Happy New Year from WCRC!
Just a note to let you know how much we appreciate your
support – and wish you all the best for a healthy,
happy, and peaceful new year full of every good thing.
WCRC Holiday Hours
The Center will close early on December 31st and remain
closed on New Year’s Day. We’ll be open on January
2nd. Again, happy new year!
Donations for tax year 2003
If you’d like your upcoming donation to be included
in the 2003 tax year, please be sure to date your check
December 31st or before. As always, your donations are tax-deductible
and directly benefit women with cancer and their families.
Thanks for your support!
Doing Good and Driving Well or is it Driving Good and
Doing Well?
The WCRC has accepted a wonderful donation of a 2000 Saturn
automobile with the intention it be sold for cash to support
our work. It is a great run-about car, with just about 30,000
miles, am/fm radio, air conditioning, automatic transmission
and in very good shape. If you would like to know more,
contact Mary at 510/601-4040 ext. 101 or at mary@wcrc.org
Volunteer facilitators needed for two WCRC peer-led support
groups:
- Lesbians with Cancer
- Friends and Family of Women
with Cancer. For the Lesbians with Cancer group, we are
looking for a lesbian who has completed cancer treatment
to co-facilitate the group for lesbians with various types
of cancer. Group meets 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month from
6 to 8pm.
For the Friends and Family Group, we are looking for someone
to co-facilitate who has had a loved one at some point in
their life who has had cancer. Group meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays
from 7-8:30pm. Please contact Emily for more information:
510-601-4040 x109 or emily@wcrc.org.
Daytime Support!
We have started a second Women with Cancer Support Group
on Mondays from 11:30am-1pm. It began with a great group
of women and more are certainly welcome! Please call one
of the facilitators before attending: Mary 510-685-7473
or Janet 510-524-6116.
Wish List
WCRC needs a larger screen TV (the one we have is 20"
and only picks up Laverne and Shirley reruns) for group
showing of movies and training materials to our clients.
If you have one in good working order that you no longer
need, please contact margo@wcrc.org
or phone 510-420-7900 x111. Thanks!
Ohlone Center
Herbal Cancer Support Clinic - The First Tuesday of each
month.
Evenings 7-10pm www.ohlonecenter.com
Lesbian Health Salon Series Announced by the Lesbian
Health Research Center
New Salon Series Brings Lesbian Health Information into
the Community. Each Salon in the series will include a meet
and mingle hour followed by an informal, interactive discussion
on a selected topic led by LHRC medical and research leaders.
There is no charge to attend. At each event the question
of how lesbian health differs from women's health in general
will be briefly addressed. Timeframe for each Salon is 7:00
PM - 8:30 PM. For details on salons and their locations,
contact Betty Sullivan: LHRCenter@aol.com or 415-861-1637.
Schedule of Salons
Thursday, January 22 - Comparison of Same-Sex Couples
in Civil Unions and Their Lesbian/Gay Friends without
Civil Unions and Their Married Heterosexual
Thursday, February 26 - Heart Disease Risk Among Lesbians
Thursday, March 25 – Mental Health Issues Among Lesbians
The Lesbian Health Research Center (LHRC) is specifically
and uniquely concerned with the health and wellbeing of
lesbians, bisexual women, transgendered individuals and
their families; and with the health care available to them.
We believe that every lesbian has the right to be fully
informed about her health, health care should be sensitive
and relevant to lesbians and lesbian health research is
critical. LHRC has begun to bring
lesbian health information out of the closet and into the
hands of community members and health care providers through
its on-going activities and services. For information, visit
http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org;
or e-mail: info@lesbianhealthinfo.org.
SAVE THE DATE!
"Unite for Change: New Approaches to Pesticides and
Environmental Health" - the 22nd National Pesticide
Forum, 2004
Please join us for the 22nd National Pesticide Forum in
Berkeley, April 2-4, 2004. The forum will be filled with
workshops, national and international speakers, and plenty
of time for networking with other pesticide and environmental
health activists from North America. There will be a lunch
or dinner devoted to California issues and campaigns.
Location: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Friday, April 2nd thru Sunday April 4th, 2004
Sponsored by Pesticide Action Network North America, Beyond
Pesticides, and Californians for Pesticide Reform. More
information or contact John Kepner at 202-543-5450,
jkepner@beyondpesticides.org.
Urban IPM Conference
Save the date: the 8th Annual San Francisco Urban IPM Conference
will be on January 27th, 2004 from 8am to 4pm in San Francisco.
The conference will include a general Urban IPM session
plus two breakout groups focusing on vegetation management
and vertebrate management. $35 includes lunch, free for
SFCity employees. For details and registration information
visit SF Environment at www.sfenvironment.com
or call
415-355-3700.
