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Donee Spotlight: Coalition of Blacks Against Breast Cancer

10 Jun

Your donations at work!

The Pinkwellchick Foundation, Inc., Board is proud to announce its $1,000 sponsor donation to the Coalition of Blacks Against Breast Cancer. Our founder, Barbra Watson-Riley, was a founding Board Member of CBBC.

“Learn. Share. Support. Survivor Stories.”

The Coalition of Blacks Against Breast Cancer (CBBC) mission is to provide high quality, reliable information and support to Black breast cancer patients within the Phoenix metropolitan area, and to educate the community about breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, and screening. The CBBC is the only group within Metro Phoenix that provides information or resources specifically for Black women and men with breast cancer. The CBBC is an initiative of The Phoenix Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, Sigma Pi Phi Gamma Mu Boule, and Mayo Clinic.

Every person of African descent who is a breast cancer survivor in the Phoenix Metropolitan area will have access to high quality information, and support, and resources to assist in their breast cancer journey. Furthermore, as a result of the survivor efforts, the black population within the Phoenix Metropolitan area will become more educated about breast cancer prevention, screening, and treatment.

Click here for more information about CBBC

Support PWCF to

support survivors & their caregivers!

Meals … prescription support … cleaning, childcare & counseling services … transportation, lodging and MORE!

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Your gifts to Pinkwellchick made a difference. Here’s our gift to YOU!

22 Dec

Happy Holidays Pinkwellchick Foundation Family!

LITCL_cover_2014It’s hard to believe that two months have passed since our Foundation’s breast cancer awareness benefit production of LIFE in the CANCER LANE by Barbra Watson-Riley, on October 18th at the Herberger Theater Center. The Board has been hard at work to plan for big things in 2015, including:

  • identifying organizations to partner with, seed and support
  • welcoming our latest Board member, Leslie M. Gray
  • planning for an advisory board
  • adding exclusive play video to the website (see below!)
  • and switching to pinkwellchick.ORG (from .COM).

Be sure to sign up to receive important updates at our website, LIKE us at Facebook, and FOLLOW @pinkwellchick on Twitter.

If you were able to attend LIFE in the CANCER LANE this year, we hope that you were engaged, informed and inspired! All net proceeds above and beyond our productions costs will be used to continue our work and to fund other charitable organizations that provide comfort, care and counseling to survivors and their caregivers in the forms of meal delivery, prescription support, lodging support, transportation to/from treatment, cleaning, childcare and other support services.

Because of people like YOU–our donors, sponsors, attendees and volunteers who donated time, talents and treasures–we raised in total over $40,000. We were also able to reallocate dozens of complimentary tickets to survivors. We received extremely positive feedback from attendees:

“Amazing, inspiring, spiritual, heartfelt, true, informative, awesome production. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ALL TO SEE.” Vivian – Survivor

“I could identify with segments of the dialogue from the play, and I was awed by the superb planning and execution of the entire event.” Sharon – Survivor

“It was FABULOUS! … it was well-paced, well-staged, well acted, well written & well-directed. I hadn’t expected the comedic elements, the moments of levity and diverse subject matter. … [B]ut it is a bittersweet moment in coming to this realization since the cost of this art comes at a price that is way too high.” Nykky

Bittersweet indeed. And a poignant reminder that our fight against breast cancer is far from over. Cancer takes too much, from too many, and far too soon. We remain committed to ensuring that survivors and their families not only survive but thrive! Thank you for joining us on the front lines of this mission.

OUR GIFT TO YOU!

On behalf of the PWCF Board I wish you the happiest of holidays. As our gift to you, enjoy the LIFE in the CANCER LANE video sneak peek at http://www.pinkwellchick.org. And please remember PWCF in your end-of-year charitable giving.

Remember, every dollar counts in the fight to survive and thrive!

