Are you interested in helping define YSC Manchester's plans for the future? Do you want to give your input on what future programming should involve? Join us for a planning meeting!

This will also be a great opportunity to find out what you can do to help out if you are interested in volunteering, but you do not need to be interested in volunteering to come to this meeting and provide your input.

An RSVP is required. If you plan to attend, please email or call by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7. Lunch will be provided.

Join other young women with metastatic breast cancer, every 2nd Tuesday of the month for our telephone networking and support sessions. These interactive sessions are designed to address your specific concerns. Topics discussed include, but are not limited to, fears, work, children, communicating with friends and family and living with ongoing and changing treatment. These calls are facilitated by Susan Glaser, MSW, Evelyn Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and are open to new and previous participants.

To RSVP for the call or for more information, please email your full name to ywabc@youngsurvival.org.

National call-in number: 800.804.6968
International call-in number: 647.723.7260
Access code: 4242163

This is the easiest and yummiest fundraiser you can imagine, so mark your calendars and get ready to Fork It Out for YSC Houston!

Smashburger—creator of amazing burgerr—has agreed to donate 25% of all sales between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. on September 14 to YSC Houston!! You can raise money for YSC Houston just by buying dinner for you and your family!

This event is one day only and one location only: Tuesday, September 14, at the Smashburger on Buffalo Speedway @ Bissonnet.

If you would like to stick around and socialize, Smashburger will also be offering $1 bottle beers for those so inclined.

We look forward to seeing you and your family there!

Women on Wednesdays is a support/networking group for young women diagnosed with breast cancer, facilitated by Gabriela Hohn, Ph.D., a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice and a young breast cancer survivor. Join us on the third Wednesday of each month as we address concerns specific to young survivors.

Gain support from peers while sharing ways to cope with the emotional challenges of treatment and beyond. Whether you are newly diagnosed, in the middle of treatment or are several years out, you are welcome to attend just one group or participate regularly. If you are a young woman affected by breast cancer, YSC NYC wants you to know that you are not alone. We're here to help.

YSC is excited to partner with Turning Point to bring you this informative program on nutrition after breast cancer. Once someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, common questions include: "What should I be eating?", "Is it ok to have a glass of wine or a cheeseburger?", "What about supplements?", "Is there anything I can eat that will help to strengthen my immune system?" In this upbeat, information-packed program, learn the answers to these questions and more! Nan Borchardt, RD, LD, CDE, Registered Dietician and Medical Biochemist will lead this informative session.

A light salad supper will be available from 6:00-6:30 and the program begins promptly at 6:30 p.m.at Turning Point.

This is a FREE program, but space is limited, so RSVP early and no later than September 8th to secure your spot.

At an average company, one in four employees will be diagnosed with cancer. Is that person you? Or your colleague? Do you know what to do? And what not to do? Find out how to balance cancer and your job at a free, interactive, educational seminar featuring expert advice and personal success stories.

Join us at the Westin Collanade, Coral Gables; free valet parking will be provided. RSVP to cancerandcareers@webershandwick.com or 212.445.8089. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join the Amazon Heart Thunder 2010 motorcycle adventure for breast cancer survivors! Harley-Davidson will once again be providing their fantastic support, loaning us motorcycles for the 1,000 mile, one week adventure of a lifetime. The ride will begin in Los Angeles September 16 and finish in San Francisco on September 25. We are now seeking applicants for riders and support van drivers. Go to Amazon Heart Thunder homepage to apply online now. Applications close Sunday, July 11, 2010. Successful applicants will be notified and invited to register by Monday July 19.

The ride is open to women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, of any age and stage of your breast cancer journey. Participants pay for their travel to/from the event and an accommodation / registration fee. All participants commit to raising at least $1,500 in donations for the Young Survival Coalition. For more information and to apply now, please visit the Amazon Heart Thunder homepage.

As Northern Minnesota's only bike ride for breast cancer, participants enjoy the opportunity to ride from 1 to 100 miles on the beautiful Willard Munger State Trail. The route offers some of the most scenic bicycling available with meticulously maintained trails, beautiful Lake Superior vistas and tree rimmed byways with access for rest stops and aid stations all along the way. YSC Tour de Pink Duluth is designed to highlight the best cycling that Northern Minnesota can offer during the best time of the year to visit the Northland.

With multiple length rides available, the Tour de Pink Duluth promises to please everyone from a hardcore cyclist to a weekend sojourner. Support, rest stops, and beautiful scenery will be plentiful to ensure a day of comfort and fun. The convenience of one of the nation's top cycling trails makes the Tour de Pink route ideal for a day spent shifting gears both on the bike and in your head. If you're up for a challenge, complete the 100 mile "Century to End Breast Cancer" ride. If you're looking for something a little more relaxing, go at your own pace and give our 15 or 30 mile option a try. If you're up for a bit of a challenge without the saddle sores, maybe 60 miles is just your style.

Whatever your choice, the Tour de Pink Duluth has just what you're looking for whether you're at the front of the pack, riding with the family, or training for that next triathlon. Gear up and let's have fun! For more information visit the YSC Tour de Pink Duluth homepage.

Educational event featuring Dr. Jacqueline Gutmann reproductive endocrinologist and OB/GYN as well as Ms. Jessica Jarmon, a social worker at the Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, who also works with Fertile Hope.

Light refreshments provided. This event is free of charge & located at The Wellness Community in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

Please RSVP to yscphila@youngsurvival.org

Join us for Cancer Awareness night at the Wizards game Saturday, September 25th, 7 p.m. at Community America Ballpark. Invite your family, friends, kids' soccer teams and cheer on the Kansas City Wizards as they match up against FC Dallas. For every ticket sold with our block, YSC will receive a $3 donation and you receive $3 off your ticket. Our seats are located in general admission and provide seating options in two different areas - the grass berm area or in stadium seats in sections 100-103. Kids will get to participate in a human tunnel during the pre-game festivities to welcome the players, so make sure you arrive at the stadium by 6:30 if you want to participate in the pre-game activities.

If you would like to attend with our group to help raise money for YSC while having a fun time, please RSVP with payment of $12 per ticket for by Monday, August 16th with checks made payable to YSC Kansas City. RSVPs after this date cannot be guaranteed to sit with the group. Tickets will be mailed to attendees, so please let us know the number of tickets you need and where to mail the tickets.

YSC NYC and SHARE are excited to present the sixth program in our 2010 Empowerment Series for young women affected by breast cancer.

Reproductive Endocrinologist Glenn Schattman, MD, FACOG will discuss how a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment can affect fertility, how physicians assess fertility status, what assisted reproductive technology options are available after cancer treatment, and fertility preservation prior to treatment. Dr. Schattman is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital — Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Allison Rosen, PhD will discuss the different types of adoption processes such as domestic, international, open or closed and how each varies for individuals affected by cancer. Dr. Rosen is a psychologist at the Fertility Preservation Institute, where she does research and counseling. Her research includes adoption discrimination and the psychosocial needs of people with cancer.

Join us for this in-depth presentation on building a family after a breast cancer diagnosis. RSVP to yscnewyorkcity@youngsurvival.org.

Please join us for an evening to mingle with other young breast cancer survivors and celebrate survivorship. The evening will start and end with an art project: notes of courage blooming into leaves on a bare tree. At the conclusion, decorating bras for display at our In Living Pink fundraiser in October. In between, we will have survivor speakers talk about their inspirational journeys.

Light refreshments will be served. Please bring a bra to decorate (used and old is just fine!)

There is no cost to attend this event, which will take place at St Katharine Drexel Mission Center. (Directions)

Please RSVP to yscphila@youngsurvival.org.