The Shawnee Dispatch / Providence, St. John want women to "Think Pink"

Archive for Monday, August 18, 2008

Think Pink! Committee members are, from left, back row: Mary Ellen Clark, foundation; Tammy Thomas, Radiology Information System and Picture Archiving and Communication System; Shannon Reed, Providence radiology oncology; Anne Healy, Providence nursing/oncology; and Barbara Dickey, Providence oncology. Holding banner: Debra Russell, St. John surgery; Cindy McGuire, Providence St. John business development; Catherine Rice, Providence St. John business development; Erinn Scott, foundation, Janet Seeman, Providence St. John radiology; and Nancy Story, Providence tumor registry. Front row: Dee Dolan, St. John Women's Center; Sherri Vanwey, St. John Women's Center; Lindsay Healy, American Cancer Society; and Deborah Whitney, St. John Women's Center. Not pictured: Barbara McNett, Providence employee health; Nancy Nahajzer, Providence radiation oncology; Jeanette Mason, St. John radiology/mammography; Liz Penegar, Providence medical/surgical; Dora Williams, Providence St. John volunteers services; and Karla Nichols, Cancer Action.

August 18, 2008

Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., and St. John Hospital, Leavenworth, along with the American Cancer Society and Cancer Action are teaming up to plan a fun, woman-focused event from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4.

Think Pink! again will be hosted at the Legends 14 Theatres at Village West in western Wyandotte County.

The event will feature a continental breakfast, fashion show, a purse auction, an array of exhibitors, gourmet cooking demonstrations, a style consultant and an informative presentation by Scott Ellison, M.D., a board-certified surgeon, who practices at Providence. KCTV-5 meteorologist Katie Horner will emcee the event.

"We encourage women to bring their girlfriends, mothers, sisters and daughters for a morning filled with fun, inspiration and most importantly, lifesaving facts about breast health," said co-chair Catherine Rice, senior associate of communications for Providence and St. John. "Proceeds from the event will be earmarked for the development of a new state-of-the-art Breast Center at Providence slated to open in mid-October.

Think Pink! is open to all women, but advanced registration (by Sept. 19) is requested. The cost is $20. For information or to register, call (913) 281-7777 or (800) 281-7777 go online to providence-health.org/Foundation.

Talking points

Do you think Veterans Day should be a prominent holiday?

Absolutely. We wouldn’t be able to sit here and eat lunch like this if it weren’t for the veterans. We’ve got millions of people that fought and died to save this country; it should be more than a bank holiday.

— Byron Arthur

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