Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky

Welcome to the Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky (O.A.K.) website, an excellent resource that supports and educates women and the people who love them about ovarian and gynecologic cancers. The formation of this site is the result of caring women and men who are dedicated to the fight against ovarian and gynecologic cancers.

Please click on the links to your left. Our goal is for you to feel informed, supported, inspired, and dedicated to the fight against ovarian and gynecologic cancers.

Join your OAK friends Sunday, June 28 @
Churchill Downs Millionaires Row 4
For a Day at the Races(click here for the details)!!

2009 Blue Hydrangea Progressive Tea Party

Sunday, April 19th weather wise was gloomy. But in LaGrange, sunshine of a different sort was in plentiful supply. For the second year, the Blue Hydrangea Progressive Tea Party took place in the shops of Main St. Over 440 people attended this year, a substantial increase from just over 200 the year before. This last Monday, a check for $5292.41 was presented by members of Cindy Adams’ family (Cindy passed away 3/31/09) to survivors in OAK (Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky.)

It was a special event where each participant selected a teacup and saucer (as a keepsake); went store to store with the cup sampling teas and treats; and enjoyed all the unique atmosphere and hospitality that Main Street merchants could provide. “It was an honor to organize this event” said daughter-in-law Lisa Adams, “as bittersweet as it was, it is a celebration of her idea and memory.”

In 2010, we hope for even bigger numbers and are already sorting through ideas for next year’s event.

2009 Ovarian Cancer Survivors Camp announced.
September 10-14 in Montana.

OAK is offering one scholarship to cover camp and airline expenses. Click here to apply

Here is our link to fundraising for the race if anyone is running the race and wishing to fundraise for OAK: http://www.active.com/donate/ovarianawarenessofky

Its Teal Day, Hear Us Roar!
OCNA visits the Today Show on National Teal Day
Click to view

Special thanks goes to Allegra Print & Imaging FootPRINT Fund for the 2009 printing grant!!!

Please view our featured survivor story -- March Toward Life

Press Release -- Local Ovarian Cancer Group Underwrites Grant to Study Geographic Disparities in Cancer Care

Order your Kentucky Ovarian Cancer Research License Plate - today! They will not produce our plate will we have 900 orders. We need your help....please click here for more details

Attention Federal Employees...
Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky's code is 55582 for donations. We appreciate your support.

If you're a federal employee please look for Community Health Charities of Kentucky and designate to your local chapter.

Otherwise some federal employees may give to Community Health Charities of America and not realize its a national listing and money doesn't go locally.


View the O.A.K. CHC profile

By submitting your e-mailed or hand written story to O.A.K., you are permitting us to place it on our website. We will take stories anytime.

Send your story to: INFO@OVARIANAWARENESSOFKY.ORG or mail to:
Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky, 34010 Dupont Circle, Suite 275, Dupont Professional Towers, 2nd floor, Louisville, KY 40207.

Submit with your story: First name, last name (optional), city, state, age at diagnosis and the year, type of GYN cancer, and stage.

We have OAK members who are willing to talk and share their stories and experiences with other survivors. If you call our office at 502-899-6963 we can introduce you to another survivor of a similar age and/or stage. We also provide assistance to family members – husbands/partners who would like to talk to others in the same situation and daughters or sisters who are providing care for a loved one and would like support.

Bereavement and Memorials
Materials available for a memorial service include plastic teal pins, symptoms cards, OAK brochures and donation envelopes. Please contact the OAK office to make arrangements for delivery or pickup of any of these materials. Donations may be made by cash, check [made out to OAK]. To make a donation, please contact the OAK office at 502-708-1625 or mail the donation to the OAK office at:
4010 Dupont Circle, Suite 275
Dupont Professional Towers, 2nd floor
Louisville, KY 40207

All donors receive a thank-you letter including a tax receipt from the OAK office. When a memorial is directed to OAK, an acknowledgement of the donation will also be sent to a family member.

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Learn more about our Turn Up The Volume campaign

(Presented by OAK Educational Grant by Younger Woman’s Club of Louisville)

• It’s FREE!
• Until there’s a test, Awareness is best!
• Ovarian Cancer: Awareness + Action = HOPE
• The symptoms are not always silent
• Know the risk factors
• There are early screening programs available to high-risk women
• Hear a survivor’s story

Call 502-708-1625 to R.S.V.P and get more details.

Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky (O.A.K.) is pleased to offer the following support groups for Gynecological Cancer survivors and their caregivers.

O.A.K.
4010 Dupont Circle, Suite 275
Dupont Professional Towers, 2nd floor
Louisville, KY 40207
502-708-1625
FOURTH MONDAY of each month
6-7:30 p.m.

James Graham Brown Cancer Center
Support group meetings at this location have been temporarily suspended. Please call our office watch this website for updates regarding this location.

Support Group Meetings outside of Louisville:
BOCS
Bluegrass Ovarian Cancer Support
Lexington, KY
bgovca@gmail.com
859-846-5552

Statistics show that being involved in support groups gives a better quality of life to patients.

Johanna's Law Passes Congress (view the details)!

Get your teal, silicone ovarian cancer awareness bracelets now!

Add Your Support for the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Postage Stamp

“Many people want to help advance ovarian cancer awareness, but aren’t sure what to do. This project enables everyone to do something that does not require a great deal of effort,” Mrs. Benivegna explained. “When -- not if -- we get our Ovarian Cancer Awareness Postage Stamp, every single person who helped with the project can feel a real sense of personal accomplishment.”

Every year, more than 50,000 people send ideas for stamps to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee at the U.S. Postal Service. The committee meets quarterly to determine which ideas best meet the established criteria. The criteria generally center on three themes: the stamp subject has stood the test of time, is consistent with public opinion, and serves a broad national interest.

If the Stamp Advisory Committee does not think an idea adequately meets these general guidelines, the proposal is placed in a “not recommended” status. Initially placed in this “not recommended” category by the committee, the status of the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Postage Stamp has been upgraded and has been “under consideration” for the past several years. This means the stamp meets the criteria and could be approved when there is an opening for a stamp in the appropriate category if the idea receives continued and widespread support from citizens.

“In the past, we have sent 30,000 to 40,000 petition signatures each year to the Stamp Committee. This year, we want to significantly exceed those numbers, and you can help,” Mrs. Benivegna said.

More information as well as the online petition can be found at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ovcastamp/

Download the O.A.K. Postage Stamp Petition

Thank you for visiting!

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