Women's Cancer Resource Center News
March 2007
I was taught early in my non-profit career that "gratitude is the heart of philanthropy." Many, many people dedicate their hearts and souls to assure that the Women's Cancer Resource Center continues to provide culturally sensitive services to all women with any cancer. Please join me in thanking just a few of the wonderful people and organizations that have stepped forward this year:
- Sheila Head is holding a benefit for us at her Head Designs salon on March 17.
- Led By Alex Gilmete and Jane Mele, the International Facility Managers Association of the East Bay is hosting a June 4 Golf Tournament at the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo on our behalf.
- The Imperial Star Empire, Inc. and the Royal Grand Ducal Council of Alameda County is holding a dinner and Cabaret to benefit WCRC on April 14.
- The Y&H Soda Foundation awarded us a grant to pilot the Community Health Advocate Program and The San Francisco Foundation has requested a site visit to discuss the program. The Soroptimists of Oakland also awarded a grant to support the Community Health Advocate program.
- Elisabeth Cornu recently led a private tour of the exquisite Masterpieces of French Jewelry exhibit at the Legion of Honor for our donors.
- We are a beneficiary of the 2007 Support Strokes for Breast Cancer sponsored by California Canoe and Kayak on May 19.
- The Breast Cancer Fund made us a beneficiary of their 2007 Bike Against the Odds.
- Responding to votes cast by the clients and employees of Give Something Back, this innovative company made a generous donation.
- Nancy Castille facilitated a gift from Wells Fargo.
- Alice Radio is making us the beneficiary of its 11th Annual CD coming out in the fall and will be a Swim a Mile sponsor.
Thank you!
Peggy McGuire
Executive Director
peggy@wcrc.org
510.601.4040 x101
Watercolor Painting Classes
This is a class suitable for beginning painters as well as those with some watercolor painting experience. Each class will begin with warm-up exercises and demonstrations of basic watercolor techniques. In-class assignments will practice those techniques and explore each student's creativity.
The class will be taught by Margo Rivera-Weiss. All basic materials will be supplied. February 1st - April 26th, 2 - 4 PM. Class size is limited - please register to reserve your space - Margo 510-601- 4040 x111 or margo@wcrc.org. Drop-ins welcome.
Workshops and Classes
In addition to weekly T’ai chi chih and yoga classes
we will be offering a variety of other workshops and
classes this winter. Please check the calendar on our website or send your contact information mailing address and
email to margo@wcrc.org to make sure that you receive a current
schedule.
Legal Workshop on Employment Issues
With Haydee Alfonso, Esq.
Topics to be covered include: employment issues, medical leave and benefits.
There will be time for Q&A and the end of the workshop.
Thursday, May 3, 7 - 9 PM
Please register with Margo - margo@wcrc.org or 510-601-4040 x111.
Dream Workshop
Join us for this one-day workshop as we learn how to listen to our dreams and receive the support they offer. This six-week group, beginning April 10, will offer a chance to explore our dreams - and ways we can draw on the healing imagery from our dreams to support our healing
With Zoe Newman, M.F.T.
Saturday, March 24th, 10 AM - 1 PM
Please call Zoe to register (510) 527-9061
Dream Group With Zoe Newman
Join us in as we learn how to listen to our dreams and receive the support they offer. This six-week group, beginning April 10, will offer a chance to explore our dreams - and ways we can draw on the healing imagery from our dreams to support our healing
Six Tuesdays beginning April 10th
3 - 4:30 PM
Please call Zoe to register (510) 527-9061
WCRC Cooking Club
Making Vegetables Tasty
March 21 with Sandy Der - Better Way to Wellness
Register: margo@wcrc.org or 510-601-4040 x111
Menu
- The Vegetables
- Braised Roots with Spring Greens
- Roasted Vegetables
- Spring Salad Greens with Citrus, Fresh Turmeric and Jicama
Versatile Sauces
- Pomegranate, Dijon and Ginger Vinaigrette
- Balsamic Honey Vinaigrette
- Basic Asian - Soy & Toasted Sesame Oil
Ideas to Spice it up
From the sea - Hijiki, Dulse and Nori and land - nuts, seeds and spices. Save the date April 18th with Sandy Der - Better Way to Wellness
Topic: Quick & Easy Meals
Come join us to learn more about healthy cooking and nutrition and to share a light meal together.
