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| News From The Women's Cancer Resource Center |
November 2008 |
Greetings!
The Women's Cancer Resource Center staff and I would like to thank the 510 swimmers, countless donors and 180+ volunteers who  contributed their time, energy and generosity to make this year's Swim A Mile for Women with Cancer a success. Thanks to our dedicated swimmers and their fundraising prowess, the 2008 Swim A Mile has raised $250,000 and the donations continue to come in! And special thanks to the SAM Planning Committee members (Joanna Cuevas Ingram, Darlene deManincor, Jessica Drummer Ryan, Karen Ebert, Ellen Gierson, Kathy Marks, Dolores Moorehead, Juanita Kizor, Sarah Kurhajetz, Peggy McGuire, Jacqui Prisbylla, Margo Rivera-Weiss, Beth Thomsen, Ali Vogt) who met monthly, secured donations, planned logistics and provided invaluable suggestions to improve support to swimmers. Thank you so much for making it possible for the Women's Cancer Resource Center to continue to provide free services to women with cancer. The 2009 (and 14th Annual!) Swim A Mile for Women with Cancer will take place on October 3 & 4, 2009 at Mills College. Our website will be updated on June 1, 2009 and at that time online registration will be available. If you have any questions prior to that date, please contact Ali, the Swim Coordinator, at ali@wcrc.org or call 510/527-1918. Peggy McGuire
Executive Director
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WORKSHOPS, CLASSES & EVENTS - all free of charge
In addition to on-going groups (Writing for Wellness, Gentle Yoga, T'ai Chi Chih, Yarn Divas, etc.) we offer a variety of other workshops and classes. Send your contact information (postal and email address) to margo@wcrc.org to ensure that you receive a current schedule. You can also check the calendar on our website.
NEW WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Cooking Club
3rd Wednesdays 6-8 pm 
Culinary gifts from your kitchen
Wednesday, November 19, 6 - 8 PM
Learn how to make and bring home some samples of: Rosemary Citrus Salt, Italian Seasoning, All Purpose Dry Rub, and Infused Vinegars. Please bring a few small clean jars, bottles or other containers.
Future topics include: Middle Eastern Food, Mushrooms, Rolls & Wraps, Rices and Risottos, Knife skills and other basic cooking techniques, and Tapas.
With Sandy Der, Chef and Certified Nutrition Consultant
Cheesemaking with K. Ruby
This class will introduce you to making simple healthy cheeses using organic goat and cow milks. We will make one fresh herbed  cheese and a 30 minute mozzarella with equipment and ingredients available at your local grocery store. There will also be an introduction to cheese-making concepts and, of course, we will get to sample what we've made at the end of the class.
The class will be lead by local homesteader, gardener, artist and beekeeper, K. Ruby, who recently founded the Institute of Urban Homesteading.
Dream Group
This dream group offers you a chance to share and understand your dreams and use them in your healing process. We'll cover the basics of dreamwork, including transform nightmares into healing energy and using healing imagery from your dreams.
Five Wednesdays, Nov. 5, 12, 19; Dec. 3, 10, from 2:30-4:00 P.M.
Led by Zoé Newman, MFT
Please reserve your space with Zoé at (510) 527-9061.
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IN THE JANRAE COMMUNITY ART GALLERY
Pistils & Petals - the Art of Flowers
By Kathleen Johnson, Martha Snider, CJ Grossman, Katherine McKay, Asual Aswad, Patricia Patterson, Lynn Richards, Elizabeth Ashcroft & Cathy Lozano.
Show opens Friday, November 21, 7-9 PM with a reception with the artists. The show runs through December 17th. |
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FUNDRAISING - Supporting WCRC's Work
You Are Cordially Invited
to the Women's Cancer Resource Center's First Annual Gifts of Healing Celebration of Art, Music, Flowers & You Friday, December 5, 7- 9 PM 5741 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 94609 Tickets $25 per person or $250 for a table
Please join us for a stellar evening of good fun, great food, amazing art and music, a silent auction of fabulous gifts and flowers and to celebrate WCRC's commitment to serving women with cancer and the community who loves and supports them. RSVP: sarah@wcrc.org or call Sarah at 510-601-4040 x105
The EcoMetro Guide
The EcoMetro Guide is back! This is a coupon book and directory full of resources for living sustainably in the East Bay. With 300 valuable discounts on organic food and dining, local arts and culture, green home and garden, travel and recreation, and more, the EcoMetro Guide offers users opportunities to save hundreds of dollars while exploring our community and supporting local, sustainable businesses. For example, there are $20 worth of coupons to Whole Foods alone, and others to Piedmont Grocery, Andronico's, Farmer Joe's, the Food Mill, Elephant Pharmacy and many other grocery stores, restaurants and other local sites that you probably already patronize. These books are great to buy for yourself and for gifts. They are a great deal for just $20 and best of all WCRC gets ½ of the proceeds.
