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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 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 Louise Morrell , MD
Dr. Louise Morrell was named Medical Director for the Center for Breast Care at the WomenÂ’s Center at Boca Raton Community Hospital in 1995. As Medical Director, she oversees comprehensive clinical care services and leads the tumor board. She established the Breast Cancer Multimodality Clinic, which offers women newly diagnosed with breast cancer multiple subspecialty consultations in a single visit to the hospitalÂ’s Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute.
Dr. Morrell also performs genetic testing, identifying individuals at the highest risk for breast and ovarian cancer. She provides an ongoing prevention program for all patients that are determined to be in a high-risk category. She currently serves as the hospital’s lead investigator for Total Cancer Care™, an innovative cancer research program to develop new drug therapies personalized for each patient. The hospital is the first facility in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties to participate in the study, a collaborative effort with the Moffitt Cancer Center, Merck & Co., and the state of Florida.
Dr. Morrell is a board certified medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer care. She graduated from Washington University School of Medicine and completed her fellowship training at Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. In 1989, she joined the full-time clinical faculty at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami where she helped to establish the clinical breast cancer program and participated in research in Stem Cell Transplantation and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer.
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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