July 2015
President's Corner |
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By Pat Halpin-Murphy, President & Founder
The Countdown to our 2015 PA Breast Cancer Coalition Conference is ON! Our staff is busy planning a day full of education and empowerment for all attendees. This year's Conference will be held Monday, October 5
at the Hilton Harrisburg Hotel. We will kick it off in style with the PBCC Pink Party presented by Penn State Hershey Breast Center on Sunday, October 4, a free event celebrating our Grassroots Partners and survivors.
The PBCC has gathered brilliant minds in the field of breast cancer for our workshops with topics including metastatic breast cancer, nutrition, lymphedema, breast density, triple-negative breast cancer, fertility, yoga, DCIS, survivorship and more. It will be a day of learning and networking with hundreds of other attendees interested in learning the latest in research, treatments and advocacy.
The PA Breast Cancer Coalition offers 3 FREE Continuing Education hours to nurses who attend. Scholarships and travel grants are also available through the Cary Massa Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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| Our Programs |
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PBCC Pres. Pat Halpin-Murphy awards Penn Medicine's Dr. Xianxin Hua with a $50,000 PBCC Research Grant, funding his work on HER2+ breast cancer. |
Pennsylvania breast cancer researchers have life-changing ideas. The PA Breast Cancer Coalition wants to help get those ideas off the ground. We are now accepting applications for the 2016 PA Breast Cancer Coalition Research Grant
program. Each year, this program offers funding to cancer researchers in Pennsylvania working to find the cause of and cure for breast cancer as well as improved treatments. Letters of Intent are due July 29.
Want to apply?
Click here to read more>> |
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| Survivor Stories |
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Jodi Heagy, Lebanon County
I have always had a collection of dogs. At this time I have two small Jack Russell pugs, a pit bull mix, and a chocolate lab. In September 2013 our wonderful, lovely, good and gentle Doberman passed away and I was very upset. I wasn't getting anything done the way I usually did, like my mammogram. I always go for a screening mammogram during October, my birthday month but I was still too upset and didn't get around to it until three months later.
That mammogram revealed a fully involved tumor of less than three centimeters that would have grown aggressively.
Read more of Jodi's story>> |
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| Grassroots Partners |
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Start your engines! The PA Snowseekers are hitting the road for the PBCC in the 10th Anniversary Motorcycle Poker Run Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25. Festivities begin Friday night at the Snowseekers Clubhouse in Highland Corners with live entertainment by The Shiners. Saturday's run begins with breakfast and ends with a silent auction, prizes and post-run dinner. Want to participate?
Get the details here>> |
Would you like to organize a fundraiser for the PBCC? Visit pbcc.me/hostevent
or contact Kristen@PABreastCancer.org for more information.
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| Patient Advocacy |
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The HealthyWoman program provides FREE early detection services for breast and cervical cancer. This Pennsylvania Department of Health program for uninsured women is funded through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HealthyWoman offers screening mammograms, pelvic exams and Pap tests, and follow-up diagnostic care. Want to schedule an appointment or find out if you are eligible?
Learn more about Healthy Woman>> |
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| Medical Update |
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Have you gotten married in the past 60 days? Had a baby? Lost healthcare coverage? If so, you may be eligible for a special enrollment period for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Open enrollment is currently closed, but life changes like a family move or new addition could qualify you to enroll for coverage in 2015. Want to enroll?
Read more about special enrollment >> |
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