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Links for Life Wall of Hope
s October begins, it is hard to believe that Links for Life has been assisting women and families facing breast cancer in the Kern County community for the past 19 years. This past fiscal year we were able to provide the following services: • 5,271 phone calls fielded by the office • 171 walk-ins were assisted • 441 mammograms and 814 ultrasounds funded in Kern County • 285 fitted for wigs and head covers • 63 needle biopsies (11 positive diagnoses) • 20 received bras/prosthesis • 20 to 25 women utilized support group services monthly • 28 survivors and family members attended the yoga class • 17,818 were educated on breast health and Links for Life services As I begin my sixth year as the executive director of Links for Life, it is amazing to see the growth of our programs and services, volunteers and staff. The passion that this group has for the women and families facing breast cancer in Kern County is immeasurable! I feel so blessed to work with such a remarkable team. We are a warm and compassionate organization that assists women and families when they are diagnosed with breast cancer. In our wig boutique, we do not just assist women diagnosed with breast cancer we assist ANY woman who has lost her hair while going though cancer treatment. Links for Life’s mission is to provide an organization to benefit people and families affected by breast cancer, challenge each Kern County woman to be aware of her breast health and promote support for those affected, and to educate the general public about breast health.
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One of Links for Life’s main goals is to insure that every woman in Kern County is able to receive breast cancer screening. Last year, with the Cancer Detection Program, “Every Women Counts” state program frozen, Links for Life allocated additional funds for screening services. With those funds, we were able to diagnose nine women with breast cancer. After having a diagnosis of breast cancer, they were able to receive breast cancer treatment. With the community’s support, we helped save the lives of these nine Kern County women ... THANK YOU! We also provide wigs for cancer patients, breast health seminars, yoga classes, college scholarships at Bakersfield College and CSUB and a support group for breast cancer survivors and their families. We fund these programs and services through different annual events throughout the year. In October we have our “Paint the Town Pink” activities. The eighth annual Hockey-Thon with 24 hours of hockey played will again take place March 17, 2012. On May 19 and 21, 2012, Links for Life will host our 19th annual Sharyn Woods Memorial Pro-Am Golf Tournament & Gala at Seven Oaks Country Club. Along with private donations, bequests, grants, and outside sponsored events, Links for Life continues to assist the women and men in Kern County with breast and cancer services. All the money raised in Kern County stays in Kern County. Thank you to all of the donors, sponsors, volunteers, and staff for all you do for the women and families of Kern County. Sincerely, Jennifer Henry Executive Director Links for Life
Links For Life Christine Abbott
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Brenda Bailey
Grace Abaya
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Stephanie Baker
Irene Aguirre-Walz Cancer Survivor 4 years
Susan Baldwin
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Cancer Survivor 17 years
Sarah Bentley
Jacare Bethea
Cherryl Biggar
Wall of Hope
Elaine Anderson-Dieter Cancer Survivor 25 years
Mary Barnard
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Kelly Bishop
Margaret Arakelian
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Mary Barron
Norma Armendariz Cancer Survivor 3 years
Dolores Barton
Mimi Audelo
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Rosie Azevedo
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Beverly Baxley
Kelly Bendert Sanchez
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 35 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Kathleen Bloom
Lynda Boleschka
Irene Bonner
Donna Borntreger
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Cancer Survivor 14 years
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Carolyn Bradford
Jacquelyn Bradley-Sanders
Nancy Brady
Charlotte Brandt
Linda Brenner
Stana Bright
Evonne Brown
Judy Buechler
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Teresa Burns
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 24 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 20 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Joyce Butcher
Julia Calvillo
Mary Camara
Mercedes Camarillo
Jeanne Cantrell
Darlene Casey
Lois Caswell
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Eleanor Chavez
Arlene Chuman
Kelly Clanton
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 25 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Lee Cole
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Cancer Survivor 19 years
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Cancer Survivor 17 years
Nettie Collins
Bonnie Coats
Linda Conner
Betty Cotton
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 19 years
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Links For Life Jean Coulter
Connie Cowan
P. J. Cribbs
Mary Cruse
