We just received word that a long time member of NOBCCF and Cleveland Clinic's Breast Cancer Support Group, Jeannette Goodman, has passed away. She was a great friend and inspiration to many, showing courage in her years long battle with metastatic breast cancer. Jeanette is pictured in the photo above, second from the left, at the unveiling of Ohio's Breast Cancer Awareness license plate.

Services for Jeannette will be held Thursday, June 29 at 11 am at Berkowitz Kumen Bookatz Memorial Chapel, 1985 S. Taylor Rd. in Cleveland Heights. Her family will receive friends following the service at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. J. Bizon, 7385 Nethersole Dr., Middleburgh Heights, on Thursday. Family will sit shiva (say memorial prayer and remember Jeannette with friends and family) on Friday through Tuesday evenings at Jeannette and Jerry's home in Middleburgh Hts., 14723 Seneca Trail, Middleburg Hts. In lieu of flowers, friends who wish may contribute to the Barbara Leslie Memorial Fund, c/o the Taussig Cancer Center of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106.


Jeannette and her family are in our prayers.We encourage her friends to share their memories and tributes to Jeanette at our web site's Tribute page, located in the Our Community section.

Thanks so much to all the great volunteers who helped out at our participation last weekend in the Nautica Charity Poker Festival! Dozens of supporters helped manage the event and raised tens of thousands of dollars to help NOBCCF programs, including Lend A Helping Hand. We don't have the final tally yet, but will update you later.

Again, thanks to such a wonderful group of people who put in some very long hours doing a lot of hard work. You made it a success! Special thanks to members of the Sisters Network of Northeast Ohio for their hard work and dedication!

Here's a great way to support programs for breast cancer patients in northeast Ohio by just donating your time. NOBCCF will participate again this year in a weekend of the Nautica Charity Poker Festival on the West Bank of the Flats in downtown Cleveland.

We need people over age 18 to volunteer as greeters and dealers. We're also seeking notary publics to register volunteers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Instruction is available for dealing Texas Hold'em poker - its easy and fun.

Get a group of your friends together and come down to help a good cause. Last year NOBCCF raised over $27,000 from this event for programs to help breast cancer patients in northeast Ohio.

Sign up today on our web site in the Volunteer section. Thanks for your support!

http://www.nobcc.org/id29.html

Spanish-speaking breast cancer patients and their families have a new online resource to turn to, funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

The Web site, launched in May by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research, is called Conviviendo con el Cancer de Seno, -- a translation of Living With Breast Cancer.

"To the best of our knowledge, this new site is the most comprehensive and culturally relevant resource on the Web for Latinas with breast cancer," said project manager Susana Torres-Corona. "The site offers an extensive database of original content, and it also serves as an information clearinghouse linking directly to other high-quality educational materials in Spanish for Latinas created by trusted sources such as the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation," said Torres-Corona.

As breast cancer causes the most deaths from cancer in Hispanic women, and survival rates are lower than other ethnicities, the site was developed to serve and help that population, said Dr. Bret Shaw, lead investigator for the Web site project.

"By adding Spanish-speaking women to other underserved demographic groups already benefiting from our program, we anticipate reduced health information disparities between Spanish-speaking breast cancer patients and other demographic groups, as well as improved quality of life for Latina breast cancer patients and their families," said Shaw.

Link to the new web site:

https://chess.chsra.wisc.edu/espanol/Home/Home.aspx