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Sincerely,

Tonya M. Evans, Chair
Pinkwellchick Foundation, Inc.
http://www.pinkwellchick.org

LITCL Countdown Day #1 Fact & Giveaway: It’s National Mammo Day!

17 Oct

LEARN … SHARE … WIN!

DAY #1 FACT

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The 4-1-1 on Mammograms on National Mammo Day!

Source: CheckYourBoobies.org

Day #1 GIVEAWAY

Make that TWO giveaways …

*2 evening performance tickets

*2 evening performance tickets with parking!

Both include admission to VIP reception preceding the performance.

MUST CLAIM BY 10/17 at 6 PM! 

POST #PWCFPinkPower in comments to this post, Facebook or via Twitter for a chance to win!

One winner announced on our Facebook page on 10/17 by 8PM PT!

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LITCL Countdown Day #2 Fact & Giveaway: The 4-1-1 on the What, Why & What to Do on Breast Cancer!

16 Oct

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DAY #2 FACT

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The Facts About Breast Cancer: What, How, Why & What to Do

Cells in the body normally divide (reproduce) only when new cells are needed. Sometimes, cells in a part of the body grow and divide out of control, which creates a mass of tissue called a tumor. If the cells that are growing out of control are normal cells, the tumor is called benign (not cancerous). If however, the cells that are growing out of control are abnormal and don’t function like the body’s normal cells, the tumor is called malignant (cancerous).

Cancers are typically named after the part of the body from which they originate. Breast cancer originates in the breast tissue. Like other cancers, breast cancer can invade and grow into the tissue surrounding the breast. It can also travel to other parts of the body and form new tumors, a process called metastasis. More info …

Source: WebMD.com

Day #2 GIVEAWAY

$50 Gift Certificate to Daily Dose Grill

LIKE & SHARE this post on Facebook or tweet on Twitter with #lifeinthecancerlane for a chance to win!

One winner announced on our Facebook page on 10/17!

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Meet the Life in the Cancer Lane Production Team!

16 Oct

Life in the Cancer Lane Production Team

Carla Banks Waddles, Director

Carla is a televiscarla bio picion comedy writer in Los Angeles who has written and produced such TV shows as For Your Love, That’s So Raven, Half & Half, The Bill Engvall Show, the Fresh Beat Band, Sonny With A Chance, Let’s Stay Together, Lab Rats and The Soul Man. Most recently, she served as Creator and Executive Producer of the sitcom, One Love, which aired on Bounce TV this year.

Carla handles script rewrites, casting, rehearsals, and all creative aspects of the production.

Crystal Houston, Director

Crystal Houston

Crystal is Director of Digital and Content Marketing for Valley of the Sun United Way and an emerging screenwriter; she is currently a staff writer for the TV pilot project The Palace. As an experienced writer, Crystal oversees strategic stakeholder engagement communications leveraging digital media – from websites to blogs, video, e-communications and social media.

Crystal also serves as director of the production and handles technical and actor logistics.

Tonya M. Evans, Producer

Tonya is an Associate Professor of Law at the Widener University School of Law with expertise in the areas of intellectual property and entertainment law. She is a published author of an award-winning series of legal reference guides for writers and publishing industry professionals that was selected by Writer’s Digest Book Club as a club selection for its members. Tonya is also a nationally recognized speaker who presents to various audiences regularly on publishing law and intellectual property law.

She handles the intellectual property, contract, fundraising and finance aspects of the production.

Lori Hall Armstrong, Co-Producer

Lori Hall ArmstrongLori is the Principal and Chief Activation Officer of Verbify, a strategy activation consulting business based in New York. She specializes in strategically positioning clients and mapping out the steps to activate their ideas, needs and goals.

Lori handles outreach and fundraising aspects of the production.

 

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LAUGH, CRY, CHEER & leave TRANSFORMED!

National Breast Cancer Awareness Play to Benefit Survivors & Families

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Herberger Theater Center-Stage West, 222 E. Monroe, Phoenix, AZ 85004

 

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