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Welcome to the home page for the Los Angeles Network for FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered! Here you will find information on our local efforts to provide information, support, awareness, and advocacy for individuals and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

LAFORCE

Our Los Angeles Network outreach coordinators are: Linee Zajic,  Joi Morris, Candida Orosco and Virginia Joines.

 

 

 

 

 

What's new

FORCE LA Support. If you are in need of a mentor, buddy or surgical support please contact Candida and she will help connect you to someone to talk with.

Events

Joining FORCEs with the Lynne Cohen Foundation, Sunday, September 19, 2010

As we all know, there is a huge need for increased ovarian cancer awareness and increased funding for ovarian cancer research.  We are happy to announce that FORCE will be teaming up with the Lynne Cohen Foundation to help achieve these goals.

 What is the Lynne Cohen Foundation?

The Lynne Cohen Foundation is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art, comprehensive patient care for women and families at increased risk of ovarian and breast cancer through the Lynne Cohen Preventive Care Programs; supporting research aimed at finding an ovarian cancer early detection test; and to supporting and enabling highly-focused, multi-institutional research which will lead to effective prevention strategies and interventions to improve the quality of life and survival rates of women with ovarian and breast cancer.

What are we going to do?

We are going to create a FORCE team to join the 2010 KICKIN' Cancer walk/run on Sunday, September 19, 2010 in Brentwood, California.  Money raised by the FORCE team will go to the following:

  • 50% to FORCE to fund ovarian cancer related actvities and materials.
  • 50% to fund genetic testing for the under served/uninsured at the Lynne Cohen Preventive Care Clinic for Women's Cancers at USC/Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles.

How do you join the FORCE team?

We have created a FORCE team.  Go to the KICKIN' Cancer website and register for our team.  Click on the "Register Here" button and follow the instructions.  Click on "Join a Team" and in the drop down menu select "Team FORCE."

BE SURE TO ENTER THE DISCOUNT CODE "force" AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.

This will do two things.  First, you will receive a $5 discount on your registration.  Second, the Lynne Cohen Foundation will use this discount code to track the money raised by the FORCE team.

What if I cannot come to the event?

We hope you come out on September 19th to support our FORCE team and the Lynne Cohen Foundation.  The day promises to be a fun one that engages the whole family.  Bring your kids for the Kiddie Fun Run.  But if you cannot join us physically you can still support this great cause by either donating to one of our participants or by being a virtual runner.

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If you have information, resources, or questions for the Los Angeles Network Group, please contact us at:

LAforce@facingourrisk.org

or call us at (866) 288-RISK Ext. 717

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