Mark Your Calendar
Monthly meetings: Monthly support group meetings are the 3rd Friday of each month at the American Cancer Society. We meet at noon and lunch is provided.
Awareness Month: September is GYN Cancer Month. We will have an awareness table at the Southern Womens Show in Birmingham at the BJCC. Dates are Sept. 24-27.
2009 Christmas Party: This year our party will be on Friday, Dec. 4 in the afternoon.
To see notes from our May 15, 2009 meeting, click on Recent Meetings on sidebar
2nd Fashion Show Luncheon and Silent Auction a Success
CanSurvives Fashion Show Luncheon and Silent Auction held on March 11, 2009 at The Club was well-attended and a fundraising success. Dr. Michael Straughn spoke to the group about the progress of ovarian cancer treatment. Dr. Austin and Rita Woods were our emcees. Patients, physicians, doctors children, and clinic staff and their spouses were among our modelsand we thank them. We also express our appreciation to our silent auction donors. For a listing of the program agenda, participants, and donors, see our Archive section.
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MotherWalk
Many of our members participated in the MotherWalk on May 9, 2009 to help raise money for local ovarian cancer research. The walk is an event by the Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation. There was also an Eggs 2 Ovaries fundraiser that evening. For more information go to http://www.nlovca.org.
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Ovarian Cycle
Ovarian Cycle had an event in Birmingham and Atlanta. The 2009 fundraising objective was to raise an amazing $200,000 to promote ovarian cancer research leading to a reliable ovarian cancer screening test to enhance early diagnosis of the disease and more effective therapeutic interventions to enhance treatment outcomes and cancer survival rates.
The Birmingham Ovarian Cycle raised $30, 374.
Read more at http://www.ovariancycle.org. If you click on the Birmingham Event, you can see a list of all the participants, many of who have connections to CanSurvive.
Members of Team CanSurvive Cycling and Team CanSurvive Spin-Offs
(L to R): Jennifer Smiley, Sylvia Weeks, Barbara Blair, Dianne Baer, Criss Smiley, Halcyann Badham, Debbie Thompson (Dianne's sister)










