Archive for the ‘News’ Category
June 1, 2010 at 7:26 am, by Tracie Metzger
Tracie Metzger, Founder and Executive Director of Pink Ribbon Girls has been chosen as a finalist for PEOPLE and Major League Baseball’s “All-Stars Among Us” campaign!
Voting will begin Sunday, May 30 on www.peopleallstars.com and ends on June 20. Don’t forget you can vote more than once. Promotion of the event is welcome – Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, personal blogs – be creative and direct people to vote on www.peopleallstars.com!
Click on Cincinnati Reds, then vote for Tracie Metzger!
April 3, 2010 at 10:19 pm, by jwhitfield
This is a question we all desperately want to know the answer to. A young scientific researcher (Jennifer Ivanovich) originally from the Cincinnati area, is studying this phenomena to identify what we have in common that contributes to our breast cancers at such a young age, but she needs several hundred more young women enrolled before her research is complete.
Join in on the Young Women’s Breast Cancer Study and be the one who helps us find that missing link.
Want to Participate?
If you wish to participate, they will mail you a study kit with all the supplies needed for your participation. The next time you have an appointment, your doctor may draw your blood and ship it using the blood tubes and prepaid Federal Express material they provide.
February 23, 2010 at 11:08 pm, by jwhitfield
PRG wants to hear from you!
Check us out on any or all of these Social Networking Medias.
Twitter - http://twitter.com/PinkRibbonGirls
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com search for Pink Ribbon Girls
Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/PinkRibbonGirls
February 11, 2010 at 2:54 pm, by pnoel
Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) at Eastern Regional Medical Center is introducing a radiation breakthrough that treats breast cancer patients in one day, as opposed to the current average of six weeks. CTCA will become the first in the country to offer this treatment option using the Novac7 technology from Rome, Italy.
Check out this link for the full article regarding this new groundbreaking procedure.
February 11, 2010 at 1:41 pm, by pnoel
For those of you in the Greater Cincinnati area let’s get together for an evening of encouragement and getting to know each other. This is a general Pink Ribbon Girl meeting where we can share our experiences and make friends. I have found it so important over the years of battling this disease to connect with other survivors to both learn from them and give encouragement to others. Now, some of my best of friends were found through Pink Ribbon Girls. So, I encourage you to join us at The Wellness Center on Monday, Feb. 22nd, 6:30pm – 8:00pm; no RSVP required just come if you can make it. We’ll be meeting in the living room which is straight ahead when you come in the front door. There is also a Yoga class immediately preceeding from 5:30pm-6:20pm. For directions click here to get to The Wellness Center’s website.
January 24, 2010 at 10:03 pm, by jwhitfield
Hello Pink Ribbon Girls!
I am a survivor of 7 years and 3 years from each time I’ve been diagnosed. I joined PRG in 2002 as I faced my first diagnosis of Breast Cancer at a meager 24 years of age. Although I lived in Dayton, OH when first diagnosed I was so inspired by the women who came forward to lend a helping hand. Today these women make up many of my best friends, and I know I could not have found such a great support system if it weren’t for PRG. In 2006 I experienced the rare post-mastectomy local recurrence, and the hardships that came along with enduring chemotherapy, radiation, and finding myself a newly single mother of a very energetic 3 year old. I absolutely could not have gotten through this alone… I fortunately have relocated back to Cincinnati, and I am so excited to be joining PRG’s leadership and look forward to helping this great organization continue to bridge the gap in cancer support and care for young women all across the nation.
When I’m not working with PRG, I lead the Springdale Girl Scouts Daisy Troop with my two 6yr-old daughters, and I am a consumer reviewer for the 
Department of Defense and their Breast Cancer Research Program. Research is very near and dear to my heart and I believe that WE WILL find the cure in the next decade. Prior to joining PRG as Vice President I am a co-founder of Sisters Network Cincinnati, co-founder and president of Sisters Network Dayton, and a founding member of the Breast Cancer Fund of Ohio (Ohio’s Pink Ribbon License Plate). Please feel free to email me at any time if you have any questions or comments for me. Thanks So Much!
-Jocelyn Whitfield Banks
January 23, 2010 at 11:06 pm, by jwhitfield
Please join us for the first Annual PRG Pure Romance Fundraiser to benefit the Anquionette Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund. Just in time for Valentines Day, our Pure Romance Consultant is SSS (Sensuality, Sexuality & Survivorship) certified which is a very special program designed to help young Breast Cancer Survivors mitigate the disasterous side effects of all those surgeries and cancer therapies on our post-treatment sex lives.
When: Friday February 5th 2010 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where: View the Evite or Email Jocelyn for details
Check out the Evite Online for More details and to RSVP.
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/JSCUTWHWARMWCBAMXMWV/PRGPureRomance/
Or email Jocelyn Whitfield Banks Jocelyn@PinkRibbonGirls.org for more details or if you have any trouble accessing this online Evite.
There will be plenty of food and plenty of drinks! We can’t wait to see you for this exciting Pure Romance Party!
January 23, 2010 at 10:52 pm, by jwhitfield
**Save The Date**
Looking Upstream for Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the University of Cincinnati Reading Campus (formerly GRI)
8:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Presented by the Cincinnati Breast Cancer & the Environment Research Center (BCERC), the forum provides timely information on potential environmental links to breast cancer and an update on the Center’s ongoing research. The Cincinnati BCERC is one of four national Centers funded by the National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
More Information to Follow…
January 23, 2010 at 10:10 pm, by jwhitfield
Congratulations to four of our members who will represent the Pink Ribbon Girls at this years 10th Annual Conference for Young Women With Breast Cancer. This years conference will be held in Atlanta, GA Friday 2/26 thru 2/28. Scholarship recipients will receive airfare, hotel, and conference registration courtesty of the Pink Ribbon Girls. Congrats again to you ladies! It will be an uplifting and memorable weekend to enjoy.
Anquionette Williams Memorial Scholarship Recipients
- Ashley Oehler
- Tammy Boehmer
General PRG Member Scholarships Recipients
- Anna Ferguson
- Jennifer Gilbride
http://www.youngsurvivorsconference.com/
January 23, 2010 at 9:57 pm, by jwhitfield
Komen is accepting applications for a travel scholarship to attend the YSC conference. I’m attaching the link for anyone to apply. Anyone who didn’t qualify for one of the PRG Scholarships is encouraged to apply.
Here’s the link to apply for the scholarship application: http://www.komencincinnati.org/site/PageServer?pagename=grants_smallgrantapplication
Please note: Travel Scholarships are approved prior to registration and participation in a conference or program and expenses are reimbursed upon submission of an expense report following the conference.
Applicants should note that they are requesting a travel scholarship.
Only funding requests which meet the following criteria will be considered for a travel scholarship:
- Conference is relevant to breast cancer as demonstrated by agenda, etc.
- Funding request is less than $1,000 domestic or $2,000 international (to include registration, coach airfare/train/mileage, moderate hotel [room and taxes only], meals, cab fare and tips)
- Applicant is able to quantify participation and benefit to community
- Applicant must attend majority of conference or apply for the continuing education credits offered
- Please note: Travel Scholarships are approved prior to registration and participation in a conference or program and expenses are reimbursed upon submission of an expense report following the conference.
All applications must include the items listed below and should be presented in the same order:
1. Completed cover page (above)
2. Narrative including the following (2 page maximum):
a) Conference goals and/or program outline
b) Statement of how program is relevant to breast health
c) Specifics of participation and benefit to traveler describing ability and intention of traveler to spread information to Komen Affiliate service area
3. At least one letter of recommendation; including organizational leadership with travel approval
4. Detailed budget and justification
