February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. I hadn’t given ovarian cancer any thought until the day I was diagnosed with it. An acute awareness of my own mortality has dominated my thoughts, and I fear border-closures will prevent me from seeing friends and family. But it has also been a time of personal growth. There are some important things I have learned.
Castle Douglas woman getting ready to pound the pavements in tribute to tragic sister
Denise Little will walk 11,000 steps every day in March to raise money for Target Ovarian Cancer after sibling Zoe Callander lost her life to the disease
Denise Little from Castle Douglas will be walking 11,000 steps every day in March. (Image: Jim McEwan)
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Each day in Australia, four women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and three will die from the disease.
In Australia the overall five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer is 46%. In comparison, the overall five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer is 91%.
It is estimated that 1,510 Australian women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and 1,046 women will die from the disease – that’s one woman every eight hours (source: ovariancancer.net.au)
Ovarian Cancer Australia do a tremendous job in supporting women & their families living with ovarian cancer & as February marks Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, Loving Her are hosting a fundraising pamper party on Friday the 26th of February from 5-9pm with our friends The Make Up Bar at the Australian Creative Academy.
Wheels Up Founder and CEO Kenny Dichter Honored by City & State for Philanthropic Efforts in Support of Feeding America
Dichter named among The Responsible 100 which represents New York s 100 most outstanding corporate citizens
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ This evening, Kenny Dichter, Founder and CEO of leading private aviation company Wheels Up, will be honored as one of City & State s Responsible 100 for ongoing philanthropic efforts and initiatives.
Dichter and Wheels Up are being recognized for their support of Feeding America with the March 2020 launch of the Meals Up program, which was created to help raise awareness and funds around the growing levels of food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis. Meals Up is an extension of Wheels Up Cares, a program that is committed to continually aligning with philanthropic organizations and initiatives that affect and matter to Wheels Up and its members, families