Thursday, December 31, 2009
2010 Calendars for sale!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Sarcoma Cup 2009 Shirts for Sale
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Initial Sarcoma Cup Photos Posted
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Patient Education Program - August 12th at 6PM PST
To hear this program, along with many other programs, visit our website at www.patientpower.info. All programs are hosted by 13-year leukemia survivor, and founder of Patient Power, Andrew Schorr.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Donate $1 to the Sarcoma Cup - send $5 to Sarcoma Research
Give $1 to the Sarcoma Cup - and the energy of our volunteers will strive to transform it into $5 for sarcoma research! The Sarcoma Cup is a multiplier of your generosity!!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Please Help BeatSarcoma By Writing a Review for the 'Cancer Fighters Award'
It's been a whole week since the launch of the 2009 Cancer Fighters Awards. Check out your reviews, if any, at www.greatnonprofits.org/
If you don’t yet have any reviews, there is still time to take advantage of this completely FREE opportunity! (See which cancer fighting nonprofits are in the lead right now at www.greatnonprofits.org/cancer
Make your work visible to potential supporters and donors. Ask your volunteers, clients, donors, and board members to post reviews about their experiences with you!
Whether you are a local organization or a national one, you can gain visibility by participating in the 2009 Cancer Fighters Awards. This opportunity is completely FREE of charge.
The nonprofits with the most positive reviews within their size category – small (less than $250K in budget), medium ($250K – $1M) or large (more than $1M) – or their geographic region, posted by July 31, 2009 will be featured on GreatNonprofits, Planet Cancer, AND on Guidestar.org, the premier site for philanthropic research. All reviews will also appear on your GuideStar nonprofit report.
You can also later use these reviews in your marketing, fundraising, and brochures!
This is an opportunity for you to engage your stakeholders – clients, volunteers, board members, donors and others. They can share their experiences with one another and the larger public.
And individuals who participate have a chance to win great wellness prizes such as a free copy of "Everything Changes: The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20s and 30s" by Kairol Rosenthal, free milk for a year from Organic Valley Farms, delicious baked goods from Dancing Deer Baking Co., spa packages from Osmosis Day Spa and Sanctuary, hotel stays from Joie de Vivre Hotels, and more!
Gain visibility and take this opportunity to engage your community.
Best,
Perla Ni
CEO
GreatNonprofits
www.greatnonprofits.org
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sarcoma Cup 2009 Registration has opened!
- Sailing World Magazine and other goodies in your skipper packet
- One Design, PHRF and Cruising Division with mark racing on Saturday and long distance racing 'the island of hope' on Sunday
- Free Wine Bar - and good ones! and free gourmet coffee (and pastries on Saturday!)
- Free Massage
- Live Jazz Band on the dock and Live Rock Band in the evening
- High Value Sponsored Prizes - the winner gets a FREE HAUL OUT - here is the full list of awards
- Link to Notice of Race: http://www.beatsarcoma.
org/uploads/Sarcoma_Cup_2009_ NORv3.4.pdf - Link to the Sarcoma Cup website: http://www.
beatsarcoma.org/Sarcoma_Cup. html
Monday, June 29, 2009
Terry Fox - Osteosarcoma Patient and Canada Legend
John Brennan - "The Never Say Die Kid"
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
BeatSarcoma is looking for volunteers for the Sarcoma Cup - August 22 and/or 23rd 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
BeatSarcoma launches an online store! BeatSarcoma lance une boutique en ligne!
BeatSarcoma Launches an online store. You can buy shirts, sweaters, caps, past event gear, Elise gear, pet bowls, magnets, stickers, puzzles, playing cards, cards, mugs, bags - and do good!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Privacy Policy Update
Saturday, April 4, 2009
BeatSarcoma Fun Run 2009 Photos
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
BeatSarcoma Fun Run 2009 results posted!
Monday, March 23, 2009
The Examiner talks about the BeatSarcoma Fun Run
Personal Best: Running for life and sarcoma
By David Liepman
Special to The Examiner 3/22/09
SAN FRANCISCO – After being rammed by an 80-ton sperm whale, Nathalie Criou’s boat had capsized.
Criou and her crew were delivering a sailboat from Hawaii to San Francisco in the summer of 2006 when the boat sank. Adrift for a day on a life raft in shark-infested waters, Criou had no idea that this experience would prepare her for an even greater challenge. Read More...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
March 22nd: 10% off at Sports Basement - benefiting BeatSarcoma Fun Run 2009
When: March 22 – 11:30 AM until 2:30 PM
Where: Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Sponsored By: BeatSarcoma
BeatSarcoma is glad to invite you to our:
Kick off party for BeatSarcoma Fun Run
On Sunday March 22nd from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
At Sports Basement 1590 Bryant St, San Francisco.
- 10% discount at the store
- 10% of the revenues from your purchases will go to the sarcoma research (of these 100% to sarcoma research)
- Free drinks, beers, and snacks will be provided
You can pick up your bib if you are already registered for the BeatSarcoma Fun Run or you can register for the Fun Run during the party.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Newsletter 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
"Navigating through cancer" - Stanford talks about BeatSarcoma
"Dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen"* raises over $600 for BeatSarcoma
"When you are little, death never really crosses your mind. Swimming in the pool, drinking lemonade and eating popsicles when you are 6 aren’t exactly the moments in life when one explores deeper into the meaning of life and the possibility of death. It especially never plagued me. My childhood was relatively normal. I was never hit with any sorrow or strife. I had my friends and I had my family. Nobody was ill, nobody was suffering. My only worries were where I had left my Barbies or if it would be warm enough for me to go swimming (in Texas though, this problem rarely was an issue).
