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The Arkansas Ovarian Cancer Coalition is excited to announce that we will now have Ovarian Cancer Survivor Kits available to recently diagnosed patients. If you are recently diagnosed, know someone who was or are a physician’s office that would liketo have some one hand to distribute, please contact Alesa Garner with St. Vincent New Outlook at agarner@stvincenthealth.com or Kay Bumgardner at kay@arkansasovariancancer.org
Items will include:
Teal Ribbon Pin
Teal ribbon Magnet “No One Fights Alone”
List of Web sites and support groups
Notebook/Journal provided by the Arkasnas Cancer Coalition
Booklet from Wellness Community Medicine, Mind, and Body
AROVCC brochure, New Outlook brochure
NOCC and Dr. Oz join together to break the silence of ovarian cancer. You can download a symptom guide and tracker here – they have neat visual descriptions to help guide you. This can also be found on their website www.ovarian.org
A little about Carrie Bumgardner. Carrie is an attorney at Hyden, Miron & Foster, PLLC - a law firm with offices in Little Rock, Conway and Hot Springs Village specializing in business, tax, and estate planning. She enjoys reading and traveling, but really LOVES spending time with her family…. eight neices and nephews fill her with a lot of love and joy. She lives in Benton, with her “pet child.” Her favorite food is Mexican, she “could eat it any day of the week, authentic or tex-mex, I have no preference.” Below is an introductory letter for our supporters to see Carrie & the Boards vision for 2012.
First, I want to thank you for entrusting me with the future of this great organization. More importantly, I want to thank you for being a supporter and friend of the Arkansas Ovarian Cancer Coalition. Without you, we would not be where we are today. I encourage you to get involved in 2012. There are many opportunities for volunteers – from active leaders to someone who only has time to help out an hour a month.
When the Board of Directors met to discuss the future of AROVCC, we implemented a growth plan. We have several great ideas and opportunities for educating Arkansans about ovarian cancer, but along with increased activity comes increased financial burden. Therefore, we started thinking of “out of the box” ideas for raising money and increasing awareness. We also made some hard decisions regarding past events. I hope what you will find is a new and improved organization that is striving to change the face of ovarian cancer.
Regarding our past events, in 2012 we will say goodbye to the Survivor’s Luncheon. We are eternally grateful to Governor Beebe and First Lady Ginger for opening their home to us and sharing their experience with ovarian cancer. However, it is time to increase survivor connections and create a community of survivors who are helping each other cope, recuperate and thrive. Our first Survivor event will be a picnic during and/or after Hope Hike. We need volunteers to help organize and carry out this event.
We will still host an awareness rally, just not at the capital. Instead we will “Rally at the River.” We propose to have a massive teal balloon release in downtown Little Rock followed by a gathering for survivors and supporters. We need volunteers to help organize and carry out this event.
We will continue to host Artists for Ovaries, but we will implement new guidelines for submitting artwork. We will look at different avenues for increasing attendance and revenue at the auction. We need volunteers to help organize and carry out this event.
We also have several other opportunities for volunteering in 2012:
· Survivor Kits: We want everyone who is diagnosed with ovarian cancer to have access to the resources they need. We are partnering with St. Vincent’s New Outlook to create and distribute Survivor Kits. We need a few volunteers to take an hour or two at least every quarter to put these kits together.
· Turn Arkansas Teal: I have a dream of seeing teal everywhere I turn during the month of September. The first step in achieving this dream is placing teal “piggy banks” in local stores and restaurants during the month of September for people to donate their spare change. I encourage you to begin planning now for the number of banks you want and asking for permission for leaving them. You will be responsible for gathering the money too. Not only do we need people in September to pass out the piggy banks and gather the money, we need at least two people working on this project now to ensure that this event runs smoothly.
· Riverfest: This one of the state’s largest community events and the perfect opportunity for us to reach thousands of women! We need two people to begin looking into different avenues of being involved in this event.
· Health Fairs: As in the past, we need volunteers to pass out literature and answer a few basic questions at different health fairs throughout the year. You can sit for an hour or a whole day. The choice is yours. We are currently scheduling volunteers for Tuesday, March 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Little Rock.
· Bookmarks: These mini-brochures have a great potential of reaching thousands of people. We already have someone in charge of placing bookmarks in the Central Arkansas Library System and Saline County libraries, but we need volunteers for other libraries. If you live in a different area, we would love for you to deliver some bookmarks to your local public library.
· Educational Brochures: I want to encourage you to commit to supplying your doctor (whether a general practitioner, a GYN, or your dentist) with our Educational Brochures. We will supply you with the brochures and display rack, you just need to go by the office once a month and replace the brochures.
I am positive I left something off the list, but as you can see we have a very full year planned! If you would like to participate in any of the events, please e-mail me at cebumgardner@yahoo.com. The truth of the matter is we need you to reach thousands of Arkansans in 2012. I look forward to working with each of you.
Teal There’s A Cure,
Carrie
P.S. A big thank you to Amy Lasseigne, our first Past Executive Director/Chairman. Amy’s vision and desire to change the face of ovarian cancer has truly inspired me and gave me hope during my battle with ovarian cancer. I have some pretty big shoes to fill!
hosted by the River Valley Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
Take. Early. Action & Live.
Raising awareness & promoting education about ovarian cancer
April 30, 2010 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be served
First United Methodist Church, Family Life Center
200 North 15th Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas | 479-782-5068
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Timothy O’Brien, M.D., Stage 1 Diagnostics, Little Rock
Keri Tullos, Ovarian Cancer Survivor, Little Rock
Entertainment: Ruth Anne Price, OC Survivor & Hollye Dickinson, Harpist
No cost, but reservations are required by April 27, 2010.
