The 2012 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey

The 2012 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey
May 24, 2012
UMDNJ-RWJMS, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway

Public Forum
Room 010
The Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Kids and Cancer: The Obesity Connection

10:30 am – 10:45 am Welcome & Introduction
Peter Gillies, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

10:45 am- 11:30 am Keynote Address
Nutritional Preemption: Myths and Misconceptions as They Relate to Obesity and Cancer
John A. Milner, Ph.D.
Chief Nutritional Science Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute

11:30 am- 12: 10 pm Expert Perspectives
Childhood Obesity and Timing of Puberty: Implications for Future Health

Elisa V. Bandera, MD, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Medical School
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Dietary Macronutrients and Their Influence on Appetite and Weight Control

Tracy G. Anthony, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ

Does Vitamin E Prevent or Promote Cancer?
Chung S. Yang, Ph.D.
Professor II and John L. Colaizzi Chair in Pharmacy Department of Chemical Biology Director, Center for Cancer Prevention Research Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

12:10 pm – 12:30 pm Questions and Answers as moderated by:
Michael A. Gallo, Ph.D.
Professor
Fellow Academy of Toxicological Sciences
Toxicology Division
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

12:30 pm Lunch
Program Sponsors
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute

To Register Visit: www.njcancerretreat.org
Please indicate if you are attending only the Public Forum by checking the appropriate box at the top of the page.

Ocean County Cancer Coalition Presents: Surviving the Cancer Challenge….Body, Mind & Spirit

Please download the flyer here

Ocean County Cancer Coalition Presents:

Surviving the Cancer Challenge….Body, Mind & Spirit

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

5:30 – 8:00pm

Quality Inn, 815 Route 37W

Toms River, NJ

FREE Dinner Program

But registration is required

Please call by April 28, 2012

732-557-2626

Join WOBM’s Shawn and Sue for a special evening, which will provide information, support, and fellowship to cancer survivors and co-survivors.

- Speakers include cancer survivors and health professionals.

- Find out how nutrition, relaxation, exercise, and guided imagery can benefit your body, mind, and spirit.

- Attendees will learn what they can do to help themselves during this challenging time.

 

Lakewood BlueClaws LIVESTRONG Theme/Awareness Night FLYER

THANK YOU!        THANK YOU!        THANK YOU!

On behalf of the Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG Leaders (Sal, Tom and Ron) I want to say THANK YOU to the Lakewood BlueClaws for helping us arrange this event and allowing us to raise awareness about LIVESTRONG and their free navigation services, support and additional resources. The BlueClaws management surprised us with getting us in on a Sunday night which has to be one of the best nights of the week.

There is also great news about having this on Sunday July 29th 5:05PM. Sundays are Kids Days at FirstEnergy Park with special activities all day long for children here at the ballpark. First, Sundays are Kids Character Sundays, thanks to Monmouth Park. We’ll bring out a special children’s character to the game for pictures on the concourse. This year, Kids Eat Free on Sundays, thanks to ShopRite. Like Monday, children will receive a voucher for a hot dog, bag of chips, and a soda upon entering the gates. After the game, Kids Run the Bases, thanks to TD Bank. We invite all the children onto the field after the game to run the bases the BlueClaws players ran just minutes before.

Come see Central Regional High School class of 1995 grad and cancer survivor Chris Barulic throw out the first pitch to start the game and honor all survivors and those we have lost to cancer.

The response to purchasing tickets has been amazing to the Lakewood BlueClaws LIVESTRONG Theme/Awareness Night Sunday, July 29 5:05PM.  I  will pick up the tickets Monday and we will start delivering them to everyone mid-week.  Please get your orders to me or Kristy as they are selling fast.  In less than 24hrs we have 165 tickets reserved for delivery next week.  Let’s keep it going!  Tickets cost $10 ($3 of this goes directly to LIVESTRONG)!

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT TICKETS:  Ticket must be purchased from Brian and Kristy Dowd in order for the $3 to go to LIVESTRONG so please contact us on facebook, email or call us.  All our contact information is on the promotional FLYER.  Please share the information with your friends, family, students, coworkers, etc.  We have 250 tickets (all in the same section) to sell and at this early pace it looks like we will need more.

Help us raise awareness about this game by downloading our promotional FLYER (direct link:  http://jerseyshorearea4livestrong.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/lakewood-blueclaws-livestrong-awareness-flyer2.pdf) and putting it up in locations you think might help raise awareness.  Also please share it via your social networking sites.

