Wellness Wednesdays Podcast Recordings
Looking for tips on healthy living and overall wellness?
Watch Bag It Cancer’s recordings of our Wellness Wednesdays Podcasts on You Tube On Demand.
Bag It & Tucson Cancer Conquerors Invite You To The Survivor Breakfast
Join Us As We Celebrate You!
WHEN: Sunday, June 5th, 8:00-10:30 AM
WHERE: Community Foundation Campus (5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85711)
Read Tucson.com’s article about how this Breakfast honors cancer survivors.
Bag It Cancer and The Tucson Cancer Conquerors are teaming up to celebrate YOU on National Cancer Survivors Day.
Please join us for this FREE event thanks to our friends at Pfizer.
The Survivor Breakfast will start with a quick morning stretch, some amazing food from Scratching The Plate Kitchen and Catering, an educational session from Oncologist Dr. Rachel Swart, and an inspirational message from Bag It founder Sherri Romanoski.
All survivors are invited to bring 1 guest. Please make sure to register for yourself and your guest. Registration ends May 20th. Space is limited, register today!
Join our Focus Group
Help make the 2022 version of the Spanish Bag It bag even better! We are recruiting individuals touched by cancer to give input on the bag that best reflect Latino and Hispanic culture, values and belief!
Are you interested? Click here to complete a short form.
Be There for Bag It
Be There for Bag It
Sunday, November 7, 2021
8 AM (MST)
Tucson Botanical Gardens
National Cancer Survivors Day® Breakfast with Bag It
Have you received a Bag It bag? Are you a cancer survivor? Bag It wants to celebrate YOU.
Join us for a virtual program celebrating survivorship. Judith L. Pearson will share about her cancer experience and her new book From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement.
Sunday, June 6th
8:00-9:00 a.m. Tucson & Phoenix Breakfast pick up
10:00 a.m. Virtual Program
- Tucson: Scratching the Plate will be providing grab and go breakfast for those who RSVP at the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona (5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85711) between 8:00-9:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 6th.
- Phoenix: Pick up your breakfast at Lakeside Center Business Park (11225 N 28th Place, Phoenix AZ 85029) between 8:00-9:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 6th.
Then enjoy your breakfast in the comfort of your home as you log in and join us for the virtual program/celebration.
This event is not a fundraiser and is being offered at no cost to you. We want to celebrate YOU and hope you will join us for both breakfast and the presentation or just register to join us for the presentation. Whatever works best for you.
Please register early as space and free breakfasts are limited. You will be able to watch it live on Facebook without a registration.
Register for free breakfast and/or virtual program
World Cancer Day
February is a busy month! We honor love, Martin Luther King Jr., Black history, and even our American presidents, but did you know that World Cancer Day also falls in February? The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) leads the charge in urging everyone to take steps to ensure that preventable cancer deaths are reduced and that there is increased access to life-saving treatments for all patients, “no matter who you are or where you live”. Each year, the UICC establishes a theme for their initiative to shape the many activities and events that kick off around the world each February. This year, the theme is “I Am and I Will” – a call to action to commit and act on steps to get screened and share knowledge in hopes of reducing the number of cancer-related deaths and noncommunicable diseases by one third by 2030 (that’s only 9 years away, so let’s get to it!)
Bag It is aligned with the UICC by providing resources to educate and support patients through their healthcare plan, increasing access to life-saving information regardless of one’s ethnicity or socio-economic background. Bag It provides the tools you need to help you feel more comfortable and confident in speaking up for yourself to ensure the best quality of life with cancer. The contents in the bag are designed to help you and your caregiver(s) cope with the diagnosis, get yourself organized and better understand the language of cancer.
February is cancer prevention month, and we encourage you to think about ways that you can help yourself and others prevent cancer. It’s the perfect time to schedule appointments for you and your loved ones because adhering to the recommended screenings for breast, cervical, colorectal (colon) and lung cancers can lead to early stage diagnosis, which increases the likelihood of treatment working.
What action will you take as we kick off World Cancer Day? Take the 21-Day challenge to learn more about cancer and how to reduce your cancer risks. Some suggestions:
- Talk about cancer with others.
- Make a donation to Bag It in honor/memory of someone.
- Order a Bag It bag for someone diagnosed with cancer.
- Filled, with Valentine’s love? Give a Bag to someone who needs some support
- Reach out to someone with cancer.
- Participate in an event.
- Schedule your mammogram or colonoscopy.
- Make a social media post with I am XX and I will XX and tag @bagitcancer and #worldcancerday and #IamandIwill so your commitment can be seen on the World Cancer Day’s social wall.
As part of my campaign I participated in the World Cancer Day 21-Day Challenge which was informative and easy and I wrote this blog: I will schedule my mammogram (and a colonoscopy this year) and encourage people to schedule their appointments, and I will work to ensure that everyone diagnosed with cancer receives a Bag It bag to help them cope with their diagnosis and feel comfortable and confident speaking up to ensure they are living their best life with cancer.
Sending positive vibes your way,
Mindy
Preventcancer.org recommends these seven steps to help prevent cancer.
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