2018 Paint paper pink

Page 118 2018 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2018 Other memories we will cherish include the Cancer Survivor Rally held on Saturday after the auction. The weather was iffy and the turn out ended up being small, but it was still a very good event. We appreciate John Guzzardo who came and spoke at the rally. He spoke from the heart and touched us all. Thanks to Donna Doolin who led us in prayer and also spoke briefly again touching our hearts. Lesleigh Bennett lifted us up with her beautiful voice and the backdrop of the Wellness Pond and Trail at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital was beautiful and an ideal location. And thanks to Generations of Lincoln who came out with bottled water for those who attended the rally. The memories and friendships that we renewed or formed through our cancer survivor stories are priceless. LDN felt privileged and honored that we had a number of women who trusted us to tell their story. They shared with us their strengths and weaknesses during their illness, they spoke about the emotional experience as well as the physical experience and trusted us to handle their memories both good and bad with great care and respect. We can only hope we did them justice and appreciate the jewels they shared for others to be strengthened by. Gathering the pink pictures for our paper will be another big memory for staff at LDN. In the end, we published 123 photos with more than 1,200 people. It was a stunning response, and we were amazed by the folks who reached out and told us they wanted to be included. Some took their own pictures and emailed them to us but many of those folks were visited by Karen Hargis, Roy Logan, or Nila Smith and posed for the pictures. Karen and Roy in particular spent a great deal of time in September and October gathering those photos and talking to the ones who were in the groups. Often, they would pose the question, do you know of anyone who has battled breast cancer. In every group hands raised. In some groups, there were those who were survivors and some who were even in the fight currently. It touched us deeply and left an impression on us that we could never do too much and cannot stop working on this worthwhile cause. At LDN, we started the Paint the Paper Pink project because we wanted to make a statement about the need for awareness. We wanted the opportunity to remind people throughout the month that breast cancer is among us, and we have to take care to protect ourselves through self- exams, mammograms, and whatever other means are necessary. We as a people have to educate our daughters, hold up our sisters, and be there for our mothers. In 2017 we were surprised by the response we got to the pink pictures, and it was one of the driving factors to expanding the campaign in 2018. We decided it wasn’t enough to just talk about cancer, we had to do something to help those who suffer this disease. When we decided to put our money where our mouth is, so to speak, CONTINUE ...