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SABCS:
Meeting The Good Health Fairy |
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There
she was, floating in a pink cloud of
chiffon and feathers, wearing her
official tiara and sneakers. Wait -
do fairies wear sneakers? Well, René
Bowditch, also known as the Good
Health Fairy of Beyond Boobs, gets
around a lot, so sneakers are de
rigueur.
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9:10 AM,
Dec.18 2009
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www.dailypress.com |
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Breast
cancer survivors share their stores |
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A woman
is diagnosed with breast cancer
nearly every two minutes.
"The good news is the earlier breast
cancer is found the better the
chance treatment will work," says
physician Elizabeth Harden, an
oncologist with Virginia Oncology
Associates in Newport News.
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9:35 AM,
Oct..11 2009
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www.flathatnews.com |
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Local
survivors strike a pose |
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Imagine
being a young, 14-year-old girl on
the cusp of adolescence, catapulting
into the promising breadth of your
teenage years, and receiving halting
news of having breast cancer.
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10:15 AM,
Sept.12 2009 |
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www.wydaily.com |
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Good to
Know: Teen Survivor Supports
Walsingham's Catwalk for a Cure |
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There’s
nothing we gals like more than
getting all gussied-up in fancy
clothes – except maybe supporting a
worthwhile cause. At Walsingham
Academy’s third annual Catwalk for a
Cure this Saturday, ladies can get a
taste of both, along with a reminder
about why breast health is so
important – maybe the most important
thing in your life. |
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4:15 PM,
Sept.08 2009 |
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www.wydaily.com |
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Good to
Know: Bunko for Beyond Boobs!
Saturday night, February 28. Women
dressed to the nines, yummy food, a
bar and dice. Somehow, this will end
up fighting cancer and educating
ladies about breast health. |
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6:30 AM,
Feb. 24 2009 |
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www.dailypress.com |
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Warrior
princesses a year-round inspiration
The
picture of the beautiful, bald
warrior princess shouldering a
broadsword tells you this isn't just
any calendar.
In fact, it isn't just any calendar,
even without the cool bald chick.
This is a "calendar to live by" —
intended to inform and inspire women
to take charge and save themselves
from an insidious disease. |
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2:15 PM,
Dec. 18 2008 |
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WVEC
12-08-08 A Calendar to Live By
Airing!! |
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5:30 PM
news coverage |
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2:15 PM,
Dec. 18 2008 |
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www.toano-norgetimes.com |
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Pink
carpet event - an event to remember |
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View photo collage |
10:07 AM,
Nov. 19 2008 |
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www.wydaily.com |
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Good to
Know: The Fairy Who Wants to Talk
About Your Boobs |
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She
arrives dressed in her professional
attire – she is, after all, a lawyer
– but as her public talk progresses,
she strips her suit off to reveal
the frilly fairy suit underneath,
wand, fairy dust, and all!
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10:15 AM,
Nov. 04 2008 |
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Marketwatch.com |
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A Pink
Hummer, Pink Carpet and 12 Women on
a Mission |
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They'll
be arriving in a hot pink Hummer,
strolling out onto a hot pink carpet
and escorted by a colorful Good
Health Fairy -- all to kick-off the
2nd annual Pink Carpet Event
premiering the "2009 A Calendar to
Live By."
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9:08 AM,
Oct. 21 2008 |
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Healthy Living - dailypress |
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Breast
cancer changes their lives but not
their strength and courage.
Read the entire article |
9:08 AM,
Oct. 21 2008 |
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Everydayhealth.com |
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Breast Cancer Self-Exams: Are They
Necessary?
Breast cancer self-exams have been
the subject of some debate, but
experts say they're still an
important part of early detection
When Wendy Owens found a lump in
her breast one morning, she knew it
was breast cancer. The 41-year-old
wife and mother from Lanexa,
Virginia, says: "I had never felt
anything like that before. It was
just like a frozen pea." Owens next
asked her husband for his opinion.
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10:00 AM,
Oct. 06 2008 |
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SunSentinel.com
Boynton Beach woman poses
with daughter for breast cancer
calendar |
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During the holiday season of 2005,
Boynton Beach resident Martha Clark
went to Virginia to visit her
daughter Brenda Moore.
"She had a routine check up with a
doctor and they thought they found a
lump in her breast," Clark said. "By
January this was confirmed as breast
cancer."