Contact sarah@wcrc.org or 510-601-4040 x105 to pick up a EcoMetro Guide. We will have them available at WCRC for the next month or two.
IRA Rollover Passes
Congress has passed an important two-year extension of the IRA Rollover provision affecting charitable donations. Under the extension, individuals age 70 1/2 or older may transfer up to $100,000 per year from an IRA to a qualified charity tax free. These benefits will apply to all such gifts made during 2008, meaning there will be no gap between the time the provision initially lapsed at the end of 2007 and today. The renewed provision is set to expire at the end of 2009, although efforts continue to make it a permanent part of the tax code.
The distributions will be counted for purposes of the required minimum distributions ("RMDs") from an IRA but will not be included in calculating the individual taxpayer's limitation on charitable deductions in the year the donation was made.
There are specific procedures that must be followed to ensure no taxes are due on the IRA distribution. If you are interested in making a charitable contribution using your Traditional and/or Roth IRA assets, contact your financial advisor.
Community Thrift Store
Clean out your garage and help WCRC! Donate your items to Community Thrift Store and designate the Women's Cancer Resource Center as your beneficiary. Visit the Community Thrift Store at 625 Valencia Street, San Francisco, or call them at 415-861-4910 for more information. You can also find them on the web.
WCRC Wish List
- Gift cards to Ikea, OSH, Williams Sonoma or Sur la Table to outfit our new kitchen - coming soon. . .
- Gift cards to Berkeley Bowl, Trader Joe's or Whole Foods to use to purchase tea and goodies for our clients
- Fresh flowers
- Gift cards to Berkeley Horticulture, the Dry Garden, Magic Gardens or other garden stores for plants and gardening supplies
- Gift cards to local restaurants and caterers for food for events
- Taxi vouchers for transportation for our clients
- Gift cards to OSH or a plumbing supply store to upgrade our fixtures so that we can be certified a "Green" business
- New yoga mats for our clients
- Gift cards to art supply stores for creativity workshops
- Musicians to donate their services for our gallery receptions and other events
- Steam cleaning services for the rug in our support group room
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ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
The Spare the Air program is administered by the Outreach and Incentives Division of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Feel free to contact us by phone or e-mail. For questions about the Spare the Air program, or about air quality in the Bay Area, you can e-mail us at sparetheair@baaqmd.gov. We also operate a toll-free line for daily air quality forecasts, Spare the Air advisories, agricultural burn day information, and informational requests at 1-800 HELP AIR. To make an air pollution complaint about a problem in your neighborhood, you can call: 1 (800) 334-ODOR (or 1-800-334-6367). To report vehicles with badly smoking exhaust pipes, you can call 1-800-EXHAUST. Looking for a place to recycle your batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, etc?
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| VOLUNTEER
Do you love data entry? If so, we are looking for you! Please contact sarah@wcrc.org or 510/601.4040 x105 for more information regarding our administrative volunteer opportunities.
Come to our Volunteer and Intern Orientation
Wednesday, December 3, 6 to 7:30 pm Where: WCRC office, 5741 Telegraph Ave. (at the corner of 58th St. in North Oakland.) Transportation: AC Transit 1 and 1R buses. There is also plenty of parking if you are driving. Find out about Women's Cancer Resource Center, what volunteers and interns do, and basic information about cancer. To sign up for an orientation, e-mail or call Sarah, sarah@wcrc.org, 510-601-4040 x105.
Are you Interested in Facilitating a Support Group?
The Alternative/Complementary Support Group needs a facilitator or two! We are looking for someone who has had cancer and used Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) or a CAM practitioner who has treated cancer patients or patients with chronic or acute illness. For more information please contact Dolores at 510.420.7900 x 112. |
BEYOND WCRC
Welcome Leslie Ewing, new Executive Director at the Pacific Center, our neighbor at 2712 Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. Since 1973 the Pacific Center has been providing low-cost mental health services, peer support groups, and community to the East Bay LGBT community. They have a new e-bulletin and a print newsletter. Their website is www.pacificcenter.org.
The Pine Street Foundation is currently recruiting women for our study on the early detection of ovarian cancer and are seeking women with newly diagnosed or recurrent biopsy-confirmed ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer in the San Francisco Bay Area to breathe through a special tube prior to beginning treatment.
We also need women with endometriosis or polycystic ovarian syndrome as well as healthy women to give breath samples.
Our primary goal is to analyze samples of exhaled breath for molecules that could identify ovarian cancer. We will collect samples of exhaled breath using a simple noninvasive device. Those exhaled breath samples will be analyzed using both a chemical method called GC/MS and a biological method (professionally trained dogs).
Our hope is that you might help get the word out about our new study to women who could be interested in participating.
More details can be found on our website. |
KALE By Sandy Der
I am frequently asked what is the healthiest vegetable...it's hard to pick just one but kale is at the top of the list.
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