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(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 01, 2009 ) Boca Raton, FL - - - The family event is open to runners and walkers of all ages. Prizes will be awarded to division winners as well as the top 3 male and female winners. Registered participants will receive a special race pack which includes a souvenir Run/Walk t-shirt, bib number, and other goodies. Registration is available online at https://www.sharsheret.org/bocarace.php Early registration fee is $18 per person (ages 12 and up), $25 on race day.
Proceeds from the First Annual Run/Walk for Sharsheret will benefit Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization organization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer.
For more information about the Race and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Miriam Klein at mimifried@aol.com or 917-860-8860.
About Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
For over fifteen years, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of the people of Southern Florida. On January 4, 2005, she was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives to continue this fight as the Congresswoman from Florida's 20th Congressional District.
The first Jewish Congresswoman ever elected from Florida, Representative Wasserman Schultz brings to Congress her many years of service in the Florida Legislature and the kind of grassroots knowledge of the people of South Florida that can only be known through countless interactions with the families, businesses and organizations that make up the fabric of our community.
Her first term was marked with remarkable success for a freshman member then serving in the minority. She was one of the key leaders in the Terri Schiavo debate, challenging President Bush and arguing forcefully that the courts had ruled in this case on multiple occasions and Congress would set a dangerous, and likely unconstitutional, precedent if the Legislative Branch attempted to circumvent the courtsÂ’ decisions. She introduced a resolution, passed unanimously by the House of Representatives, calling on the President to declare a Jewish American Heritage Month. The President subsequently did so, with the inaugural month in May, 2006.
During her tenure in the Florida State Legislature, Wasserman Schultz made a name for herself as a fighter for South Florida families. As a Member of the Florida House, she authored and passed the “Drive Thru Baby Bill” and the “Drive Thru Mastectomy Bill” both of which helped women by mandating that they get the care they needed rather than the limited amount of care that the insurance companies were willing to pay for. As a State Senator, she passed another significant piece of legislation outlawing human and sexual trafficking in the State of Florida. Her tireless work on behalf of the Florida Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act helped to ensure its passage and has saved the lives of unknown numbers of toddlers from accidental drowning in Florida pools. While serving in the state House, Wasserman Schultz fought to increase funding to public schools to solve school overcrowding problems and drew praise for her efforts to establish a statewide child care administration agency to establish regulations for day care facilities. She also was recognized repeatedly as an environmental champion for her strong advocacy on environmental protection issues.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz was born in 1966 on Long Island, NY. She attended the University of Florida and graduated with a BachelorÂ’s Degree in Political Science in 1988 and with a MasterÂ’s Degree in 1990. She has been married to Steve Schultz for 17 years and together they have three children. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston.
About Sharsheret
Since the organization's founding in 2001, Sharsheret has received more than 15,000 phone calls from those affected by breast cancer, health care professionals, women's organizations, Jewish organizations, and others interested in learning more about the important services Sharsheret provides nationwide. In response to the needs of young Jewish women facing breast cancer Sharsheret has developed the following programs:
The Link Program
• Peer Support Network, connecting women newly diagnosed or at high risk of developing breast cancer with others who share similar diagnoses and experiences;
• Embrace, supporting women living with advanced breast cancer;
• Empower, addressing the concerns of women without partners facing breast cancer;
• Genetics for Life, focusing on hereditary breast cancer;
• Family Focus, answering questions of caregivers and family members.
Education and Outreach Programs
• Health Care Symposia on issues unique to younger women facing breast cancer;
• Sharsheret Supports, a national model for local support groups;
• Sharsheret on Campus, outreach to high school and college students;
• Facing Breast Cancer as a Jewish Woman educational resource booklet series;
• National Volunteer Program with representatives across the country.
Quality of Life Programs
• Busy Box, for young parents facing breast cancer;
• Best Face Forward to address the cosmetic side effects of treatment.
For more information about SharsheretÂ’s free and confidential national programs and services, please call (866) 474-2774 or visit www.sharsheret.org.
Boca Raton Synagogue Sisterhood
Gila Stern
561-929-6536
gbs2231@yahoo.com 
Source: EmailWire.com
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