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.

Happy Mother's Day!
Designate a gift to the memory/honor of someone special in your life, whether a mother, grandmother, neighbor or friend.

Click here to print the designation form  |  View O.A.K's 2008 Mother's Day Tributes

Download the golf registration form, or contact Mike Crouch @ mike.crouch@insightbb.com for more information.

Blue Hydrangea Tea Party, April 20th, click for more information

Special thanks goes to Allegra Print & Imaging FootPRINT Fund for the 2008 printing grant!!!

Bluegrass Ovarian Cancer Support
New support group in Lexington has been started.

If you live in the area, feel free to contact Suzi or drop by the next meeting.

The next BOCS meeting will be held on Tues. April 1 at 6:30, at the American Cancer Society Support and Volunteer Center, conference room, 1504 College Way, (behind the Hope Lodge and KET), Lexington, KY.

Anyone who needs more information is welcome to contact me directly, or use our BOCS email address: bgovca@gmail.com.

Click here to learn more about the 2008 Toast to Life
Click here to learn more about Corporate Sponsorships

Please view our featured survivor story -- March Toward Life

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

Below is the winning license plate for ovarian cancer research funding! Thank you everyone for voting. It is now being submitted to Frankfort for the final approval so we can begin signing people up and get these plates on the road ASAP.

Winning Plate


View the license plate brochure

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.
For more information go to: http://www.kecc.org/online_brochure_CHC.htm

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: ovarianawareness@yahoo.com or mail to:
Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky, 3991 Dutchmans Ln., Suite 309, 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 502-899-6963 or mail the donation to the OAK office at:
3991 Dutchmans Lane, Suite 309, 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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Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from our advertisers will go to your favorite charity without you spending a dime!

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) 899-6963 to R.S.V.P and get more details.

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

Norton Suburban Hospital
3991 Dutchmans Lane
4th Floor Louisville Oncology suite
Louisville, KY
502-899-6963
FOURTH MONDAY of eaonth
6-7:30 p.m.

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

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

O.A.K. Blue Hydrangea Tea Party
On Sunday, April 22, 2007, Lori and Lindsay Andriot and Barbara Baker Brown sponsored The Blue Hydrangea Tea at Whitehall Historic Home to benefit Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky (O.A.K.). It was a perfectly elegant setting for a formal English tea. The idea for the fundraiser came from Lindsay, age nine, daughter of Lori and Steve Andriot of Indian Hills and granddaughter of Ramona Williams, Lori’s mother. Ramona, who resides in Louisa, Kentucky, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December and is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments. Lindsay, a third grader at Sacred Heart Model School, was so profoundly affected by this and inspired by her Grandmother’s optimism and courage, she wanted to raise funds to increase others awareness of the early warning signs of this disease. Through generous donations from the 35 friends, neighbors, and Sacred Heart Model School moms who gathered, Lindsay was able to raise over $2,500.00.

 

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/ovca2008/

Download the 2008 O.A.K. Postage Stamp Petition

Special thanks for the donated office space in the new Health Resource Center of the Women's Pavilion Medical Plaza II.

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