I feel that for Andy and Nikki Philips, this probably was their only issue at the time as well. Living just a few minutes away from each other, seemingly every summer day consisted of playing with them. My memories of our little play dates are limited and hazy, but whenever I think about them, although I can not recount exactly what we did, I still feel love and warmth in my heart. As we grew older, we grew away from each other as well. We were still close, and whenever I saw them I enjoyed every moment of it. However due to house relocations and the increasing amount of school work one tends to find as they graduate elementary school, those moments slowly decreased.
We heard that Andy had Osteosarcoma in November of 2007. Andy’s primary tumor was found in his upper left humerus and he had reverse total shoulder surgery on January 29th 2008. He had aggressive chemotherapy in February 2008, continuing for quite a number of months. Intense radiation in September 2008 alleviated much pain. However two months later his journey ended at home in the loving care of his family. When I heard of his passing, my child-like naivety was shattered. What do you mean he has died? No, that’s impossible, he’s only a kid! Death was always just a second thought for me. I knew it existed, I knew it would happen, but never to someone who was my age. We had visited him during my spring break of 2008 and he seemed in high spirits. He was talkative, laughing, smiling—acting like a kid. It reminded me of how when we were kids, Andy, Nikki and I would all play and laugh and giggle. I remembered how happy he was then. Nothing made us grieve or worry. Life was simple and we enjoyed living it.
Having someone so young taken from us made me realize how precious life truly is, how delicate it is and how easily it can be taken from us. I think of it as a gift now, as a wonderful little present wrapped in a beautiful pink bow. So when my birthday approached in February, I thought of what I truly wanted and I realized all I wanted was to enjoy and celebrate life. I wanted to celebrate those many popsicles I had eaten and those hours I had swum with Andy and Nikki. I wanted to just enjoy living life again, simple and fun. I wanted my guests to have fun and, even it was for just a few hours, be able to act like kids again. And what’s more fun than rollerblading? Turning 17, I figured the ABBA song "Dancing Queen" would be fitting, since in the song she is turning 17.
We all acted goofy, dressing up and falling down as we turned corners. We had fun and we laughed. Andy had always been funny and loving. He had a warm heart and was always making jokes. Andy had requested that when he passed to donate to BeatSarcoma. To honor him, not as a cancer victim but as a fun and loving child, I would give to BeatSarcoma. I requested that my guests bring $10 to donate instead of presents. Andy had given us love and light and laughter and we should do the same.
Even when he was in the hospital when last I saw him about a year ago, his spirit and bright smile touched my heart. My birthday party was not a celebration of my turning 17, but of Andy being with us. Instead of dwelling on what we lost, I saw what we gained while he was here. I remembered how we would play and laugh and giggle and be kids. Although sometimes that pang of grief strikes just the right place in my heart, the warmth from those memories tends to mend my heart after it has had its few moments of sorrow.
Life is precious and should be treated protectively, but it’s not something we can't enjoy. You can have your birthday cake and eat it too. And although sometimes we might hit a few sour patches in the dough, that cake is still covered in icing and sprinkles. On February 12th 2009 from 9 to 11pm, everybody only saw the sprinkles. In the end we raised $635 for BeatSarcoma. But the true intent of my party was to remember Andy, to have fun and laugh.
Live, laugh and love! Life is too short not to…"
By Maria Sterrett with parental authorization
* Chorus lyrics from 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA
So...
And thank you for being such an inspiration for us all.
The BeatSarcoma Team
You too can set up fundraising parties or event - for more info, you can contact us at info@beatsarcoma.org or visit our website: www.beatsarcoma.org.
Monday, February 9, 2009
MD Anderson Webcast: Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma
Here are a couple of webcasts discussing sarcoma and osteosarcoma with medical experts from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. All of their programs are entirely free for downloading or streaming.
For more information and to listen, visit the links below:
Also, all Patient Power sarcoma replays are available at:
http://www.patientpower.info/
Saturday, February 7, 2009
BeatSarcoma made a $11,000 research gift to Stanford
Monday, February 2, 2009
Registration now open for BeatSarcoma Fun Run - March 29, 2009
- 2 x $75 Gift certificates from Sports Basement
- Free pass to BATS Improv show for 2
- 1 Gift certificate for La Ciccia
- 12 Gift certificates for Java Beach Cafe
- 3 passes for 2 free general admission for an April Double-Entendre show
- 1 'Elise' cap
- and more!
- $200 Gift certificate from San Remo Hotel
- Day sail on the Bay for 2, wine included
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Regatta Photoshoot for BeatSarcom'Art
View the pictures: photo.beatsarcoma.org
If you are interested in participating in BeatSarcom'Art, please email us!
Monday, January 19, 2009
BeatSarcoma 2008 Initatives
- Sarcoma Cup 2008 - Richmond Yacht Club
- See financial results
- BeatSarcoma's Online Photoshop (includes merchandising, clothing, etc...)
- Pacific Cup 2008 - raised ~ $4,000
BeatSarcoma lance une boutique en ligne! Achetez des chemises, T-shirts, casquettes, auto-collants, puzzles, tasses, sacs, etc...et aidez la recherche contre le sarcome!