Finding Your Path to Breast Health in Baltimore Mar 10, 2012 8:00 AM

The Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an affiliate of the world’s largest breast cancer organization and provider of funds to aid in the awareness, prevention, treatment and research of breast cancer, will host a free educational symposium as a celebration of sisterhood and survivorship. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices to reduce their risk of breast cancer, hear from local survivors and experts in the field, and connect with valuable community resources. The event is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required by Friday, March 2, 2012. Register by visiting www.komenmd.org or calling 410-938-8990. The master of ceremonies will be Kelly Swoope, co-anchor and health reporter from WMAR-TV, ABC 2 News. Our “Sessions with the Experts” will begin with Dr. Dawn Leonard, the Medical Director of the Herman and Walter Samuelson Breast Cancer Center at Northwest Hospital followed by the dietician team at Moveable Feast, and Lynne Brick, President of Brick Bodies Fitness Services, Inc. The event concludes with two panel discussions with a multi-disciplinary team of physicians and a survivorship panel entitled “Living with Joy.” WHEN: Saturday, March 10, 2012 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. *Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. WHERE: New Psalmist Baptist Church 6020 Marian Drive Baltimore, MD 21215 About Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Komen Maryland Affiliate Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever, and in 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The Maryland Affiliate is part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer. Through events like the Komen Maryland Race for the Cure, the Maryland Affiliate has invested $35 million in community breast cancer programs since 1993. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Affiliate stays in Maryland. The remaining 25 percent funds national breast cancer research, often taking place at Maryland institutions. Komen Maryland is the tenth of approximately 120 affiliates in the Komen network to host two Races—Hunt Valley and Ocean City. For more information, call 410-938-8990 or visit www.komenmd.org.