BAYS September 2006 Fundraising Event : 
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"The Grand Challenge"
Support a special event that will raise funds for local organizations that fight breast cancer and support breast cancer survivors.
This year brings an opportunity to support a special event that will raise funds for local organizations that fight breast cancer and support breast cancer survivors. The event, called The Grand Challenge, is a hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon by a group of young women living with breast cancer. A number of women from Bay Area Young Survivors have conceived and organized the event and will be leading the hiking and camping trip to the bottom of the Canyon on September 6, 2006. The event will last three-days of hiking 15.7 miles, with over 4,300 elevation gain in the desert heat.
The event will support three local organizations, all of which are qualified 501(c)(3) organizations. They are:
1. Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic, http://www.charlottemaxwell.org . CMCC provides alternative medicine treatments-- including acupuncture and Chinese herbs -- to poor and low income women living with cancer. I have relied on alternative treatments to complement the chemotherapy and other traditional medical care I have received, and know how important such treatment can be to a patient's well-being. CMCC has also agreed to act as the fiscal sponsor of the event.
2. Breast Cancer Action, www.bcaction.org . BCA is a grass roots organization that seeks to inspire and compel the changes necessary to end the breast cancer epidemic. Among other things, BCA advocates to increase research into the causes of breast cancer.
3. Círculo de Vida, www.circulodevida.org . Círculo de Vida provides an invaluable and unparalleled service to Latinos living with cancer and their loved ones-- most of them immigrants, low-income, and without health insurance-- as they navigate a frightening illness and an increasingly complex medical system. C í rculo's experienced staff help translate for the patient and physician at the time of diagnosis, offer in-hospital and in-home support during surgery and treatment, provide a wide range of Spanish-language support groups for the patients and their children, as well as case management, resource referrals and in-home support for the terminally ill.
Tax-Deductible Contributions should be made payable to:
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic
c/o "The Grand Challenge"
5691 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
or you can donate online at:
http://www.charlottemaxwell.org
Please note "The Grand Challenge" in the message field
For more information about this event,
please contact event coordinator, Julie Moll ( jmoll105@sbcglobal.net )
Thank you for your support! |
