THE POWER OF PINK
Last month we gave you a little sneak preview of the Golden Isles “Big Wig Brigade” representing Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia in a campaign to raise awareness and money to support the local fight against breast cancer. By now, hopefully, you’ve seen the pink coiffed community leaders Susan Bates, Patricia Kraft, Abra Lattany-Reed, Mason Waters, and a new addition since last month: Dr. Tim Jamieson, on Facebook, in emails and websites, smiling down from a billboard, or out and about in the Golden Isles. These Big Wigs hope to be highly visible and will be appearing at events from City and County meetings to church functions and fall festivals and special meet and greets to seek your support and pledges for the next month. Their collective goal is to raise $5,000 in donations by the end of October.
Why? Dr. Tim Jamieson puts it simply, “Early diagnosis is the key to higher cure rates in all types of cancer, including breast cancer, and regular screening with mammograms saves lives. By giving more women access to mammograms, we are detecting cancers in the earlier stages that are more readily curable.” Jamieson adds on a personal note, “It is gratifying to work with people who we have treated here at SGHS in the Komen fundraiser to offer mammograms and to help with breast cancer research. It takes a lot to get me to wear a pink wig!”
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You can support the Big Wigs by visiting komencoastalgeorgia.org/get-involved/bigwigs/2015-brunswickGoldenIsles-bigwigs.html and clicking on the photo of your favorite Big Wig or Big Wigs (because we love ‘em all!) and donating via their page. You can also email and share their pages with your friends, coworkers, family, and anyone else who may support the campaign.
Watch Facebook (both the Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia and Elegant Island Living pages) for scheduled appearances of the Big Wigs and special events they have planned. Susan Bates will be hosting “Play for Pink with Bonnie Blue” at Tipsy McSway’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill on Friday, October 23, from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. Tipsy’s will be “pinked-out,” from the building to the staff to the band, Bonnie Blue. Wear pink and received a free Pinktini! A $5 cover will be charged and a portion of the evening’s revenue will be donated to Komen Coastal Georgia. Mason Waters has something in the works that we’ll be sharing and he promises to have the pink wig blazing at events for which he is the emcee, such as the St. Simons Food and Spirits Festival and the American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Luncheon and Fashion Show. Come out and show your support for the Big Wigs and this mission and demonstrate the power of pink!
Donations may also be made by mail directly to Komen Coastal Georgia, 2250 E. Victory Drive, Suite 107, Savannah, GA 31404. For more information or for a pledge form, call 912.232.2535.
MORE PINK POWER
PRETTY IN PINK
The Southeast Georgia Health System encourages the community to join them in being “pretty in pink” on Pink Out Friday, October 9. Health System team members will be wearing pink on that day in support of all the women and men diagnosed with breast cancer in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sport your own pink attire and email photos to marketing @sghs.org, along with a message of why you wear pink. Select photos will be posted to the Health System Facebook page at facebook.com/SGHScares for public viewing. For more information, call 912.466.2140. sghs.org
ACS BREAST CANCER FASHION SHOW & LUNCHEON
Lindy Cofer, Golden Isles Photography
2015 ACS Breast Cancer Fashion Show Models
And don’t forget the 16th Annual American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Fashion Show & Luncheon on Friday, October 16 at Sea Palms Resort. Thirteen models will showcase fall fashions from local retailers and the guest speaker for the luncheon will be Dr. Diane Z. Weems. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased at the American Cancer Society office, Lady and Gentlemen’s Outfitters in Shops at Sea Island, and Antiques, Etc. in Brunswick. For more information, call 912.265.7117, and select option 3.
LIGHTING THE PATH
Rosemary Griggs
Comfortable in My Skin
Rosemary Grigg’s journey with breast cancer began with a doodle on an annual mammogram appointment letter, a preoccupied little sketch made while rescheduling. Little did Rosemary know that an insignificant doodle would begin a very significant journal of her personal journey through diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and cure of breast cancer. Rosemary, a fourth generation artist and popular local ceramic sculptor, not only documented the arduous road through the process for herself, but she also felt compelled to publish her sketches and thoughts to show her gratitude for her husband, her doctors, and those who helped her along the way, and to provide a resource for other women battling breast cancer and their caregivers. The collection of drawings, poetry, and prose in “Mammary Lane: A Sketchbook of Breast Cancer Survival” is sometimes funny and sometimes heart wrenching. There is anguish and encouragement, gratitude and growing, self-doubt and self-discovery. Cancer-free for more than seven years, Rosemary dedicated “Mammary Lane” to “all those who have strolled this lane before me.” Now she has brightly lit the lane to help make the path easier for those that follow. For more information or to obtain a copy of the book, visit mammarylanesketchbook.com.
