June 20, 2011
Attention: The Woodlands Residents:
Touché Store and Iraima Franco Jewelry are teaming up for a fashion show and shopping event!
10% of the day’s proceeds will benefit BCCA!
When: Saturday, June 25th
From: 5-7 pm.
Where: Market Street- The Woodlands, TX
May 18, 2011
Wellness Wednesday!
Walking Routine
With the Get-Started Plan, you’ll ease your way into a regular walking routine. It starts you out slowly, to build your confidence and reduce your risk of injury. Even at a moderate pace, you’ll reap many benefits. (“Moderate” means you’re moving fast enough to get your heart pumping but not so fast that you become out of breath.) Almost immediately, you’ll notice improvements in your flexibility, your energy level, and your mood. After the second week of the program, your workouts will feel easier a sign that your heart is getting fittter and your legs are getting stronger.
The Get-Started Plan
During week 1 of this program, walk at a speed that feels comfortable for you. Then in weeks 2 through 4, pick up your pace a bit, as though you’re in a hurry to get somewhere.
| Week | Duration (min) | Frequency (days/week) | Intensity |
| 1 | 10 | 3 | Moderate |
| 2 | 15 | 4 | Moderate |
| 3 | 20 | 5 | Moderate |
| 4 | 30 | 5 | Moderate |
By: Maggie Spilner
From: www.runnersworld.com
May 11, 2011
Wellness Wednesday-
April 29, 2011
BIG NEWS!!!!!!!
The Breast Cancer Charities of America’s (BCCA) Team iGoPink is racing to raise money for research, The University Education Program, a program to raise awareness about breast cancer and prevention for college aged students; and The Help Now Fund, an emergency financial assistance program that helps those who have breast cancer with past due rent and utilities.
The San Francisco Marathon is BCCA’s first Team iGoPink challenge. Join Team iGoPink and make a difference today!
Are you ready for the challenge?
To join Team iGoPink or donate to our team, please visit:http://www.crowdrise.com/teamigopinksfmarathon/fundraiser/breastcancercharitie
April 26, 2011
Today is Tasty Tuesday!
Usually we post a recipe for Tuesday’s, but today we wanted to show you something new.
Come see how BCCA is teaming up with Baking for Good!
April 6, 2011
The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me. Then we all fell to pieces.
Kylie Minogue
On being diagnosed with breast cancer
I feel more inspired than ever, and think that I will finally achieve what I have long been wishing for: a balance of work and privacy – a harmony.
Kylie Minogue
On getting through battle against cancer
It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
Marianne Faithful
On her successful recovery from breast cancer
My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I’ve got that from her, I know she’s a fighter.
Naomi Campbell
Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram.
Larry Craig
My cancer scare changed my life. I’m grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.
Olivia Newton John
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
Lance Armstrong
Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
Ingrid Bergman
Cancer victims who don’t accept their fate, who don’t learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
Ingrid Bergman
Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene — in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.
Susan Sontag
Cancer is a word, not a sentence.
John Diamond
During chemo, you’re more tired than you’ve ever been. It’s like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you’re out. You don’t know how you’ll answer the door when your groceries are delivered. But you also find that you’re stronger than you’ve ever been. You’re clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it’s instantaneous.
Melissa Bank
We “need” cancer because, by the very fact of its incurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not cancer.
Gilbert Adair
“Under the Sign of Cancer,” Myths and Memories, 1986
One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.
Georg Groddeck
The Book of the It, 1923
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.
Christopher Reeve
My veins are filled, once a week with a Neapolitan carpet cleaner distilled from the Adriatic and I am as bald as an egg. However I still get around and am mean to cats.
John Cheever
In The Letters of John Cheever, 1989, concerning his cancer and its treatment
January 24, 2011
Think Pink Tip of the Week
http://www.fundraiserinsight.org/ideas/
If you are looking for a way to raise money and support BCCA but you are unsure if you have the resources or ability to do so, click on this link and see that many of the best fundraising ideas can be of little or no cost to you and can be very successful in raising money. In fact if you have a closet full of old clothes or furniture that you want to get rid of, you could hold a garage sale and donate some of the proceeds to help women suffering from breast cancer who can’t afford to pay rent or utilities because of the cost of chemotherapy. I believe that everyone can make a difference no matter how big or small.
January 12, 2011
From Food Network Kitchens
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
In another bowl, whip the butter and the sugar with a hand-held mixer until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla until just combined. Slowly beat in the dry ingredients in 2 additions, mixing just until incorporated.
Scoop the dough into 1-inch balls with a cookie or ice cream scoop and roll in sugar. Place about 2-inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Press a thumbprint into the center of each ball, about 1/2-inch deep. Fill each indentation with about 3/4 teaspoon jam.
