Support group for young moms with breast cancer
More than 11,100 U.S. women younger than 40 will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. More than 1,100 will die.
Not trying to depress you, but trying to illustrate the need for young women to take the risk of breast cancer seriously. Don’t ignore a lump or other irregularity in your breast because you think you are too young for breast cancer.
My column in today’s Accent section of the Savannah Morning News is about the journey of a Wilmington Island woman diagnosed at 37, when her daughters were 7 and 4. Read the column here. She went on to form a local support group through the Young Survival Coalition for other young women facing breast cancer.
Learn more about the support group, which meets once a month on a Sunday (to accommodate working women), by attending the Pink Tea “Celebration of Life” , Sun., Sept. 7, 2-4 pm @ the Wilmington Island Club, 501 Wilmington Island Road. Tickets are $5 per person and must be purchased in advance. Purchase tickets by clicking here or call Susan Richardson at 912.897.3933 or srisland@aol.com.
Ladies of all ages are encouraged to attend and there will even be activities for young girls if you would like to include your daughters.
Tickets can also be purchased at the following spots:
Transformation Station, Nancy N and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 912.819.8386
The Misty Marsh Shoppe,
Merle
Colonial Quilts, 11710-A