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Chicago Wolves Pink Stick Game

October, 2011

Throughout Dr. Sandy Goldberg’s childhood in sleepy Magnolia, Ark., her immigrant parents would stop speaking English and switch to Russian or Yiddish when discussing matters they didn’t want their two daughters to hear. “Of course, we understood perfectly well what they were saying,” Dr. Sandy said. At the end of each month, the family sat at the table while Dr. Sandy’s father paid the bills and her mother explained why some seemed too high...

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Cynthia Guiterrez & Kathy on Adelante Chicago

October, 2011

Watch Cynthia Guiterrez & Kathy as they appear on WGN's Adelante Chicago

WGNtv.com- Brest Cancer Awareness

Komen has global reach, local impact

October 26, 2011

Yvonne Davila supported friends who were dealing with breast cancer, used checks decorated with pink ribbons and walked in several events to raise money for breast cancer research.

But two years ago, when Davila found a lump in her own breast, she was without health insurance and afraid to schedule a checkup because she worried a cancer diagnosis would financially ruin her.

Then the Chicago woman heard Sandy Goldberg speak at a breast cancer walk...

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Early detection is key to fighting cancer

October 4, 2011

Pink used to be favored for frilly bed covers, Sunday dresses, and satin hair bows.

Now, it is the color of breast cancer awareness.

Because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, pink will be everywhere. As a breast cancer survivor, I can understand how the color can be hard on people who are battling other forms of cancer.

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Article on A Silver Lining Foundation in LaRaza (Spanish only)

Chicago - En Illinois residen más de 300,000 mujeres mayores de 40 años sin seguro médico, las cuales son elegibles para recibir mamografías gratis bajo el programa de cáncer de seno del estado. No obstante, dicho programa sólo tiene dinero para financiar mamografías para 40,000 mujeres.

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Mammogram of Prevention

"UIC believed in us, the Evelyn Goldberg Center and the free mammography program when nobody else did. Most importantly, they treat our ladies with dignity and respect."
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