Bake cookies until the edges are golden, about 15 minutes. (For even color, rotate the pans from top to bottom about halfway through baking.) Cool cookies on the baking sheets. Serve.
Store cookies in a tightly sealed container for up to 5 days.
September 30, 2010
With Breast Cancer Awareness month 1 day away, I wanted to share with you an article written about the recent school shootings that have plagued our nation. These senseless acts of violence should not be happening. The world should not have to focus on tragedy that can be prevented, when there is so much that can not be prevented. Please take a second to reach out to someone you feel is hurting inside and may choose to hurt themselves or someone else. together we can put a stop to senseless violence and support the fight against breast cancer.
By Justin Fleming
Published on September 30, 2010 4:34 AM
Last week, separate shootings at the University of Texas at Austin and Seton Hall University gripped the nation, as they resulted in the deaths of two college students, one of whom was an innocent bystander.
Nineteen-year-old Jessica Moore was fatally shot at an off-campus house near Seton Hall University early Saturday after a gunman opened fire on a party she was attending. The gunman — later identified as 25-year-old Nicholas Welch — refused to pay the cover charge, and when he was denied entry, he shot five individuals, including Moore. The injuries to the other four victims were not considered life-threatening.
According to students at the scene, Moore died after she threw herself in front of a wounded classmate.
Seton Hall held prayer services for Moore on Saturday evening. As of Sunday, Welch was at-large, and police set a $10,000 reward for information that would lead to his capture. Then, on Wednesday, Welch was arrested and charged with murder, conspiracy and illegal weapons possession. He is being held on $2 million bail.
The search for 19-year-old Marcus Bascus, who is accused with supplying the gun to Welch, is still ongoing.
Two days after the Seton Hall shooting, on the morning of Monday, Sept. 27, a gunman opened fire on campus at the University of Texas at Austin, sending the entire university into lockdown.
The shooter was spotted before classes wearing a dark suit and a ski mask, running through campus carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. Then, the individual — later identified as 19-year-old Colton Tooley — started shooting, firing randomly into both the air and the ground.
Fortunately, Tooley did not hit anyone, although police say he easily could have. Once SWAT teams spotted Tooley, they followed him up to the sixth floor of the university’s main library. Once they got there, however, police found that Tooley had fatally shot himself.
According to a report by ABC News, on the day of the shooting, a man who referred to himself as “Marcus” and claimed to be a member of the family, emerged from the Tooley household and read a statement.
“I want you to understand how he lived,” he said. “He was a very smart guy, very intelligent, excellent student. He wouldn’t or couldn’t hurt a fly. This is a great shock to me and my family. There was nothing prior to this day, nothing that would lead any of us to believe this could take place.”
The shooting sent the campus into lockdown for the entire day, as questions circulated as to whether another shooter was on the loose. Original police reports cited shootings occurring at different spots on campus, causing police to have to search for another potential gunman. It was later determined, however, that Tooley acted alone.
While the campus was searched, students were instructed via e-mail and text to stay off campus, and if they were already there, to lock their doors and stay put.
According to witness reports, the shooter was spotted waving and smiling throughout the rampage. As of yet, no motives for the shooting have been established.
Both the murder at Seton Hall and the shooting at the University of Texas have been stirring up nation-wide controversy over the past few days. Beyond parents and students questioning the security of college campuses, the event is bringing other issues, such as gun control, back to the forefront.
Texas lawmakers, for instance, are using the shooting to push new legislation that would allow Texas college students to carry concealed handguns for self-defense, provided that they pass an eight-hour training course.
Fleming is a member of the class of 2013.
September 8, 2010
This is an e-mail forward that I received a while back that has always stuck with me. I love it and wanted to share it with all of you! Please let me know if you enjoyed it as much as I did!
Please read both stories!
STORY NUMBER ONE
Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago . Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed “Easy Eddie.” He was Capone’s lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie’s skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time. To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City block. Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around him. Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object. And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was. Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn’t give his son; he couldn’t pass on a good name or a good example.
One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al “Scarface” Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. So, he testified. Within the year, Easy Eddie’s life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street. But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine.
The poem read:
“The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still.”
STORY NUMBER TWO
World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank. He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship. His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet. As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American fleet. The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless. He couldn’t reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet. Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted .50-caliber’s blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent. Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them unfit to fly. Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction. Deeply relieved, Butch O’Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier. Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch’s daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft. This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy’s first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.
A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O’Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man. So, the next time you find yourself at O’Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch’s memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It’s located between Terminals 1 and 2.
SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?
Butch O’Hare was “Easy Eddie’s” son.