It will be an amazing night to watch the Lakewood BlueClaws, raise awareness about LIVESTRONG and have some family fun. Just remember to WEAR YELLOW to the game.  Our goal is to create a sea of YELLOW the night of the game.  The first 750 people to walk through the gates will get a FREE LIVESTRONG wristband.

Please visit this event on Facebook

THANK YOU ALL!  LIVESTRONG!

Brian Dowd

Cancer Survivor

Senior LIVESTRONG Leader

Region 1 NJ, CT & RI

(732)773-8272

jerseyshorearea4livestrong@comcast.net

The LIVESTRONG Care Plan powered by Penn Medicine’s OncoLink

 

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Read more The LIVESTRONG Care Plan powered by Penn Medicine’s OncoLink.

Believe Level Sponsorship: RAMTOWN FLOORS by Design Inc.

We want to say THANK YOU to RAMTOWN FLOORS by Design Inc. for sponsoring Team Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG.  They signed up for our BELIEVE sponsorship and support LIVESTRONG and their mission to help people affected by cancer.

The sponsorship of Team Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG with help LIVESTRONG provide free patient navigation services to survivors with financial, emotional and practical challenges that accompany the disease.  Since its inception in 1997, the Foundation has raised nearly $500 million for the fight against cancer. For more information, visit LIVESTRONG.org.

Please visit their website to learn more http://ramtownfloors.com/

Thank you to RAMTOWN FLOORS by Design Inc. for their sponsorship of Team Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG!

EVENT: Sunday July 29th 5:05PM LIVESTRONG Theme night with the Lakewood BlueClaws

Facebook Event Page:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/212169048893194/

WHO:  The Lakewood BlueClaws and Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG

WHEN: Sunday, July 29 2012 at 5:05PM

WHERE: First Energy Park – Lakewood, NJ

TICKET PRICE:  $10 each ($3 of this price goes directly to LIVESTRONG)

WHAT: LIVESTRONG Theme Night – WEAR-YELLOW TO THE GAME – Let’s create a sea of YELLOW to support LIVESTRONG and CHEER on the Lakewood BlueClaws vs. West Virginia Power.

–>THE FIRST 750 PEOPLE IN THE GATES GET A FREE LIVESTRONG WRISTBAND

–>Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG will have an informational and awareness table in the concourse and we will have numerous volunteers through the concourse to help any any questions you might have about LIVESTRONG

–>  The following is brought to you by the Lakewood BlueClaws and their partners.

1.) Sundays are Kids Character Sundays, thanks to Monmouth Park. We’ll bring out a special children’s character to the game for pictures on the concourse.

2.) Kids Eat Free on Sundays, thanks to ShopRite. Like Monday, children will receive a voucher for a hot dog, bag of chips, and a soda upon entering the gates.

3.) After the game, Kids Run the Bases, thanks to TD Bank. We invite all the children onto the field after the game to run the bases the BlueClaws players ran just minutes before.

CONTACT BRIAN DOWD to PURCHASE TICKETS or QUESTIONS:  Any questions about this event please message Brian P. Dowd via email jerseyshorearea4livestrong@comcast.net  or via Facebook.

Thank you and LIVESTRONG!

2012 LIVESTRONG Assembly Summary & Jersey Shore Area LIVESTRONG Projects

As most of you already know or have seen the pictures on my facebook page I recently represented the great state of New Jersey and Region 1 (NJ, CT & RI) as a Senior LIVESTRONG Leader at the annual LIVESTRONG Assembly in Austin, Texas. 

The 200 LIVESTRONG Leaders from 26 countries are highly engaged constituents identified by the Lance Armstrong Foundation to be representatives within their communities, where they support and promote the Foundation’s mission to serve people affected by cancer and empower communities to take action against the world’s leading cause of death. 

During the Assembly, we were trained and educated on the goals and priorities of the Foundation and learned our role in supporting the organization’s mission here at home. We were also able to meet and share best practices with other LIVESTRONG partners who run programs in cities across the nation and around the world. 

I was given the opportunity to sit on a panel and discuss how I work with our community organizations and hospitals to ensure they have the material and information about LIVESTRONG free One-on-One support, Navigation services and programs.  It was a great experience to share my successes and challenges over the years and I received great feedback afterwards.  It is a great feeling knowing you were able to help others.

Upon returning home, I have recently joined the New Jersey DHSS – Office of Cancer Control and Prevention work group on Advocacy and participated in my first meeting with them this week.  Focus of this group is Advocating in NJ for specific bills, awareness, etc.  I can see there will be a lot to learn and a lot I can offer.