Register: margo@wcrc.org or 510-601-4040 x111
Fundraisers
Head Designs Presents:
Tito y su Son de Cuba
A Hot Cuban Group Celebrating
Life and Movement
March 17, 2007
9 pm -
1am (no-host bar and Caribbean food)
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
(Dance lessons & Mojitos)
Local 192, 8460 Enterprise
Way | Oakland, CA 94621
This celebration will benefit
the Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Sister to Sister, and
Latina Services.
$25 Donation – Make
checks payable to Head Designs, 4220 Market St., Oakland,
CA 94608.
For more info, contact Sheila at 510-658-
8226 or sheilaheaddesigns@yahoo.com.
IFMA 7th Annual Golf Tournament
Then check out the International Facility
Management Association (IFMA) - East Bay Chapter’s 7th
Annual Golf Tournament on June 4th, 2007. With proceeds
benefiting the Women’s Cancer Resource Center (WCRC) of
Oakland, you get the opportunity to play at one of the East
Bay’s finest golf clubs – Round Hill Country Club in Alamo –
while helping the WCRC continue its mission to empower
women with cancer to be active and informed consumers
and survivors.
Participants will enjoy the following
activities:
- Outgun
- The GorillaLong Drive Champ Assistance
- Closest to the Pin, Putting, Hole-in-One, and Long Drive Contests
- BBQ Lunch and Banquet Dinner
- Free Beverages and Snacks
- Spouse Pampering by the Pool
- Live Entertainment
- Raffle with Great Prizes and Silent Auction
- Golf Awards
- Resources On Sustainability
For more information and to register either as a player or as a
sponsor, please visit http://ebifmagolf.golfregistrations.com.
ALTERnation
is simply a group of people or nation if
you will, celebrating their "non-normal" lifestyles and choices
in dance, music and performances. Come one come
all...Bring your KINK and dance!!!
What: ALTERnation / IBR 13
When: Friday, February 16th, 2007, 10 pm – 4 am
Where: 525 Harrison, San Francisco (The Sound Factory)
Price:
- $10 in advance (and info) @ www.ALTERnationDance.com
- $15 @ the door before midnight
- $20 @ the door after
- $5 discount with IBR badge
Book Reading
With Ana-Maurine Lara
Saturday, April 7th, 2-4 PM
Ana-Maurine Lara is an AfroDominican American writer and organizer. She was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in East Africa and Mount Vernon, NY.
Her debut novel, Erzulie's Skirt, is a tale of love and survival in the Caribbean middle passage.
Register: margo@wcrc.org or 510-601-4040 x111
Support our Work
WCRC Wish List - Locksmith services
- Teas or gift cards to Berkeley Bowl, Trader Joe's or Whole Foods to use to purchase tea and goodies for our clients
- Gift cards to local furniture/design stores or IKEA to off-set the cost of our redesign project - Graphic design services
- Newer laptop computers
- Cordless microphone, amplifier speakers, stands and cables, a mixer and turntables (for the Swim a Mile)
Please contact us with your wish list item(s)!
For Bart Ticket Holders
BART tickets with tiny bits of value on them that you find in your wallet, pockets and drawers have just become far more valuable to the Bay Area's community organizations. As part of the Tiny Tickets Program, BART ticket holders may donate these tickets to the Women's Cancer Resource Center. Connecting local resources and community needs is what the Tiny Tickets Program is all about. Please send your "tiny tickets" directly to WCRC at 5741 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, CA 94609. If you're in the area you may also drop them off Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM
Clutter-Clearing
Is one of your New Year's resolutions to get rid of all that stuff that is taking up space in your garage and closets? If so, those items can be donated to the Community Thrift Store and in turn they will make a donation to WCRC. Donate your items to Community Thrift Store and designate the Women's Cancer Resource Center as your beneficiary. Visit the Community Thrift Store at 625 Valencia Street, San Francisco or call them at 415.861.4910 for more information.
Monthly Donations
Merle Weiner, the Board President of the Women's Cancer Resource Center since 2003, has contributed to the success of the Center in countless ways. She leads, guides and inspires all of us to take on new challenges on behalf of the women we serve.
Merle has set a personal fundraising goal for herself in 2007- to convince 60 individuals to become monthly online donors to the Women's Cancer Resource Center. She issued this challenge to our Board:
Our board has been a 100% giving board for a couple of years now. I ask you to join with me in being a 100% monthly giving board by signing up to make a regular monthly donation. Giving in this way is painless. Add $10, $25, $50 a month to your credit card and you probably won't even notice the difference. But to the Center, that difference will mean $120, $300, $600 a year that goes to general support.