Email reservations to Blance West at rivervalleyar@ovarian.org
Education is key.
We have come across a very useful tool provided by the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (ONCA), the Ovarian Cancer Symptoms & Guidance Diary. This pdf is a great tool that you can use to find answers to concerns you may have regarding symptoms that you or someone you know may be experiencing and may be evidence of ovarian cancer. Please keep in mind that this is all based on expert opinion and OCNA will consistently update it as new information is available. AROVCC would like to encourage you to download this pdf from their site and pass it on to anyone you feel may find it useful.
OCNA is a partner organization to the Arkansas Ovarian Cancer Coalition (AROVCC) and focuses on education and lobbying for ovarian cancer research funds. They advocate on a national level for funding on a national level for research and development of an early detection test, improved health practices and life-saving treatment protocols. You can find a link to their website on our left hand column.
The AROVCC will be attending “Linking the Community to Health Services” healthfair this Saturday. We would love to see you there, or for you to send friends and family to stop by and get information on ovarian cancer.
The collaboration of the faith community with several health organizations raise awareness in the African-American community. First Baptist Church will collaborate with Arkansas Cancer Coalition, BreastCare, American Cancer Society and American Heart Association for this years’ event. Education, physical activity and preventive screenings will be the focus.
“Linking the Community to Health Services” healthfair will take place at First Baptist Church in North Little Rock on Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 10:30 – 2:00 p.m. First Baptist Church is located at 811 Scipio Jones Drive in North Little Rock and William L. Robinson is the pastor.
It is here!!
Everyone with the AROVCC is just ecstatic about this milestone. We have written and produced, with the help of a small army, our very own ovarian cancer educational brochure. It is a dream for several of us to watch this come to fruition. It is our goal to get this brochure in the hand of every woman in Arkansas. We hope that you will take ownership of this and help us reach this goal. If you would like us to send you printed copies to distribute, please email us arovcc@gmail.com
Please go to our signs/symptoms page to download a copy of the brochure. Please share this with others or keep it to have on hand when you have questions.
We would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Alexander Burnett with the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute & Dr. Timothy O’Brien with UAMS Bioventures for their contributions to this brochure.
We have received official notification that the AROVCC was awarded a $1,000 printing grant from Allegra Printing through their Allegra Print & Imaging FootPRINT Fund!! Very exciting stuff. Every year, Allegra awards up to twenty grants. This will be a huge help with printing our new educational brochure. Thank you to everyone at Allegra Printing for recognizing our need!!
You may view their website to see a list of other recipients as well. According to their website:
“Our business focuses its charitable energy and resources on philanthropic partnerships with non-profit organizations through donation of products, contributions of funds, and volunteer hours.
Allegra Print & Imaging partners with organizations that share our passion for making a difference. We believe these partnerships make a positive impact on the lives of our neighbors, our communities, and our society.
At Allegra Print & Imaging, they are Making a Difference in Our Community one step at a time through our grant program – The Allegra Print & Imaging FootPRINT Fund for non-profit friends.”
The AROVCC Board members and committee members have been very busy preparing for a wonderful new year. A few things that have been lined up include:
- Printing of our own ovarian educational brochure
- Distribution of the brochure to all Arkansas Area Health Education Centers and Arkansas Department of Health OB/Gyn offices. (AHEC’s are the primary educational outreach effort of UAMS and the principal means of decentralizing medical and other health professions education throughout the state)
- Preparation and planning for our 4th Annual Awareness Rally, 3rd Annual Survivors Luncheon (August 31) and 2nd Annual Artists for Ovaries (Sept 24).
Most recently we have had the opportunity to participate in Lilly’s Dim Sum Then Some ”One Day, One Community” – One Monday night a month, they feature a local charity and give 15% of their proceeds of the day to the featured group. Thank you all to everyone that came out and supported the AROVCC!!
We are so proud and honored to say that the first annual Artist For Ovaries was a wonderful success. Thank you to all of the outstanding local artists that generously donated their works of art for our cause! We could not have done it without them. Also a huge thank you to our bidders! With over 175 people in attendance we were in awe with the wonderful turn out.
How successful were we? (I thought you would never ask 
)
The AROVCC was able to raise over $8,000!!!!
We could not be more excited! Here is a list of all of the submitting artists:
Shirley Anderson, Selma Blackburn, Sharon Bokamper, John Bridges, Cathy Broom, Jason Burt, Courtney Burton, Sheila Castin, Christina Clark, Sissy Clinton, Erin Dees, Virmarie DePoyster, Richard DeSpain, Carolyn Ford, Elizabeth Foster, B. Jeannie Fry, Aaron Gibbons, Endia Gomez, Sara Green, Jordan Lynn Gribble, Pamma Henderson, Lori Heller, Karlyn Holloway, Ruby Hoofman, Barbara Lasley, Amy Lasseigne, Melissa Master, GeorgeAnn McIlvene , Marcy Mercer, Jill Cavet Miller, Terri Milligan, Sandra Newberg, Amy Peeples, arry Pennington, Pepper Pepper, LeAnn Perkins, Betsy Ridout, Lila Rostenberg, Mary Ryan, Susan M. Santa Cruz, DeAnn Shields-Marley, Tracy Simpson, Marty Smith, Alese Stroud, Meagan Uekman, Kelly VanHook, Angela VanZandt, Melissa Vogelpohl, Maria Walker, Peggy Wenger, Laura Woodall
We would also like to thank the Courtyard Marriott Downtown for thier wonderful hospitality. If you have an opportunity to refer someone to a local hotel, please remember their support to our cause.
On behalf of all of our committee members, we can not thank everyone enough that turned out to support the arts and our cause. We look forward to another successful year next year!