I have also started to work with Camp Kesem UPENN.  Camp Kesem UPENN is a student-run summer camp for children who have or had a parent with cancer and they are a LIVESTRONG Partner Program.  I will be assisting them with raising awareness about the camp, fundraising and visiting the camp in August.  I am also in discussions about joining the Camp Kesem UPENN Advisory Board.

On the awareness front I am working with the Lakewood BlueClaws to hold a LIVESTRONG Theme night in late July.  I met with their Director of Special Events this week and we all agree we can do a theme night.  Now we need to select a date and do the planning.  This gives us an opportunity to reach between 7000-8000 people and let them know about LIVESTRONG and their free services.

In the area of fundraising I focus my effort on my participation in the LIVESTRONG Challenge Philly August 18-19.  Currently I have raised over $2,600 and my goal it to raise $10,000.  I formed a team called Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG and I am working with other NJ LIVESTRONG Leaders to try and raise $20,000.

All of us in attendance made new connections that we will build up over the next few weeks and months to help make a difference in our communities.  I plan to continue to advocate and fundraise on behalf of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, as well as educate the residents of New Jersey about the Foundation’s many free resources and programs that help improve the lives of people affected by cancer. 

LIVESTRONG! 

Brian Dowd

 

Websites:

LIVESTRONG:  http://www.livestrong.org

Jersey Shore Area for LIVESTRONG: http://jerseyshorearea4livestrong.wordpress.com/fundraising/

New Jersey DHSS – Office of Cancer Control and Prevention:  http://www.nj.gov/health/ccp/

Camp Kesem UPENN:  http://www.campkesem.org/upenn

Lakewood BlueClaws: http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t427

LIVESTRONG Manifesto

We believe in life. Your life. We believe in living every minute of it with every ounce of your being. And that you must not let cancer take control of it. We believe in energy: channeled and fierce. We believe in focus: getting smart and living strong. Unity is strength. Knowledge is power. Attitude is everything. This is LIVESTRONG.

We kick in the moment you’re diagnosed. We help you accept the tears. Acknowledge the rage. We believe in your right to live without pain. We believe in information. Not pity. And in straight, open talk about cancer. With husbands, wives and partners. With kids, friends and neighbors. Your healthcare team. And the people you live with, work with, cry and laugh with. This is no time to pull punches. You’re in the fight of your life.

We’re about the hard stuff. Like finding the nerve to ask for a second opinion. And a third, or a fourth, if that’s what it takes. We’re about preventing cancer. Finding it early. Getting smart about clinical trials. And if it comes to it, being in control of how your life ends. It’s your life. You will have it your way.

We’re about the practical stuff. Planning for surviving. Banking your sperm. Preserving your fertility. Organizing your finances. Dealing with hospitals, specialists, insurance companies and employers. It’s knowing your rights. It’s your life. Take no prisoners.

We’re about the fight. We’re your advocate before policymakers. Your champion within the healthcare system. Your sponsor in the research labs. And we know the fight never ends. Cancer may leave your body, but it never leaves your life.

This is LIVESTRONG. Founded and inspired by Lance Armstrong, one of the toughest cancer survivors on the planet.

2012 LIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation Class Schedule via Livestreaming video

The 2012 LIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation class schedule has been announced and we are looking forward to having people show up at the Center in Austin and now online via Livestreaming video. Viewers can watch online along with the Austin participants and ask questions via chat feature. Take a look at the schedule and class description below and RSVP in person by emailing cancer.navigation@livestrong.org, by phone 512-220-7777 or RSVP to attend online by visiting LIVESTRONGHQ’s Livestream page. Hope to see you at the center or online in 2012.

LIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation English Class Listing:
Please note that Livestream shows class times as EST. In-person classes are 6:30-8pm CST.
3/22/2012 Cancer Survivorship 101
4/26/2012 Financial and Access to Care Challenges for the Cancer Survivor
5/24/2012 Emotional Support 101
6/28/2012 Parenting with Cancer
7/26/2012 Cancer and Relationships
8/23/2012 Cancer and Nutrition
10/25/2012 Adolescent and Young Adult Issues

LIVESTRONG Awarded 4 Star Rating by Charity Navigator

“America’s Leading Independent Charity Evaluator Awards Lance Armstrong Foundation Its Highest Honor”

Please take a minute to read this article.  http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/-1627634.htm

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