Battle of the Bras

Please gather your friends and come to the Oct. 25 Battle of the Bras at Harrah's Casino Tunica! Casino employees will spend the next few weeks decorating bras, donated by Macy's, and ten lucky felllas will strut their stuff during the event. 

Get your tickets through Ticketmaster and a portion of sales go straight to the American Cancer Society. All money raised from the bra battle will benefit the American Cancer Society with the Caesars Foundation matching up to $25,000.

Oh, and I hear local radio personality Steve Conley will emcee the event, which starts at 7:30pm! How fun! 

New Name, Same Purple Power

Great news! An amended version of the Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act was marked-up and reported out of the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee of Congress on Tuesday. The House version is now called Recalcitrant Cancers Research Act (the bill number, H.R. 733, remains the same). Some terminology may be different, and some items have been omitted from the current version, most importantly, the bill still accomplishes our goal to create a long-term, comprehensive plan, or scientific framework, for pancreatic cancer.

You can take action now. Let your Members of Congress know how important this bill is in the fight against pancreatic cancer and that you want to see this legislation passed this year. To write to your member of Congress, go to www.pancan.org/takeaction.

Purple Power works, y'all!

Pancreatic Cancer on the Rise

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network release a report Tuesday called The Alarming Rise of Pancreatic Cancer Deaths in the United States: Why We Need to Stem the Tide Today. The alarming findings presented in the report include that pancreatic cancer is anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States by 2020, and possibly as early as 2015.

Both the pancreatic cancer incidence rate and death rate are increasing, and are expected to double between 2010 and 2030. Congress must pass the Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act so that a long-term, comprehensive plan is created to ensure that our limited federal resources target the areas of greatest need and potential for patient benefit and combat the increasing pancreatic cancer rates.

Please learn more at www.pancan.org/report

I'm Purple. Are You?

Find out at our Memphis Area Volunteers Meeting Tuesday, October 16 at 7pm at the Panera Bread meeting room in Cordova! Email me at sbynum@pancanvolunteer.org with your RSVP. Looking forward to seeing you in PURPLE.

Stride On, Friends

On the off chance you own a pair of PURPLE cowboy boots, boot-scoot-and-boogie on down to Nashville's first-ever PurpleStride Sept. 15! This day of inspiration and hope is sponsored by Aetna and will take place at Country Music Hall of Fame Park.

Bootless? Any ol' walkin' shoe will do. Bring the whole family and walk with others who are just as passionate about finding a cure for pancreatic cancer.

Register at www.purplestride.org/nashville by Aug. 24 to guarantee your tee.

Outa-towners: Find a Stride near you!