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1:50 PM,
May 8 2008 |
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South
Florida Times
‘Calendar girl’ raises money for
breast cancer awareness |
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BOYNTON BEACH – Martha Clarke, 60
spends every Christmas with her
daughter. That’s how they always did
it, either she went up to Virginia
to visit or her daughter, Brenda
Moore, came down to Boynton Beach
with her husband and three kids.
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10:56 AM, April 29 2008 |
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Survivors' Mission Is To Alert
Younger Women To Breast Cancer
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Nineteen months ago on her son's
birthday, a day that should have
been filled with chocolate cake and
Twister games, Mary Beth Gibson
received news that changed her life
forever. Doctors had confirmed her
worst fear — breast cancer. She was
only 41.
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6:30 AM, Feb.08 2008 |
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As
seen in Hampton Roads Magazine
Calendar Girls |
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The
brave women of Beyond Boobs! have
found an inspiring way to help fight
breast cancer. -
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7:54 PM, Jan. 17 2008 |
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The Group 'Beyond Boobs!' Dispels
Fear and Saves Lives |
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In
May 2006, the day of her 6-year-old
son's birthday, Mary Beth Gibson '86
was diagnosed with breast cancer,
and subsequently had to undergo
eight chemotherapy sessions, a
double mastectomy and 36 radiation
treatments.
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4:05 PM, Jan. 5 2008 |
Calendar brings life-saving message
BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS SERVE AS
MODELS |
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Breast cancer has been a part of
Mary Beth Gibson’s family for three
generations, and now she is hoping
to spread awareness about the cancer
to young women through a calendar
created by her support group Beyond
Boobs!
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4:05 PM, Jan. 5 2008 |
Not typical calendar girls
Women who are breast cancer
survivors sell their month-by-month
guide to raise money for programs.
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4:05 PM, Jan. 5 2008 |
Pat
Daly is the May model in "A Calendar
to Live By," but she's there by
being "in the club that no one wants
to join."
Diagnosed with breast cancer in
February, she has had chemotherapy,
a mastectomy and radiation.
Reconstruction and another
mastectomy are planned for the
spring.
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Young breast cancer survivors create
helpful calendar
Their `Beyond Boobs' campaign is
aimed at educating young women.
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5:58 PM, Dec. 7 2007 |
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Young
women DO get breast cancer" is the
main decree espoused by a group of
young survivors in Virginia called
Beyond Boobs who have become
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BUSINESS WIRE - 11.29.07 :
Inspirational Stories, Breast Health
Tips and Calendar Offered by Young
Breast Cancer Survivors dubbed
Beyond Boobs |
5:50 AM, NOV. 30,
2007 |
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Young
women DO get breast cancer’ is the
main decree espoused by a group of
young survivors in Virginia called
Beyond Boobs who have become
passionate breast health advocates
offering women hope, inspiration and
information that can save lives.
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Novemeber 2007 - "Williamsburg Next
Door Neighbor" Magazine |
2:26 PM, Oct 14 2007 |
Rene
Bowditch and "A Calendar to Live By"
featured in "Next Door Neighbor"
Magazine
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Women Like You & Me Magazine -
October/November 2007 Issue |
3:01 PM, Oct 14 2007 |
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"A
Calendar to Live By" is a featured
cover story!
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Beyond Boobs! is featured in The
Cancer Crusade Monthly Newsletter -
October 2007 |
4:02 PM, Oct 06 2007 |
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Beyond Boobs! featured in October
2007 Williamsburg Health Journal |
8:18 PM, Oct 05 2007 |
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Boston Globe - 08/05/07 - Thousands
hit road for cancer funds |
8:18 PM, Oct 05 2007 |
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28th
annual charity ride aims to raise
$27m.
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Daily Press Featured Article -
Sunday, September 16, 2007 |
4:03 PM, Oct 06 2007 |
A new kind of support
- A nonprofit group helps young
breast cancer survivors
connect — and teaches that the
disease has no age limits....
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Calendar Launch Party - October 25 |
4:39 PM, Oct 06 2007 |
On
October 25th, Beyond Boobs! will be
throwing a party to celebrate the
launch
of "A Calendar to Live By".....
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Beyond Boobs! featured in The
Virginia Gazette - August 26, 2007 |
2:27 PM, Oct 14 2007 |
Every
day, cancer awareness -
by Ann Efimetz
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"Buy a Day" Cutoff is almost here! |
8:18 PM, Oct 05 2007 |
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