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Medical Center Foundation’s events and donations.
This year, because of the generosity of countless donors and volunteers,
NHRMC Foundation is retiring their Coastal Care Van. They have
updated and expanded the list of caretakers and now have considerably
more approved places for women to visit doctors. “The money
that would have been going towards gas and payment for drivers
can now be used to help the underinsured and the uninsured,” says
NHRMC Foundation special events officer Tracey Kellogg.
There are 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States
alone, and the Pink Ribbon Project helps this number grow every year.
Where does the money come from to help fight breast cancer in New Hanover County?
Here are some of the events that are raising the bar:
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WBM october 2010
Buy a Chick. Save a Life.
Throughout the month of October, the restaurants and boutiques in The
Forum will be selling five-foot-tall cut-outs of stylish pink chicks for $125 —
the cost of a mammogram. Debbie Elliott, president of Talk, Inc., is working
with Swain and Associates to raise Pink Chick money for Pink Ribbon. Last
year, the Pink Chick project raised $13,125. Elliott’s goal this year is to sell
150-200 Pink Chicks. “The Pink Ribbon project does such an incredible service
to our community, and all of The Forum shops are very proud to hold
the Pink Ribbon parade to help raise awareness for Pink Ribbon. We hope
that this becomes a very important part of every year,” says Elliott. For
more information — and a Pink Chick of your very own — visit
www.pinkchickparade.com
Ta Ta Sisterhood of the Cape Fear
“To raise awareness and funds to directly help
women in the Cape Fear area who are going
through the different stages of breast cancer”
is the mission statement for Lauren Levian and
Gale Calloway, both survivors of breast cancer,
who came together to create a calendar of local
women in different stages of breast cancer. The
beautiful photographs (taken by WBM director of
photography Allison Breiner Potter) are of women
of all races, 27-67 years old, posed in natural settings
or local places. Each woman has her age,
name and statement on her page. Levian and
Calloway hope to raise $7,000 from the sale of
the calendars. Only 1,000 calendars were printed.
They’re available on their website — www.tatasisterscapefear.
com — for $20. “We just wanted to
show people the beauty of survival,” says Levian.
Angie’s Amazing Race Angie Holiday lost her battle against breast cancer in 2006. To
honor and remember her, Charlie McGee and all of Angie’s Angels will host
the Cape Fear Coast’s coolest scavenger hunt, which begins and ends at Britt
Motor Sports on Market Street: the fifth annual Angie’s Amazing Race. The
cost is $25 a person, a fee that includes a t-shirt, clue sheet, door prizes and
lunch, which is served when everyone returns after the hunt. Live and silent
auctions, a raffle and door prizes will be awarded. This year’s prizes include
an autographed Paula Dean cookbook, pearl bracelets and rings, a $150
car detail from Stevenson Auto and much more. Angie’s Angels have raised
nearly $100,000 over the past four years for the Pink Ribbon Project. “When
we started this, it began as an event in memory of Angie, but it has developed
into a completely different organization to celebrate life in general. We have a
great committee of men and women — I’m so proud of them,” says McGee.