on a foursome of golf at the exclusive
Sanctuary.
Click
here to purchase tickets now, or
if you’re
interested in being a high roller and sponsoring the event,
call 303.367.1367 for more information!
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You
Saved My Life!
 Vicki
Fisbeck is like many Coloradans. For years, she and her husband
carried health insurance, but stopped because they couldn’t
afford it. For them, it became a matter of choosing between
food and utilities or health insurance. At the time, food was
a necessity; insurance was not. But when Vicki was diagnosed
with breast cancer their situation became a matter of life
or death. “We didn’t know where to turn,” says
Vicki. Fortunately, she was directed to Poudre Valley Health
Foundation (PVHF), a Denver Affiliate grantee, where she was
paired with a patient navigator who helped her obtain care
despite having no health insurance. The care was provided through
PVHF and a grant from the Komen Denver Affiliate.
Click here to read more of Vicki’s story. |
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Register
today for the Komen Denver Race for the Cure®
With plenty of options from which to choose – 5K run/walk,
1-mile fitness walk, raising pledge dollars, sleeping in and
working out -- the Denver Race has something for
everyone!
Click
here to register! |
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3,000
Women Tri for the Cure
Energy and excitement filled the air on
Sunday, August 3rd as a group of more than 3,000 incredible,
diverse and strong women – including 100 breast cancer
survivors – raced to support the Denver Metropolitan Affiliate
at the fifth annual Tri for the Cure.
Thank you Downing Events
for putting on such a great event! |
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Look
for K-9s for the Cure in the spring of 2009!
With more than 1,500 pet owners and their
dogs participating in our first-ever K-9s for the Cure event,
organizers were amazed by the turnout. Due to its popularity,
K-9s for the Cure will become its own event and is scheduled
for the spring of 2009. Look for more information in the months
to come. |
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