Virginia Cummings
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 12 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 22 years
Linda DeCant
Betty Denter
Joy Dixon
Joy Doepel
Marilyn Dorer
Kathy Douglas
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Betty Eaves
Cancer Survivor 24 years
Edyne Frassinelli
Cancer Survivor 25 years
Marlene Elbert
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Diane Fuller
Cancer Survivor 20 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Rosenda Gonzales
Suzanne Gonzales
Cancer Survivor 20 years
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Barbara Ellis
Ginger Empey
Alicia Linda Dunham
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Sandy Foster
Irma Frank
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Debbie Gallington
Beverly Gambini-Cagle
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Chris Gibson
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Linda Glenn
Cathy Goemer
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Rose Garcia
Cancer Survivor 45 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Lola Goodrich
Karen E. Gould-Churchwell Cancer Survivor 9 years
Virginia Graham
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Carole Gribben
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Kristi Hatak Grohs Cancer Survivor 2 years
Natalie Grumet
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Margaret Hadley
Betty Jo Haflich
Pricilla Hallmark
Paige Halterman
Brigette Hamblet
Coleen Gundzik
Jennie Haberlander
Diane Haddock
October 2011
Julie Followwill
Pam Dowell-Daft
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 13 years
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Susan Ewens
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 25 years
Julia Davis
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Cancer Survivor 19 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Elsa Joyce Daves
Cancer Survivor 33 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 4 years
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Juli Coulthurst
Wall of Hope
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 32 years
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Links For Life Linda Hartt
Jennifer Hennick
Sharon Hennick
Wall of Hope
Diana Hernandez
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Cancer Survivor 2 years
LaNelle Howell
Marguerite Hughey
Helen Huntalas
Dona Hurt
Diane Heston
Cancer Survivor 25 years
Olga Jacobs
Mary Holland
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Karla Jadwin
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 24 years
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 39 years
Cancer Survivor 21 years
Linda Jones
Marian Jones
Rhonda Jones
Linda Jordan
Karen Kelley
George Ann Kerley
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 39 years
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Germaine Kimm
Debbie Kiser
Jill Knight
Armida Laddaga
Ginger Lane
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Cancer Survivor 12 years
Saundra Loman
Esther Lozano
Phyllis Luckey
Mary Luna
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Stephanie Lynch
Dorothy Hollingsworth Cancer Survivor 5 years
Carol Jett
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Rebekah Khan
Arlene House
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Dianna Jones
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Cheryle Kileen
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 12 years
Barbara Lechtreck
Marie Lehmann
Marguerite Lofy
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Judith Malerich
Jan Maltone
Gwenetta Marshall
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Arnita Matthews
Casey McBride
Carolyn McCleod
Ann McCright
Naomi McCutcheon
Dolores McNeil
Ethel Miksits
Geraldine Miles
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 22 years
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 25 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 19 years
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Links For Life Carolyn “Scottie� Miller
Karen Minear
Sharon Moore
Bronwyn Mullen
Mandy Muth
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Terri Nixon
Edna Norwood
Sue Norwood
Joann Nunn
Amy Padilla Villalobos
Terry Page
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Mary Jo Pasek
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Jane Pratt
Cancer Survivor 14 years
Jo Ann Payne
Cancer Survivor 17 years
Sharon Rea
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Marguerite Pechin
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Melanie Reed
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Deanna Rhoades
Dorothy Richard
Gerry Richardson
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Lavonne Schuetz
Barbara Scott
Joyce Shankle
Cancer Survivor 11 years
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Jeanette Miller
Wall of Hope
Bakersfield Life
Cancer Survivor 21 years
October 2011
Cancer Survivor 57 years
Cancer Survivor 12 years
Nancy Pelton
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Joan Reedy
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Cancer Survivor 3 years
Dolores Pena
Jennifer Peters
Cancer Survivor 22 years
Linda Regier
Karen Neukom
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Louise Palmer
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Mesha Phillips
