One of 2 Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition’s Against the Tide events takes place this weekend in Hopkinton!
Dates and venues for the 2008 Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition’s Against the Tide one-mile swim, two-mile kayak and three mile fitness walk:
* 16th Annual Metro Boston
7:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 21, at Hopkinton State Park
(Directions are below)
* 9th Annual Cape Cod
7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, August 16 at Nickerson State Park in Brewster
“Against The Tide” is a 1-mile swim, 2-mile kayak, and 3-mile fitness walk to benefit the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition. This fun and inspirational statewide program brings swimmers, kayakers, and walkers of all ages and abilities together with Coalition in efforts to stop the breast cancer epidemic. Participants from all over New England commit to raising a minimum contribution of $150, which must be donated on the day of the event, in order to participate in the festivities. Participants may enroll in one or as many events as they would like. All funds raised go directly to breast cancer prevention through the advocacy work of Coalition and research initiatives of its sister environmental organization, Silent Spring Institute. Registration materials, sponsor information, and fundraising ideas can be found at www.mbcc.org/swim.
“Against the Tide is not a big, corporate show, but an event that celebrates families and individuals of all ages and abilities coming together to truly end this epidemic,” says Executive Director Deborah Shields; “It is empowering and uplifting to know that we are contributing towards a healthier future; one in which our mothers, daughters, and friends will not have to fear that they will be the one in seven diagnosed with breast cancer.”
Breast cancer now strikes more women in the world than any other type of cancer. In the past 50 years, the lifetime risk of breast cancer has nearly tripled in the United States. In the 1940’s, a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer was 1 in 22. In the year 2002, the risk was 1 in 8 and is presently 1 in 7. The increasing prevalence reinforces the necessity to reverse the trend and prevent breast cancer from occurring in the first place.
Bay State Parent magazine will publish its 2nd Annual Think Pink Guide, with a focus on breast cancer awareness & inspiration stories in October 2008. The first Think Pink guide won national awards.
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The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is a nonprofit organization committed to stopping the breast cancer epidemic in Massachusetts through activism, advocacy, research and education. Founded in 1991, the focus of the Coalition is to find the causes of breast cancer and seek real prevention against this devastating disease.
For more information call 617-376-MBCC or visit www.mbcc.org.
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Donations may be sent to the following address:
Against the Tide c/o MBCC
1419 Hancock Street, Suite 202
Quincy, MA 02169
Directions to the Hopkinton event this Saturday:
MASS Pike to I-495 south
Take I-495 to exit 21A
Turn left onto Rt. 85 north
Entrance to park is on right
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Saturday, June 7: Compuer Recycling Day in Worcester
The New England Surge is excited to co-sponsor a Computer Recycling Day with Bay State Savings Bank this Saturday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This event will take place at Bay State Savings Bank’s newest branch location at 2 Eastern Ave (off of I-290, Exit 16)., Worcester.
Bring used electronics from your home and/or office, including computers, monitors, printers, televisions, and other equipment that may be stashed away in a garage or closet, that needs to be recycled.
For $10--$15 per item, Computer Recycling USA will accept equipment and provide a “Certificate of Recycling” which guarantees complete hard drive erasure to prevent identity theft and satisfies all government environmental compliance regulations, including HIPPAA.
In addition, $5 of every item will be donated to Art beCAUSE, a local non-profit foundation who is committed to funding research dedicated to eradicating environmental causes of breast cancer.
For every item recycled, the New England Surge will provide ONE FREE TICKET to their last regular season game that is taking place that evening at 7:30 PM at the DCU Center in Worcester.
Roy Lucas, Jr., Founder and President of the Surge states, “We are very excited to support Art beCAUSE in their work towards breast cancer research. This is a viable cause and a terrible disease that affects 1 in 7 women; it is a cause that is very personal to the New England Surge.” Lucas continues, “One of our key objectives is to give back and be a vital part of our community—what better way to do that, than to recycle items and have proceeds go to breast cancer research, with one of our key corporate sponsors!”
BayState Savings Bank alone has over 350 items they will be recycling, contributing over $ 1,750 to this cause.
"We are thrilled to be able to partner with the New England Surge," said Diane M. Giampa, Vice President - Human Resources and Marketing at Bay State Savings Bank. "Like the Surge, Bay State Savings Bank is committed to giving back to the communities that we serve, and to being a responsible corporate citizen. This is a great event, and we hope to raise a lot of money and awareness for breast cancer research. It is great working with other likeminded organizations as the Surge, for such a worthwhile cause."
About the Surge: It is a locally owned professional indoor football team, a CIFL team, and is dedicated to providing exciting, family oriented sports entertainment experience to Central Mass. Through ongoing public and outreach campaigns, the New England Surge organization is committed to high professional and ethical standards and dedicated to actively partnering with communities, schools and youth organizations, local government, business and non-profit organizations to positively impact fans, the players, and the community, while providing fast-paced, action–packed professional football. The New England Surge is 8—2 in the season, having clinched a playoff position in the Atlantic Division of the CIFL. Individual tickets and group tickets are available at DCU Box Office or Ticketmaster.com
This event will take place at Bay State Savings Bank’s newest branch location at 2 Eastern Ave (off of I-290, Exit 16)., Worcester.
Bring used electronics from your home and/or office, including computers, monitors, printers, televisions, and other equipment that may be stashed away in a garage or closet, that needs to be recycled.
For $10--$15 per item, Computer Recycling USA will accept equipment and provide a “Certificate of Recycling” which guarantees complete hard drive erasure to prevent identity theft and satisfies all government environmental compliance regulations, including HIPPAA.
In addition, $5 of every item will be donated to Art beCAUSE, a local non-profit foundation who is committed to funding research dedicated to eradicating environmental causes of breast cancer.
For every item recycled, the New England Surge will provide ONE FREE TICKET to their last regular season game that is taking place that evening at 7:30 PM at the DCU Center in Worcester.
Roy Lucas, Jr., Founder and President of the Surge states, “We are very excited to support Art beCAUSE in their work towards breast cancer research. This is a viable cause and a terrible disease that affects 1 in 7 women; it is a cause that is very personal to the New England Surge.” Lucas continues, “One of our key objectives is to give back and be a vital part of our community—what better way to do that, than to recycle items and have proceeds go to breast cancer research, with one of our key corporate sponsors!”
BayState Savings Bank alone has over 350 items they will be recycling, contributing over $ 1,750 to this cause.
"We are thrilled to be able to partner with the New England Surge," said Diane M. Giampa, Vice President - Human Resources and Marketing at Bay State Savings Bank. "Like the Surge, Bay State Savings Bank is committed to giving back to the communities that we serve, and to being a responsible corporate citizen. This is a great event, and we hope to raise a lot of money and awareness for breast cancer research. It is great working with other likeminded organizations as the Surge, for such a worthwhile cause."
About the Surge: It is a locally owned professional indoor football team, a CIFL team, and is dedicated to providing exciting, family oriented sports entertainment experience to Central Mass. Through ongoing public and outreach campaigns, the New England Surge organization is committed to high professional and ethical standards and dedicated to actively partnering with communities, schools and youth organizations, local government, business and non-profit organizations to positively impact fans, the players, and the community, while providing fast-paced, action–packed professional football. The New England Surge is 8—2 in the season, having clinched a playoff position in the Atlantic Division of the CIFL. Individual tickets and group tickets are available at DCU Box Office or Ticketmaster.com
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