January 2019 | Pink House News
It's National Mentoring Month!
We celebrate Mentoring Month because we understand the one-of-a-kind, meaningful support that mentoring provides. That's why our 1:1 Mentoring Program is so important to our mission. We match Survivors at any point in their breast cancer experience with other Survivors who have a similar diagnosis and treatment history but who are further down the road in navigating the journey. Here's there take and ours.

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Beauty at the Pink House
We combined January's Survivor's Night with our self-image series, Be You, Be Beautiful as Hollywood make up artist and two-time cancer Survivor Satya Linak shared skin care and beauty expertise along with her moving story. Special thanks to Paul Mitchell School of Charlotte and Denise Antonacci Salon for making this happen. Two dozen Survivors were on hand, and we also streamed part of it impromptu on Facebook Live.

Click here to watch the video (and pardon our impromptu start and finish.)
Pink in the Rink is coming right up on February 2. Now is the time to get your tickets! Let's pack the stands when the Charlotte Checkers go all out for local breast cancer organizations! It's so much fun!

Yoga Instructor Needed
We're looking for a volunteer instructor for our Restorative Yoga sessions Mondays from 10:30-11:30AM This class takes standard Restorative Yoga and gears it to breast cancer Survivors. Many of the participants are either going through treatment or recovering from surgery. If you're interested in this volunteer position, please contact Krista Barry at kbarry@carolinabreastfriends.org
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Carolina Breast Friends offers more than 25 sessions each month in the areas of Wellbeing, Support, Nutrition, Self-Image and Education. Click here for our full calendar.

SPOTLIGHT EVENTS:
Fridays
Jan 18 & Jan 25
Feb 15 & 22
1:30 - 3:30PM
Therapeutic Creative Writing
Bibliotherapy (or writing therapy) is a form of guided self-help. Through this facilitated activity, you can knock at the doors of opportunities, ideas, and personal goals you want to reach this year. January's theme is "The Art of Loving Yourself." February's theme is "The Beauty of Imperfection."


Wednesday, Feb 6
6:30 - 8:00PM
Pink House Kitchen: Cooking Class with Chef Laura Coleman
Make delicious, health-conscious dishes--and fond memories--together. This hands-on cooking class is led by Laura Coleman who has a culinary background and is also certified as a Cancer Exercise Specialist and Breast Cancer Recovery Specialist.

Volunteers Needed. Give back by sharing your time & talent with us.
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Inspiration Matters
Each year we are honored to bestow the Kristy Adams-Ebel Angel Award to an individual who--like Kristy herself did in founding this organization--displays selfless acts of consistent and joyful service to breast cancer Survivors. In December, the award was given to Kathy Goodman, a breast cancer Survivor and a longtime volunteer for Carolina Breast Friends. Discover more about the award and its recipient.

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Have you got inspiration to share?
We are refreshing our Inspiration Jar, an outreach item we offer Survivors when they visit the Pink House for the first time. The jar is filled with uplifting thoughts and inspirational quotes from breast cancer Survivors (so we need to hear from you!). If you have an inspirational thought or favorite quote that helped you on your journey with breast cancer, we'd love to consider it for the jar. Send it, along with your age and year diagnosed, to kbarry@carolinabreastfriends.org by February 4.
Breast Cancer in the News
Pointers to breast cancer-related stories in recent news:
FDA Approves Herceptin Biosimilar Herzuma for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
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Changing Tumor Cells into Fat Cells Stops Spread of Breast Cancer in Mice Study
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Ask a Specialist
Ask a Pharmacist
We have teamed up with David Line, who is a clinical pharmacist from Cannon Pharmacy, to help answer your questions.  Email your question

Next month:  Ask Dr. Jodi, a sexual health specialist.
Carolina Breast Friends
"The Pink House"
704-370-7773
CBF@carolinabreastfriends.org
www.carolinabreastfriends.org
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