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| News From The Women's Cancer Resource Center November 2009 |
Greetings!
 I spend a lot of my time at meetings and too many start with a dispirited rundown of furloughs, layoffs and cuts in cancer services. But when my turn comes, I proudly report that WCRC's largest fundraiser, the 2009 Swim a Mile for Women with Cancer, is breaking all event and fundraising records in our history! Six hundred people registered to swim, up from 500 last year. It's clear we have met our goal to gross $285,000 and likely we will break $300,000 as pledges are fulfilled. Please keep them coming! I am hugely grateful to everyone who supports the event -- those who swim, water walk, cheer, raise money, give, volunteer, organize, prepare and serve food, set up and clean up, provide massages, play music and more. Share the good news! Peggy McGuire
Executive Director
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WCRC Service Notice
Effective November 1, 2009, The Women's Cancer Resource Center will be closed for client services the first and third Friday of each month. Client services include the English and Spanish information and referral help lines, cancer care planning, support groups, workshops, and psychotherapy program.
We welcome you to call the Helplines:
English: 510.420.7900
Español: 510.420.7900+2
Staff will use this time to participate in staff meetings and professional development activities and manage administrative tasks (data management, report preparation, filing etc).
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Support WCRC
 You Are Cordially Invited to the Women's Cancer Resource Center's Second Annual Gifts of Healing
Celebration of Art, Music, Flowers & You Friday, December 4, 6-9 pm 5741 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 94609 Tickets $50 per person or $300 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: admin@wcrc.org or call Alli at 510-601-4040 x115  Great calendars by local artist Helen Krayenhoff with sales benefiting WCRC. The Celebrating Our Local Harvest fundraising calendar promotes healthy seasonal eating by featuring beautiful photography, coupled with easy-to-follow and delicious recipes (translated into Spanish and Chinese). The calendars cost $7. Please contact margo@wcrc.org.
EcoMetro Guide
 WCRC is selling these great coupon books again this year. Hundreds of dollars of coupons at stores and for products that you already use - Natural grocery, Farmer Joe's, Berkeley Farmer's Market, Monterey Market, Jack London Farmer's Market, REI, Redwood Hills Yogurt, Kleen Kanteen, Arizmendi, Aunt Mary's, Cock-a-Doodle Café, Bakesale Betty, La Peña, Pharmaca and so much more. Only $20 and WCRC gets half of that. Please contact margo@wcrc.org or 510-601-4040 x111 to get your copy. Accordions Against Cancer
A Benefit for WCRC
at Ashkenaz Thursday Nov 12, 8 pm.
A multi-ethnic dance show featuring every kind of accordion music you can think of With Big Lou's Casserole, special guest accordion players and Culann's Hounds (A great Irish rock band).
A great big THANK YOU to
Julie Stevens of !7 Jewels Salon and April Jacek of Hands for Hire at Ajuda Day Spa for their generous donations to WCRC for the month of October. In addition Julie also sold tickets on WCRC's behalf for the very successful Taste of Temescal event.
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Politics of Cancer / Environmental Justice
 Haunting photos depicting the long harmful life of plastic on albatross chicks who should live until 50. Please "think before you drink" out of disposable bottles or buy other plastic items (lighters, straws, cups, pens, shavers). Metal, glass or other more permanent items are usually much cheaper after a short amount of time. Only a tiny percentage of plastic gets reused or recycled and it takes a lot of petroleum and energy to make it.
Update on Aerial Spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth
The LBAM issue has not gone away. We have an update and actions for you to take from the organizers of the Stop the Spray Campaign. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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WCRC Events
We offer a wide variety of events to offer you comfort, community and information. Join us for creativity (writing, knitting/ crocheting, henna body art, or collage) or feeling good in your body (yoga, cooking club, sleeping well events) and much more -- please see our current offerings.
Please join us for these important events:
Community Dialogue WCRC clients, volunteers and supporters are invited to participate in a Community Dialogue on Thursday, November 19 from 5:30 - 7:30 at the Center. Together, we will continue the dialogue we started last April and develop and adopt principles of cultural competence to guide the work we do. (All volunteers are required to attend at least two Community Dialogues annually). If you plan to attend, please contact admin@wcrc.org. The Cancer Journey and Your Family
When you or someone in your family has been diagnosed with cancer, family roles and routines change. How do you talk about these changes and work together as a team to support one another and to make smooth transitions? The African American Outreach Group invites you to join us for an evening of conversation. Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:30 - 8:00 pm Women's Cancer Resource Center 5741 Telegraph Avenue▫ Oakland, CA 94609 RSVP by Tuesday, November 10th to Dolores @510.420.7900 x112
 Cooking Club - Fun with Winter Squash
With Sandy Der, Chef and Certified Nutrition Consultant
Wednesday, November 18, 6-8 pm
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Volunteer
Come to our Volunteer Training
The next volunteer training will be held on Saturday, November 14 from 9 am - 4:30 pm at the Center. Our multi-cultural training program covers the biology and psychosocial aspects of cancer, boundaries and confidentiality, communication skills, community resources, cultural competence and client and volunteer stories. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or are a current volunteer who wants to refresh and renew your knowledge and commitment, please contact peggy@wcrc.org or call her at 510.601.4040x101. |
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WCRC News
 On Saturday, October 17th, MSOA hosted their 5th Annual Fundraiser in San Leandro at the Davis Street Family Resource Center. While the event was a fundraiser for MSOA, it also focused on paying tribute to three ladies. Champions in the community, they have gone the extra mile to ensure that the needs of all women, not just African American women, are met through services, education and support. A beautiful crystal ribbon was given to Ms. Pamela Ratliff, Ms. Dolores Moorehead and Ms. Priscilla Banks in appreciation of their efforts. MSOA opened its doors to the community almost five years ago in Alameda County and it is dedicated to providing free clinical breast examinations, personalized patient navigation, breast self-examination training, education and community outreach to raise awareness about breast health and screening. It is MSOA's desire to empower low income and underserved African American women with the knowledge and ability to create effective behavioral changes for a healthy lifestyle. Congratulations Dolores! |
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Community Events
Everything You Always Wanted To Know...About Combining Work And Cancer TreatmentTuesday, November 10, 2009 6:30 PM Refreshments will be provided. The Westin St. Francis 335 Powell Street (at Union Square) San Francisco, CA 94102 FREE valet parking A FREE interactive, educational seminar featuring expert advice and personal success stories. RSVP: (866) 541-1972 or cancerandcareers@mslworldwide.com by Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
3rd Annual Cancer Survivorship Conference: Cancer Survivorship Post-Treatment - What Now?
November 14, 2009 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco
Registration Fee is $20 per person.
Presented by the Northern California Cancer Center, this conference is for cancer survivors (all disease sites), family, friends, and medical professionals.
For more information or to register online, click here. Contact: education@nccc.org or 888-315-5988 Bay Area Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center (BABCERC) is hosting a Community Forum on Wednesday, November 18th from 7-9 PM at the Cavallo Point Lodge, 601 Murray Circle, Ft. Baker, Sausalito, CA. Featuring key note speaker: Linda Birnbaum, PhD, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program at the NIH. Registration is required for this event, you can register on-line here. |
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Sweet Potatoes: Hold the Marshmallows
High in dietary fiber, antioxidants, beta-carotene, vitamin C, manganese, copper, vitamin B6, potassium and iron, sweet potatoes or yams are one the best super foods around.
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Our Mission
To empower women with cancer to be active and informed consumers and survivors; to provide community for women with cancer and their supporters; to educate the general community about cancer; and to be actively involved in the struggle for a life-affirming, cancer-free society.
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