Welcome to the Arkansas Ovarian Cancer Coalition!

2010 AROVCC Educational Brochure

alasseigne — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:04:58 +0000

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.

Thank you Allegra Printing!

alasseigne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:53:32 +0000

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.”

Preparing for 2010

alasseigne — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:53:33 +0000

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!!

Have you seen your picture recently?

alasseigne — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:39 +0000

Our first annual fundraiser, Artist For Ovaries, was a great success. (see post below) This event was covered by a few local publications.

- There are a lot of great shots in the September 30th issue of Sync magazine and several shot online.

- Check out the October issue of Soiree for a few pictures of the luncheon (pg 80)

- We have had outstanding support from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette High Profile section this year. (Please write to Rachel Chaney, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR 72203 – expressing your gratitude to her. )

Artist For Ovaries – HUGE success

alasseigne — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:52:41 +0000

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!

Online Donations!

alasseigne — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:09:59 +0000

We are now accepting online donations by way of Paypal!

Please check out our new tab button above labeled “Donate” to take you to Paypal’s website.

We hope this makes the process of donating easier for everyone. If you would prefer to pay by way of cash or check. You can email arovcc@gmail.com.

AROVCC exceeds goals!

alasseigne — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:41:41 +0000

Our Awareness Rally and Survivor’s Luncheon was a great success!!

We had over 150 women (and men) in attendance at the Survivor’s Luncheon. Our response from survivors, supporters and even those there honoring the beautiful women we have lost was a true blessing. The Coalition would like to thank everyone for their support. We are making wonderful strides because of you!

Because of the outstanding participation, we have been able to raise enough money to help with Artist For Ovaries AND a new venture for us… Girls Night Out.

(Girls Night Out is a local event sponsored by several local radio stations. “A night of fun with the girls. Event offers shopping, food samples, Free gift bags to the first 1,000 women, prizes every 30 minutes, purse exchange, cooking demonstrations, dance demonstrations, free massages, and live music featuring Safety Suit and Jesse James.” For this event we are going to insert information about the signs & symptoms of ovarian cancer and about our upcoming events in the Free Gift bags being distributed. This allows us the opportunity to possibly reach over 1,000 women in one setting!!!

We have been very fortunate to receive increased publicity about our group; therefore, about the signs & symptoms of ovarian cancer. These opportunities have allowed us to help individuals seeking advice about their signs & symptoms, knowing that we have helped to possibly save a life. They have also allowed us to gain several new volunteers. (We are always looking for energetic positive people ready to work.)

Come back for a slide show of the Luncheon and Rally!

Join us at Artists for Ovaries!! It will be a blast!

2009 AROVCC T-Shirts

alasseigne — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:37:00 +0000

2009 Rally T-Shirt | $10

Fight Like A Girl t-shirt | $15

If you are certain you would like to order a shirt, please email us so we can put one on reserve for you.

They will be on a first come first serve basis, so quantities are limited. (Especially regarding the “Fight” t-shirt)

The Rally shirt is a generic white cotton pre-shrunk t-shirt & the “Fight” t-shirt is a women’s loosely fitted Tee. If you prefer it not to “hug” your body, you may want to order one size up.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SOLD OUT OF “FIGHT” SHIRTS.

YOU MAY PRE-ORDER BY EMAILING arovcc@gmail.com by September 30th

XL & XXL shirts are $17, if shipping is required a $2 fee will be applied.

Artists for Ovaries Entry Form

alasseigne — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:06:59 +0000

UPDATE: Entry is currently closed. Please join us at the event & bid on all of the wonderful pieces we have received!

If you are an an artist interested in submitting a piece of artwork to be auctioned off at our silent auction. Please download & fill out this form, then you can email it back or mail it in! Thank you so much for your participation!!

Artists for Ovaries Entry form

Check out our upcoming events…

alasseigne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:59:02 +0000

View our Upcoming Events page for more info…

3rd Annual Awareness Rally

Monday, August 31^st | 10:00 a.m. | Arkansas State Capitol

2nd Annual Survivor’s Luncheon

Monday, August 31^st | 12:00 p.m. | Arkansas Governor’s Mansion

Survivors are Free, additional guests are $20 | RSVP by Wednesday, August 26th

ARTISTS FOR OVARIES

Friday, September 25th | 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Courtyard Marriott Downtown Little Rock (Rivermarket)*

Tickets $5 in advance | $10 at the door, $15 per couple

Cash Bar

*This space is graciously being donated by Courtyard Marriott. It is because of gracious donations such as this that we can focus our funds on education and awareness.