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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched but are felt in the heart. "
~ Helen Keller
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February 2013
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Quick Links
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The Get In Touch
Girls' Program
& Daisy Wheel©
Click our Daisy Wheel© to give it a spin!
School Nurses or
Health Educators
click here
to sign up for the
FREE
Get In Touch Girls' Program & Daisy Wheel©.
Click the pic to watch our BEAUTIFUL video!
Click here to "Lace Up" for Get In Touch! Click here to read Mary Ann's blog! |
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Greetings! 
Do YOU feel the love?
We feel your love here at Get In Touch, and we celebrate it every day!
From the "100 Women" who turned out for our photo shoot for The Oprah Magazine, to the 76 countries that have downloaded our Daisy Wheel app - - we feel your love!
From the 2 universities (Tufts and Catholic) that raised an extraordinary amount of money for Get In Touch with unique events on campus, to our 12 high school Get In Touch Youth Ambassadors that are introducing our program to their communities - - we feel your love!
From the 1 original Pretty In Pink event we held in Connecticut back in 2005, to the 5 states we now hold Pretty In Pinks events in - - we feel your love!
From the first 500 girls that received Daisy Wheels here in Connecticut in 2009, to the 1,000,000 girls we project will have Daisy Wheels by the end of 2014 - - we feel your love!
I am grateful I am able to see and touch and feel each of these "best and most beautiful things" that Helen Keller speaks about.
And so I ask you, again...do YOU feel the love?
Hope Lives!
Mary Ann Wasil
President, CEO & Founder,
Breast Cancer Kickin' Survivor & Health Activist
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Get In Touch featured in The Oprah Magazine online:
"100 Women, 100 Shoes" Crocs Cares Initiative
The Oprah Magazine & Crocs Cares issued a challenge to non-profits:
If Crocs gave you 100 pair of shoes, how would your organization raise money and awareness?
Read all about why Get In Touch was chosen and see more of our fabulous photos from our "100 Women, 100 Shoes" photo shoot right here.
*Special thanks to photographer Lisa DeTullio Russell!
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Pretty In Pink heads to Broadway...and YOU are invited!
The 1st Annual New York City Pretty In Pink Cocktail Cabaret & Women of Strength Awards will be held February 21st at The Yale Club of NYC from 7-9pm.
Victoria Nicole Bridal Couture is the Presenting Sponsor for this Cocktails & Cabaret event, which will honor Victoria Nicole's Designer and President, Victoria McMillan, and her mother, breast cancer survivor Alvina Patricia Kozlowski, as The Get In Touch Foundation's 2013 New York City Women of Strength.
 Victoria Nicole Bridal Couture provides a Daisy Wheel to each bride with her purchase of a gown,encouraging women embarking on this new chapter of their lives to either add or continue the important practice of breast self exam.
 Our host for the evening will be Jim Ferris, who plays "Timon" in The Lion King on Broadway.
Jim will be joined by a troupe of select Broadway performers, inspirational speakers, and a silent auction which will include tickets and a back stage tour of several Broadway shows, as well as a weekend at a Bed & Breakfast in Maine.
Tickets are $200 per person for this "black tie optional" event, whichwill include open premium barservice and passed hors d'oeuvres.
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Make that 75...oh, wait...76 Countries!
Our free Daisy Wheel App was downloaded in Azerbaijan, followed closely by a download in Belarus, and then the Czech Republic, making those countries the 74th, 75th and 76th to join the GIT family. We're thrilled that the GIT message continues to spread across the globe! Click here to download the app.
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Spotlight on Schools: East Shore Middle School goes Pink!
Thank you to Erin Suech, a 7th grader at East Shore Middle School in Milford, CT, for organizing a "GIT Your Pink On!" Day and raising more than $400 for Get In Touch!
KUDOS, Erin!
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Calling all 9th, 10th and 11th grade girls...
...nominations are open until February 28th for you to apply to become a
Get In Touch Youth Ambassador and a chance to be eligible
for our $10,000 Collegiate Scholarship!
Click here to learn more about this incredible opportunity!
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WE DID IT!
We're in every state in the US, but not in every county, yet...
If you're a school nurse who has not yet signed up your school,
click here to sign up and join us as we "change the world one girl at a time."
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"Pretty In Pink" is heading south...
The dates have been announced for Pretty In Pink events in
Charlottesville, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina -
If you're interested in hosting a Pretty In Pink event for Get In Touch,
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Where in the World is YOUR Daisy Wheel!
 
From the French coast off St. Martin to the streets of San Francisco, our Daisy Wheel really gets around!
Email us a pic of your Daisy Wheel and you just may see it in an upcoming newsletter - info@getintouchfoundation.org.
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Click if you would like to make a donation to The Get In Touch Foundation.
The Get In Touch Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization,
Employer Identification #32-0196983; ID#52443; CT Tax ID#45501418; PA Non-Profit ID#41451
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Special thanks to...
The Rowing Teams at Tufts in Boston, Massachusetts held an erg-a-thon and sold Laces For Lana, raising $2600 for Get In Touch!
The Catholic University of America chose Get In Touch as the beneficiary from their Charity Ball, raising $3400 for Get In Touch!
KUDOS to these generous universities for supporting our important breast health educational initiative!
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Have You Downloaded Our App Yet?
We are over the moon about the Daisy Wheel© App, which has now been downloaded in 76 countries! If you're an iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone user, go to the iTunes App Store and download it for free. If you love it as much as we do, we'd be grateful if you'd help us spread the word by telling your friends and writing a review, too. It's making our mission to "change the world one girl at a time"
a global reality!
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For the latest updates...
We've been tweeting away! Hope you'll follow us on Twitter (@GetInTouch) to GIT the very latest news.
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