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Harrisburg--The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer
Coalition (PBCC) will present WOMEN WHO HAVE
WALKED THROUGH THE FIRE, a collection of monologues
and scenes about living with breast cancer,
at the Legacy of Love program on Tuesday, October
5, starting at 7 p.m. in the Sunoco Performance
Theater at the Whitaker Center, 222 Market
Street.
Legacy of Love is sponsored by HealthAmerica
and is free and open to the public.
WOMEN WHO HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE FIRE is
a production of Random Acts
of Theater at the Triangle Theater in Philadelphia
and will have its Harrisburg premiere on Tuesday.
It features Lynn Boianelli, Tina Brock, Michael
Brumbaugh, Tanesha Ford, Bonnie Grant, Kati
Kertesz and Jane Stojak.
Pat Halpin-Murphy, president and founder of
the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, commended
Jane Stojak and Bonnie Grant, co-producers of
the production, for having created a moving
and often funny performance that incorporates
original material about living with breast cancer.
Bonnie Grant, who has worked in theater for
years, is Deputy City Representative for Philadelphia
in her professional life. Grant is also a breast
cancer survivor.
The program begins at 7 p.m. with the presentation
of the PBCC S.T.A.R. Volunteer (Special Thanks
and Recognition) Award, presented to the Lebanon-Lancaster
Intermediate Unit (IU) 13 School to Work Transition
Center class from Ephrata.
The 13 students have been invaluable volunteers
in helping PBCC prepare for the Keystone Breast
Cancer Conference, which takes place on Wednesday,
October 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The current students are: Stephinie Beckman,
Ashley Brill, Daniel Buckwalter, Cody Clark,
Jason Fisher, Laurie Herzog, Jennifer Hoover,
Kelly McCardle, Tashina Miller, Nicole Moyer
and Brandon Rehak. The class is taught by Amy
Kirchner and John Robbins and supervised by
Brenda Kauffman.
A reception for breast cancer survivors, family
members, and advocates will be held in the Kunkel
Gallery at the Whitaker Center, following the
performance.
AGENDA for Tuesday, October 5, 2004
7 p.m. Pat Halpin-Murphy presents S.T.A.R.
Award to volunteers
7:40 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. WOMEN WHO HAVE WALKED
THROUGH THE FIRE
8:15 p.m. Reception in the Kunkel Gallery
For information call the PA Breast Cancer
Coalition at 1-800-377-8828 or visit the website
www.pabreastcancer.org.
The PBCC, founded in 1993, is a non-profit
organization dedicated to ending the breast
cancer epidemic through research, education,
outreach and advocacy. As the only statewide
grassroots organization that speaks to and for
breast cancer survivors, the PBCC insured the
passage of
several crucial pieces of Commonwealth legislation:
- The Breast and Cervical Cancer Research
Act, which allows taxpayers to donate all or
part of their state income tax refunds to breast
and cervical cancer research; and
- The Breast Cancer Reconstructive Surgery
Act, which mandates insurance coverage for post-
mastectomy breast reconstruction and prohibits
outpatient mastectomies.
The PBCC serves each of the Commonwealth's
67 counties through the Income Tax Check-Off,
Mother's Day Mammograms®, the Keystone Breast
Cancer Conference, and the photo exhibit, "67
Women, 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in
Pennsylvania.”
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