Dear 16 year old me

Just watch this. Then pass it on.

Amy's Blend at Caribou Coffee

I noticed today that the local Caribou Coffee (southside) is donating proceeds from the sale of their "Amy's Blend" coffee to the Cancer Caring Center, my favorite local cancer support organization! The concept is a tribute to Caribou Coffee roastmaster Amy Erickson, who passed away in 1995 after dealing with breast cancer. She was 33 years old. To learn more, click HERE, and get yourself over to Caribou to support the Cancer Caring Center!

Indescribable Pain

Several years ago I met Elijah Oberman when my two-piece lady-punk band opened for Eli's band, The Shondes at Garfield Artworks in Pittsburgh. Now, our paths cross again but for an entirely different reason- cancer.

Eli has written a beautiful piece called "The Pain of Indescribable Pain", where he talks about being a transgendered man diagnosed with breast cancer. He talks about facing a diagnosis, its treatment, its recovery, and coping with all of it.

Many thanks to Eli for being willing to share his story!

They Might Be Imposters

Check it out- a benefit show for BRICKS for Young Adults!!


Saturday, September 17 at 7:30pm

Hambone's
4207 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA


THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS COVER SHOW! Pittsburgh bands play the songs of They Might Be Giants!

21+
$1-3 donation to BRICKS for Young Adults, providing support for young adults with cancer.

Middle Children
They Might Be Jerks
Skinless/Boneless
Weird Paul Rock Band
Attention Deficit Evi
Ben Blanchard
Pam Hanlin
Scott Fry
...and possibly one or two others

Facebook invite can be found HERE. Come on out and join us!

Blood & Cupcakes....FOUR?!

Thats right friends, its that time again. Time to start thinking about our FOURTH annual Blood & Cupcakes replenishing blood drive to benefit Central Blood Bank.

Details to come, but mark your calendars NOW for Saturday, November 5, 2011. You can count on all the things you love about B&C- the donor raffle, the friendly faces, that warm fuzzy feeling you have knowing youre helping other people, oh yeah- AND CUPCAKES!!!!

Check back here for more info, and dont forget to read over the basic donor qualifications to see if you are eligible to give blood!

New Hope Post

I recently learned about The New Hope Post, a publication working in conjunction with the New Hope Challenge. The Post provides a great source of information for anyone hoping to learn more about cancer awareness and resources. The Challenge is a 3000+ mile cycling event meant to raise awareness along the way. More about both of these things soon, but for now please check out their websites! Such good stuff!

Somehow I missed all of July....

...but August promises to have lots of good info!

Lets start by talking about the Crawl for Cancer to benefit my friends at the Cancer Caring Center!

This team-based bar crawl is held at location all over the country, with the Pittsburgh event taking place on Saturday, September 17. For more information visit the Crawl for Cancer web site!