Sept 10th- Teal Tea to Kickoff National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

All women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are invited to the 
Teal Tea Kickoff for National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Tuesday September 10, 2013 
2:00- 4:00 pm 
Chauncey Conference Center  
660 Rosedale Road , Princeton NJ

There is no cost associated with this event. 

 This Tea Party is a sponsored by One Force To Make a Difference ( a collaborative of Ovarian Cancer organizations in the state of NJ)  and Turn the Towns Teal and is organized with the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services.

Please RSVP online at www.tealtea.org ( click on link to event  in right hand column) in order to be admitted and wear teal!

See you there.

Dee

Every Day is a Blessing

NJ Bill Creates Ovarian Cancer Public Awareness Campaign

Thank you Assemblyman Benson for using Twitter to bring this to my attention.

danielrbenson Dan Benson

My bill establishing an ovarian cancer public awareness campaign by NJ DHSS passes Assembly unanimously

S-1711 Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS.

The bill was first introduced back in 2010. The Senate passed the bill in December of 2010 and sent it to the Assembly. The NJ Assembly passed the bill on December 15,2011 .

The Bill's sponsors were Senators Turner and Allen, and Assemblyman Benson,Vainieri Huttle, Riley,Quijano, Singleton, and Co-sponsored by Senators Beck, Greenstein, Madden, Ruiz, and Asssemblywoman Spencer.

The Bill's states:

"This bill establishes an ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in the Department of Health and Senior Services.

Under the provisions of the bill, the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services is required to establish the public awareness campaign to inform the general public about the clinical significance of ovarian cancer and its public health implications. The campaign would include risk factors, symptoms, the need for early detection and methods of treatment.

To carry out the public awareness campaign, the commissioner would, at a minimum:

-- provide for the development of printed educational materials and public service announcements in English and Spanish; and

-- disseminate information for distribution to the public, through a variety of entities, including, but not limited to, local health agencies and clinics, physicians, health care facilities, county offices on aging, pharmacies, libraries, senior citizen centers, other community-based outreach programs and organizations and the department's official website."

The goal of this bill resembles the Gynecologic Cancer action plan ( GY-8-1,2,3) of the NJ Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan. For the complete S1711 bill please see this page on the NJ Legislature's website and put S1711 in the Search By Bill Number box.

Thank you to each and every member of the Senate and Assembly who made the passage of this bill possible. A special thank you to Senator Greenstein and Assemblywomen Beck who represent my Mercer County district .

I look forward to Gov Christie signing the bill into law.

Dee

Every Day is a Blessing!

June 18,2011 ~ Save the Date ~ Second Annual One Force to Make a Difference Ovarian Cancer Symposium

As I promised in yesterday's post, here is information on the 2nd Annual One Force To Make A Difference Symposium. The symposium is open to Obstetricians/gynecologists, family physicians, nurses, technicians , patients and their families.

I'll be sure to post updates as speakers etc. are finalized. It should be a informative day for New Jersey's doctors,nurses and ovarian cancer survivors.

See you all there!

Dee

Every Day is a Blessing! I am blessed by all the organizations in NJ who work so passionately to raise awareness of OC in NJ!