Using the website to sign up for monthly credit card donations is very easy. But, for anyone who doesn't want to use a credit card, monthly checks are fine.
And please think about anyone you know who might be willing to sign up for a small donation every month. I'm now officially obsessed with growing this important source of funds for the Center.
Within hours nearly every Board member responded and agreed to join our monthly donors program.
Please help the Women's Cancer Resource Center (and help Merle meet her goal) by accepting the challenge and joining our monthly donors program. For more information see the make a donation page.
Volunteer
Come to our Volunteer and Intern Orientation
When: Wednesday, April 4th, 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Where: WCRC office, 5741 Telegraph Ave. (at the corner of 58th St. in North Oakland.)
Transportation: AC Transit 40 and 40L buses stop right in front. There is also plenty of parking if you are driving.
Find out about who we are, what volunteers and interns do, and basic information about cancer.
To sign up for an orientation, e-mail or call Sarah, sarah@wcrc.org, 510.601.4040 x105
WCRC Support Groups
If you or a loved one is struggling with cancer, we encourage you to participate in a support group here at WCRC. If you are interested in a support group that is not listed, please call Dolores at 510.420.7900 x112.
See a list of the support groups at WCRC!
Other Announcements
Yoga for Managing Chronic Pain
With Bonnie Maeda
Saturday, April 21, 2 -5 PM
Sliding scale available for WCRC clients - call 510-848-0993
Bonnie Maeda, R.N., graduated from the Yoga Room's Advanced Studies Program and coordinates the free yoga classes at WCRC.
"Each One Reach One"
3rd Annual African American Breast Cancer Conference - "Each One Reach One: Working Together to Make a Change"
Sponsored by the Northern California Cancer Center and the Women's Cancer Resource Center
Saturday, May 19, 2007
8:30am to 2:30pm
Oakland Hilton Airport, International Ballroom One Hegenberger Road, Oakland 94621
The purpose of this annual conference is to raise awareness about breast cancer in the African American Community through the presentation of information on body, mind, and spiritual healing.
Session Topics Include:
- Healthy Lifestyle & Fitness
- Risk & Early Detection
- Conventional/Alternative Treatment
- Cancer Survivorship
- Caregivers Perspective
- Mental & Spiritual Healing
- Health Information/Resources
*Musical Performances & Entertainment
Admission: FREE to attend. Registration is REQUIRED.
*Registration fees underwritten by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate
For more information, visit www.nccc.org, call 1.888.315.5988, or email education@nccc.org.
Partnering organizations include the Alameda County Medical Center - Cancer Navigator Program and the American Cancer Society. Funders of this event are Mills-Peninsula Health Services, Northern California Cancer Center: Oakland Athletics Fund, PlumpJack LINK Fund, Melanie M. Bronfman Education Fund; Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center; and The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate.
For Breast Cancer Survivors
Considering Reconstructive Surgery
On March 22, Field Research Corporation is holding a confidential, all-women discussion group in downtown San Francisco to obtain feedback on a patient education brochure designed to inform women about the risks and benefits of silicone breast implants. If you qualify, you will receive $150 for participating in the two-hour discussion. Please call Jackie Mallory at Field Research immediately at (877) 771-0406 if you are interested in participating.
Camp Kesem
Camp Kesem is a non-profit national organization which main focus is providing a free camp for children who have or had parent afflicted with cancer. The organization serves hundreds of children all over the country who may be going through emotional discomfort in the home because they do not understand or know how to deal with the illness. Camp Kesem provides a place where children with a common situation can come together and not feel so alone and have peers and counselors who can relate to their experiences. Our Camp will be held in Camp Jones Gulch from August 20-24 this summer for kids from the ages of 6 to 14 yrs of age. www.campkesemnational.org/berkeley
Daily Essentials
by LauraLynn Jansen
The Journal of American Medical Association researchers believe vitamins can provide a safety net in preventing chronic diseases (Fletcher & Fairchild, 2002) such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. Vitamins are not a replacement for eating well. . . Read Entire Article. . .
LauraLynn Jansen can be contacted through her
website, www.ihcoach.com
Our Mission
To empower women with cancer to be active and informed
consumers and survivors; to provide community for women
with cancer and their supporters; to educate the general
community about cancer; and to be actively involved
in the struggle for a life-affirming, cancer-free society.
email: news@wcrc.org
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