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Kay Restad
Lisa Rey
Barbara Newkirk
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Alene Parsons
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Coral Poole-Clark
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Billie Reynolds
Cancer Survivor 15 years
Cancer Survivor 11 years
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 13 years
Patsy Romero
Angela Ruffino
Vickie Sanford
Joy Schmidt
Diane Schuetz
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Aimee Shaw
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Chris Sheehan
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 12 years
Lynne Sill
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 19 years
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Barbara Smith
Kay Smith
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 22 years
Links For Life Patricia Smith
Rita Smith
Lydia Soto
Wall of Hope
Debra Lynn St Louis
Ethel Struble
Kala Stuebbe
Jan Sublett
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 18 years
Cancer Survivor 31 years
Cancer Survivor 6 years
Ellen Svendsen
Joan Tanner
Bonnie Tomlinson
Fran Thompson
Isabel Thompson
Joyce Tillery
Kathy Torres
Cancer Survivor 27 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Cancer Survivor 20 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Susan Trihey
Linda Turner
Georgia Twist
Malise Unruh
Mary VanBlake-Shoaf Cancer Survivor 3 years
Shirley Vance
Cancer Survivor 23 years
Arminda VanWinkle
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Carol Warkentin
Dianna Warner
Sandra Watkins
Cancer Survivor 10 years
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 14 years
Cancer Survivor 8 years
Tricia Velasquez
Dorothy Vokolek
Heather Waites
Lora Warfield
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 39 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 4 years
Cancer Survivor 1 year
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 7 years
Marilyn Watson
Jean Wedeking
Catherine Wemhoff
Debbie Williams
Julie Worthing
Janet Yacopetti
Jeff Hayward
Cancer Survivor 5 years
Cancer Survivor 19 years
Cherie Shoemake / Marilyn Thomas Daughter / mother Cancer Survivors 17 years / 25 years
Cancer Survivor 9 years
Cancer Survivor 14 years
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Thelma Reed / Tammy Shipley Mother / daughter Cancer Survivors 27 years / 7 years
Cancer Survivor 2 years
Cancer Survivor 16 years
Carleen Swank / Leea Wimbish Mother / daughter Cancer Survivors 5 years / 5 years
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Links For Life
Wall of Hope
October events Yoga class for breast cancer survivors and their family members every Monday in October except the 31st, 6 p.m., Links for Life office.. Oct. 1: Lace’n It Up, kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Tehachapi. Registration begins at 8 a.m. at Yogurt Junction and ends at the Tehachapi Senior Center with a breakfast. To register for the Lace’n It Up event go to the Links for Life website www.linksforlife.org
Dolores Romero / Millie Medina Sisters Cancer Survivors 2 years / 9 years
Jeanine Wanlass / Yevette Peterson Mother / daughter Cancer Survivors 4 years / 4 years
Donna Wheeler / Jeannie Smith Sisters Cancer Survivors 15 years / 9 years
Oct. 3: Lace’n It Up, kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Bakersfield. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., events at three locations: Liberty Bell, Park at River Walk and Kern County Department of Public Health. To register for the Lace’n It Up event go to the Links for Life website www.linksforlife.org Oct. 4: Links for Life Breast Cancer Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Links for Life office. Oct. 5: Pamper Yourself in Pink at Christine’s & LoLo’s, Stockdale Fashion Plaza. Four local salons will be providing mini services for the guests along with food, drinks and shopping! Join all the fun for $20 to benefit Links for Life. Call 8343068 to make your reservations, limited space.
Cynthia Lake / Mary Lake Daughter / mother Cancer Survivors 4 years / 5 years
Pricilla Bacus / Ede Pacaldo Cousin-in-law / cousin-in-law
Ella Simpson / Connie Simpson Mother-in-law / daughter-in-law
Cancer Survivors 10 years / 10 years
Cancer Survivors 11 years / 5 years
Special thank you to Karla Jadwin, Jadwin Photography for the Wall of Hope photos.
To be included in next year’s Wall of Hope, please call Links for Life at 322-5601.
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Emerald Sponsors
Ruby Sponsors
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Oct. 13: Pink Passion for Fashion – Fashion Show & Luncheon, DoubleTree Hotel 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info and to reserve your table call 322-5601. Oct. 13: Bingo to benefit Links for Life in Tehachapi, Senior Center, 6 p.m. Call 8050098 for more information. Oct. 19: Bunco, hosted by Christine’s in the Stockdale Fashion Plaza, 6:30 p.m. Call for reservations, 834-3068. Oct. 20: 7 p.m., CSUB Women’s Pink Soccer game, CSUB vs. UC Davis, main soccer field. Oct. 25: Kisses for Cures Bingo Night, hosted by Victoria’s, 6:30 p.m. Call 6658300 for details and reservations. Oct. 27: Color Me Mine, A Fun LadiesOnly night of painting, food, and silent auction. For more details and to make your reservation, call 664-7366.