Join Award-Winning Team Sharsheret At NYC Breast Cancer Race
| Contact: | Elana Silber, Director of Operations Telephone: (866) 474-2774 E-Mail:[email protected] |
Join Award-Winning Team Sharsheret At NYC Breast Cancer Race
Teaneck, New Jersey (August 5, 2009) – Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization supporting Jewish women facing breast cancer, will join thousands in New York City’s Central Park to participate in the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure, Sunday, September 13th. Last year, more than 700 women, men, and children joined Sharsheret making Team Sharsheret the largest team at the Race, for the third consecutive year!
Each year, as goodwill partners in the fight against breast cancer, dozens of companies and families support Sharsheret’s breast cancer programs with generous Team sponsorships. “Sharsheret is thriving because of the continued dedication and commitment of so many strong supporters, both locally and nationally,” said Director of Operations Elana Silber. “We are deeply appreciative for all the Team members and Team sponsors who come out in full force on Race Day and enable us to provide vital support every day to all Jewish women and families facing breast cancer.”
Join Team Sharsheret NYC today and help build an award-winning Team for the 4th time! Visit www.komennyc.org and register to join Team Sharsheret. Team Sharsheret will meet on Sunday, September 13th at 8:30 a.m. on the northeast corner of 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City. To order Team Sharsheret’s exclusive yellow t-shirts and tank tops, visit www.sharsheret.blogspot.com. For more information, please contact Project Manager Ellen Kleinhaus at [email protected].
This year’s proud sponsors include:
Team Benefactor
NYU Goes Beyond BRCA
Team Guardians
Med-Pat, Inc.
Schachter & Greenberg Families
Team Sponsors
Campmor Inc.
EMCO Plumbing
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Geller & Company LLC
Lucille Roberts
Propane Power Corporation
The Rocking Chair, A Women’s Wellness Center
Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women,
Beren Campus Student Councils SCWSC, TAC,
SSSBSC
Team Supporters
Debbie and Michael Blumenthal
Design by Flora
Fish of the C’s
Friends and Family of Sondra Goldman
Glatt Express
JH Darbie & Co.
Kushner Companies
Lisa Altman Foundation
Magen David Yeshivah High School
Michael Strauss Silversmiths
Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services
Robin Taback Music Memorial Fund
SAR High School
Supersol Kosher Supermarkets
The Sixteenth Street Synagogue
Women’s League of Conservative Judaism
Team Patrons
Abeles and Heymann
Best Glatt Kosher
Chopstix USA
Cohen & Randall, Esqs
Dougie’s BBQ Teaneck
EJ’s Place
Friends and Family of Sema Heller
GT Dawnbrite and The Teigman Family
Handle With Care Cleaners
Lillian Lee Salon
Maadan
Ma’ayanot Yeshiva HS for Girls
Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School
Robert H. Schaffer & Associates
Team Lev Libba
Teaneck Dentist
Teaneck Speech and Language Center
The Frisch School
Torah Academy of Bergen County
Tova and Howard Weiser
Upper Class Hats
About Sharsheret
Since the organization’s founding in 2001, Sharsheret has received more than 15,000 phone calls from those affected by breast cancer, health care professionals, women’s organizations, Jewish organizations, and others interested in learning more about the important services Sharsheret provides nationwide. In response to the needs of young Jewish women facing breast cancer Sharsheret has developed the following programs:
The Link Program
• Peer Support Network, connecting women newly diagnosed or at high risk of developing breast cancer with others who share similar diagnoses and experiences;
• Embrace, supporting women living with advanced breast cancer;
• Empower, addressing the concerns of women without partners facing breast cancer;
• Genetics for Life, focusing on hereditary breast cancer;
• Family Focus, answering questions of caregivers and family members.
Education and Outreach Programs
• Health Care Symposia on issues unique to younger women facing breast cancer;
• Sharsheret Supports, a national model for local support groups;
• Sharsheret on Campus, outreach to high school and college students;
• Facing Breast Cancer as a Jewish Woman educational resource booklet series;
• National Volunteer Program with representatives across the country.
Quality of Life Programs
• Busy Box, for young parents facing breast cancer;
• Best Face Forward to address the cosmetic side effects of treatment.