Yesterday morning, one of my Columbus friends passed away from metastatic breast cancer. She was just 36 years old. She was diagnosed at the age of 31, just 3 weeks before she was married. Yolanda discovered the YSC and all that it offered 3 years ago by coming to our annual Conference for Young Survivors on a scholarship. She attended Project LEAD and learned about the science behind breast cancer. She joined other YSC volunteers at our affiliate leadership conference a year ago. She wasn’t just surviving – she was thriving because she found an organization just for her – the YSC. 
Next Friday night, November 6th, the Central Ohio Affiliate of the YSC will be holding its annual fundraiser, In Living Pink. This gala event provides the necessary funding to allow local young women diagnosed with breast cancer to find supportive programs and services just for them. It brings together families and friends of those living with the disease, and those who have passed, and those who work to fight it. In this month of pinkness ~ this event is unique because it is about Yolanda: young women with breast cancer.
In addition to raising money through raffles and live/silent auctions, we’ll celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of special friends of the YSC:
Next Friday night, November 6th, the Central Ohio Affiliate of the YSC will be holding its annual fundraiser, In Living Pink. This gala event provides the necessary funding to allow local young women diagnosed with breast cancer to find supportive programs and services just for them. It brings together families and friends of those living with the disease, and those who have passed, and those who work to fight it. In this month of pinkness ~ this event is unique because it is about Yolanda: young women with breast cancer.In addition to raising money through raffles and live/silent auctions, we’ll celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of special friends of the YSC:
- Miguel Perez and Ologie
- Dr. Ewa Mrozek
- Jody M. Carrico
Please join us as we gather to honor those who passed yesterday, celebrate with those who thrive today, and raise money to support those who will be diagnosed tomorrow, so they will not be alone.
Heavy hors d’oeuvres ~ Cash bar ~ Live music by 80’s cover band “Six Pack Theory”
DATE: Friday, November 6, 2009
TIME: 7pm – 11pm
LOCATION: Worthington Hills Country Club, 920 Clubview Blvd. S.
COST: $75 per person, $35 for Survivors
To register (or make a donation if you are unable to attend) please click here but you must do so by October 30!!
1 comments:
Thank you, Anna, for this lovely post, for the kind words about Yolanda (I learned things about her that I didn't know), and for promoting the In Living Pink event.
You know, I can't quite make sense of my emotion. All at once, I want to be respectful and demure and say "pretty please" and realize that people die every day and that my pain, fear and sorrow isn't necessarily someone else's pain, fear or sorrow.
But, then again, I'm totally pissed that other people aren't totally pissed about this senseless thing that happened. WAKE THE F UP, PEOPLE! This is serious. The next person who goes could be someone YOU love!
Young women can and do get breast cancer. Young women--beautiful, smart, funny, sexy, strong women; mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, best friends--YOUNG WOMEN DIE FROM BREAST CANCER.
We are a small group of committed people who (I hope) will change the world. Help us make a difference. Join as at In Living Pink!
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