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"Forever is composed of nows."
~ Emily Dickinson
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January 2010
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The Get In Touch
Girls' Program
&
Daisy Wheel©
Click here to give our Daisy Wheel© a spin!
School Nurses or
Health Educators
click here to sign up
for the
Get In Touch
Girls' Program
& Daisy Wheel©.
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Happy New Year!We LOVED 2009, so we are super-excited to see what 2010 will bring our way! We know it brings Oprah, the EARLY Act, Waves of Gratitude and an "Oh yeah? Watch me!" attitude! It brings a "Get In Touch" magazine and a trip to Germany to introduce our Girls' Program to school nurses from all over the world. It brings the first 100,000 Daisy Wheels, which are hot off the press and will be making their way into the hands of girls across the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. It brings us the greatest joy of all to "change the world one girl at a time." Change starts with "just one girl." We're going to give her the tools she needs and deserves to be smart and healthy... 2010 brings her the Daisy Wheel!
Hope Lives!
Mary Ann Wasil Nilan
Executive Director & Founder,
Breast Cancer Kickin' Survivor & Health Activist |
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~ Upcoming Events ~
February 16, 2010
Mary Ann speaks at Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
March 6, 2010
1st Annual "Pretty In Pink" Brunch & "Woman of Strength" Award
Lehigh Valley, PA
March 14-16, 2010
Overseas School Health Nurses Assocation
2010 Conference
Kaiserslautern, Germany
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 Branches of Hope
In an effort to share their gratitude for early breast cancer
detection
and prevention, Waves of Gratitude
will donate $3 from every purchase
of a signature Large Branches of Hope necklace to
the Get In Touch
Foundation through February 28, 2010.
Individuals who want to purchase the necklace can
use coupon code "InTouch" at checkout
to receive 15% off.
Inspired by the strength and magnificence of the Cyprus tree,
this stunning piece is cast in solid sterling silver
and accompanied by an
elegant Swarovski crystal
attached carefully by hand with a wrapped
silver cord.
Click on the Branches of Hope pendant to visit the Waves of Gratitude website.
Click the Waves of Gratitude logo above to read the unique story about how
Waves of Gratitude Founder Kim Wierman and Get In Touch Founder Mary Ann Wasil Nilan first met.
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The "O Team" spent a day with me at Get In Touch in November and I am proud to be one of four women to receive The Oprah Magazine CoverGirl "Giving Beautiful Back" Award!
Thank you Oprah & CoverGirl!
Be sure to pick up the February 2010 issue on newsstands in mid-January!
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My friend and fellow breast cancer survivor,
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20)
recently issued an exciting Press Release about the
Breast Cancer EARLY (Education & Awareness Requires Learning Young) Act.
"I am delighted that the EARLY
Act has been included as part of the Senate's health reform bill, and
that we are a giant step closer to ensuring that all young women have
the tools and resources they need to practice good breast health and
detect breast cancer early," said Rep. Wasserman Schultz (FL-20).
Having the EARLY Act included in the Senate health reform package puts us
one step closer to seeing it become the law of the land!
Thank you, Debbie, for looking out for us and for our daughters.
Click on the above seal to read the Press Release in its entirety.
Mary Ann with US Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20)
and Susan Genn from the Maryland Commission for Women.
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it...
Bravo to BIC!Here I am with Bonnie S. Jones, Assistant - Group Stationery Manufacturing and
Bic Sr. Vice President & General Manager Chris Mills.
I was invited to speak to employees about the importance of mammography
the week before a mammography van was scheduled to visit BIC.
KUDOS to BIC for providing this tremendous service to its employees
and for asking me to join them in this most helpful informational Q&A.
In addition to the dozens of women that joined us that day,
several men participated and had thoughtful and important questions,
anxious to bring the answers home to the women in their lives.
Thank you, BIC, Bonnie and Chris...well done!
 
KUDOS
to The Milford Bank Foundation, who awarded a total of $13,000 to the
following local non-profit organizations, including The Get In Touch
Foundation - Boys & Girls Village; Charitable Hands Foundation,
Ltd.; Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven; Emerge, Inc.;
Good Shepherd Child Development Center; Mi...lford
Preservation Trust; Special Olympics of CT; Square One Theater Company;
Stratford Business Education Support Team; Stratford Senior Services;
United Way of Milford and Young Parent Program of Milford, Inc.
I
am privileged to be pictured here with some of the most wonderful and
hardworking people in our community - BRAVO & Congratulations to
all!
YouTube Superstars!
We know you've seen it, but we just couldn't resist adding it to our newsletter
for those of you that would love to see it again!
I spoke with the folks at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
in Portland, Oregon when there were less than 80,000 hits on this
now infamous video that just topped 6 million views;
they told me every employee in this video volunteered enthusiastically
because they had each been affected profoundly by breast cancer.
I know I'm a big goofball, but I cry every time I watch it!
KUDOS to you Providence St. Vincent's...and thank you for making millions smile!
(click on the pic to watch the video)
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If you're the kind of fierce 'n feisty "Warrior" chick whose motto is "Oh yeah?...Watch me!" -
this Graffi*tee is perfect gear for 2010!
We've been chosen as a Chari*tee by our new friends at
Graffi*tee Studios!
They have designed this fierce 'n feisty "Warrior" tee and
"Window To My World" wall art exclusively for Get In Touch.
 Click here to visit their very cool website...and "GIT Your Warrior On!" |
8 More Books You Should Read if You've Been Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
1. Saving Graces by Elizabeth Edwards
2. Living Through Breast Cancer by Carolyn Kaelin
3. The Race is Run One Step at a Time by Nancy Brinker
4. Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book by Susan M. Love, MD
5. Just Get Me Through This! by Deborah Cohen and Robert M. Gelfand, MD
6. B.O.O.B.S.: A Bunch of Outrageous Breast Cancer Survivor Tell Their Stories of Courage, Hope and Healing by Ann Fisher
7. Thanks for the Mammogram!: Fighting Cancer with Faith, Hope and a Healthy Dose of Laughter by Laura Jensen
8. The Victoria's Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming: And Other Lessons I Learned from Breast Cancer by Jennie Nash
Prolific use of a highlighter is recommended, therefore books should NOT be borrowed
or expected to be returned to a library or friend.
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