LifeIce: A Daughter's Gift of Love Becomes a Mother�...
LifeIce: A Daughter's Gift of Love Becomes a Mother's Legacy
How a daughter's homemade nutritional ice chips for her mother became LifeIce.
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"What Makes My Mother Special" Mother’s Day...
"What Makes My Mother Special" Mother’s Day Campaign
From May 1st until Mother's Day on May 12th, we'll honor special mothers on our website and Facebook.
Partner Member Profile: Dancing For A Cure
Partner Member Profile: Dancing For A Cure
Susan Friedman was inspired to start Dancing For A Cure when her best friend of 40 years, Karen Schek, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006. “I really wasn’t sure what to do,” recalls Susan. “I owned a dance studio at the time, so I put up a notice on the bulletin board asking if … Continued
When a Man Loves a Woman: Dave Brown Walks Across America i...
When a Man Loves a Woman: Dave Brown Walks Across America in Memory of his Wife, Joan Chermack Brown
Dave Brown is walking for 9 months and nearly 3,000 miles to raise awareness and support.
Partner Member Profile: Ovarian Cancer Alliance of San Diego
Partner Member Profile: Ovarian Cancer Alliance of San Diego
Ovarian cancer survivor Peg Ford first heard about our Survivors Teaching Students: Saving Women’s Lives® (STS) program while searching for a support group in her hometown of San Diego, California. At the time, there was no local group doing work on ovarian cancer. Peg was inspired by what she learned about STS and said, “That’s … Continued
Partner Member Profile: "You'll Never Walk Alone&...
Partner Member Profile: "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Michele Robinson came up with the idea for her cancer support group, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” during her first chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer in November 2004. “I was looking around the room and that song popped into my head. It was true—even though you do experience cancer yourself, no one knows what you feel … Continued
Partner Member Profile: The Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Re...
Partner Member Profile: The Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the nation’s preeminent hospitals for cancer care. Located in Houston, Texas, MD Anderson’s Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program was created in 1996 as a critical step toward the goal of eradicating ovarian cancer. The program was the nation’s first formal, comprehensive ovarian cancer research … Continued
Partner Member Profile: Bright Pink
Partner Member Profile: Bright Pink
Lindsay Avner founded Bright Pink in 2007, shortly after she learned that she carried a mutation in the BRCA gene. Just 22 years old when she was tested, Lindsay realized that she had nowhere to turn for advice on coping with her increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. “There was nothing for women who … Continued
Meet Mindy Gray: Wife, Mother, Sister, Philanthropist, and ...
Meet Mindy Gray: Wife, Mother, Sister, Philanthropist, and OCRF Board Member
12/14/2012 | Mindy Gray was devastated by the passing of her beloved older sister, Faith Basser. But she turned loss into legacy and hurt into hope this year when she and her husband Jon founded the Basser Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania in honor of her sister who succumbed to ovarian cancer at … Continued
A Personal Connection Becomes a Professional Mission
A Personal Connection Becomes a Professional Mission
Ivan Garcia-Bassets, Ph.D., a 2012 OCRF Grantee, changed his research focus to ovarian cancer after his wife received a devastating diagnosis.
Partner Member Profile: Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance
Partner Member Profile: Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance
When Pam Dahlmann’s mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2009—40 years after her own mother passed away from the disease—both women quickly learned that there were no ovarian cancer organizations in Michigan. “My mom and I were both University of Michigan nursing graduates,” says Pam, “We really wanted to make a difference for other … Continued
Partner Member Profile: HERA Women's Cancer Foundation
Partner Member Profile: HERA Women's Cancer Foundation
As an avid outdoorswoman and an ovarian cancer survivor, Sean Patrick saw connections between both sides of her life. She once said: “The skills women learn in climbing—problem solving, risk taking and confidence in their decision making—will enable them to climb all the mountains in their lives.” In 2001, while recovering from her seventh ovarian … Continued
