Keeping Abreast - Issue: 1 (July 2009)
Hi
Welcome to the first issue of 'Keeping Abreast'
the official newsletter
of breastANGELS.
Firstly, I just have to say a HUGE thank you to
all of you for your support
and encouragement. These first couple of
months have been an absolute
roller coaster of emotions - excitement at
launching, trepidation over whether
we will get support, relief that we are
(lol), humility at the level of that
support, grief that Bess (Liz) is not
here to see it all unfolding ... they just continue.
We have had an amazing few months since we
registered breastANGELS
on April 3. We have been blessed to have
Connie, Kerrie & Sharon join us
on the board. Their enthusiasm and
belief in what we want to achieve has
just blown me away. I love that not one of us is
thinking small ... we are
all acutely aware of just how much assistance is
desperately needed by
women who have been impacted by breast
cancer.
It would be remiss of me not to make a few
notable 'Thank You's'
before I go too much further ...
In no particular order ...
Celine Egan & Sue Henry of Accelerate Women and
Direct Selling Women's Alliance Australia/New Zealand
(DSWA)
Celine and Sue were financially supporting us even
before we registered and
the faith & support they have shown in
committing their businesses to ongoing
support is just wonderful. Thank
you ladies.
Stephanie Maioli of Noosa Waterfront Restaurant & Bar
Steph
offered her restaurant for our Lunch to Launch before we knew we were
having
one!! Steph is also continuing her support by holding our Halo Day
Dinner
there in October - stay tuned for details.
Gaby Nessel and Daryl Stephenson of Westpac Bank
at Tewantin.
Gaby came to us and asked how Westpac could support us - how's
that for
a bank!! Stay tuned for further details, but thank you both
very much.
To our family & friends both 'down under'
and all over the globe - too many
to individually name. Thank you for
your love, support & encouragement,
particularly when the enormity of
what we want to achieve overwhelms us.
breastANGELS is here to stay -
unfortunately. I say unfortunately as my end
goal is that we are
redundant - that there is a cure for breast cancer and our
services are not
needed, but for the forseeable future we have a lot of work to do.
And we
need your support to deliver all that we plan. We have
uploaded
information about how you can assist us in fundraising and/or
selling merchandise.
Please consider how you can assist as we cannot do all
that we have planned
without
your help.
How Do I Help? - Click Here For
Details
Accepting With Grace
Have
you purchased your copy of Accepting With Grace yet? If not, please
go
online and purchase your copy either in ebook form or soft cover print.
All
print copies are being autographed by yours truly and ALL of the proceeds
go
directly to breastANGELS.
Accepting With Grace -Click Here For More
Details
Merchandise - Halos & Lapel
Pins
The halo's have also been walking out the door and of course
our newest
addition - our crystal lapel pin is now in stock.
Merchandise - Click Here For More
Details
We will be adding other merchandise, so please
keep an eye on our website.
We can also accept donations online as well.
On Facebook?
Become a fan at
www.Facebook.com/breastANGELS
Going forward there are lots of things
happening, but the biggest at this stage
will be a Halo Day in Pinktober - mark
Friday October 23, 2009 on your
calendar NOW! Start puting
those thinking caps on as to how you can
support us, create awareness and
raise funds for breastANGELS.
How about the vision of your office all wearing
pink or black halos!
What colour
halo is your boss?
Of course, if there are any businesses out there
that would like to support us on
an ongoing basis, please contact us at support@breastANGELS.org
We will be holding further teleseminars to
answer any questions that you may
have in relation to breast reconstruction
surgery and/or preventative mastectomy.
Remember, breastANGELS is NOT about
telling women that they have to
reconstruct, it is about providing the
information and support so that each
woman is empowered to make the decision
that is right for her.
Think that is it for now - once again, thank you
for your support.
We know that we cannot achieve all that we plan on our
own.
Your support is integral to our mission and for that we are very
grateful.
Angel Blessings to you and yours, Sharon
PS. In terms of funding
surgery, we plan to provide support via a grant
submission process. When we believe we have enough
funds to start offering
this support, we will let you know via Keeping
Abreast that applications are
being accepted. We will update you with the
requirements for the process
once we are closer to accepting
requests
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