We are getting super excited about Blasting for Boobs on November 1st! We have been so blessed by the generosity of our sponsors for this event! As a result we will be able to donate the majority the $25 registration fee to Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test! Take a few moments to get to know founder Martha Kaley and her Friends!
Martha Kaley
Ask any of her friends and they will tell you… Martha did everything right. She was trim and fit, exercised religiously, and had an excellent diet; she was the picture of health. Yet she, like millions of other American women, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The diagnosis came as a complete shock to Martha, who has no history of breast cancer in her family. Fortunately, Martha’s family does have a history of persistence and ingenuity instilled by her inventor father and industrious mother. These qualities led Martha to found Friends You Can Count On, the nation’s first research funding organization devoted solely to earlier detection, based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
“I had a cancerous tumor,” explains Martha, “that went undiscovered in a mammogram.” Three months later, thanks to a scratch from Sherlock, the family’s frisky Chocolate Lab, Martha noticed a lump in her breast. During surgery to remove this benign lump, Martha’s cautious doctor “did a little exploring” and discovered the cancerous tumor on the chest wall.
Martha has been recognized locally and nationally for her tremendous efforts on behalf of Friends. In 2001, she was named the Oxygen Channel’s Woman of Strength for her strength and work with breast cancer and earlier detection awareness. She has won the prestigious Jonquil’s Award from Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center and been named one of fourteen (14) North Carolina State Heroes by Our State Magazine. The Winston-Salem Journal named Martha Kaley an Important Woman in Business in 2002 and she was named one of 25 Yoplait Champions, a national award celebrating Martha as an “ordinary woman doing extraordinary things in her local community to help in the fight against breast cancer.” She has had the repeated, prestigious honor of serving on the United States Department of Defense Scientific Peer Review Committee beginning in the Spring of 2007. In addition, Martha has served on the Board of Directors for the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center and is a member of the Greensboro Sports Council.
We are so honored to support Martha and her mission to find a earlier test for breast cancer detection.
Don’t forget to REGISTER TODAY to be a part of the fabulous event!
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