You're In Luck! Happy Hour

Check out the above flyer image (click to enlarge) to learn the Cancer Caring Center's Happy Hour event at Mario's on the Southside, Thursday March 15!

Toast of the Town

Oh! And this! A friend and coworker is a member of the Mt. Lebanon Junior Women's Club, who will be hosting a gala on March 3 to benefit the Young Women's Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation. Read all about it in the Post Gazette!

To learn more, or to buy tickets, click HERE!

BRICKS article runs today

Traveling Companions is a blog written by oncology nurses and caregiver experts to provide support and advice for patients with cancer and their family caregivers. Oncology nurses consider themselves your "traveling companions" on one's cancer journey.

I was recently interviewed for the blog, and you can read the interview here.

Lots of things in the works and hopefully more news soon! Check back!

Electronic Saviors Vol.2

He's done it again- Jim Semonik is back with his second collection, "Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer, Volume II: Recurrence". Proceeds from the sale of this SIX cd box set will benefit Gilda's Club and The Bone Marrow Foundation.

To learn more about this amazing project please visit the ES:2 website. To pre-order the premium edition of the box set, which includes a BRICKS for Young Adults Cancer Awareness & Resource guide (yay!) click HERE

Thank you!!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who played or attended the benefit show on the 13th. The proceeds were dropped off this week, and the event raised over $300 for BRICKS! How amazing is that?? $300 is enough to mail out over 150 booklets to people who need them. The continued support of our community continues to amaze me.

Speaking of which, check back soon for info about ANOTHER benefit show coming up in March!

Friday the 13th Benefit show!

Some awesome folks are putting on a benefit show for us! Check it out!


We're having a benefit for BRICKS for Young Adults (Building Resources In Cancer Knowledge & Services) at Hambone's on Friday the 13th. Instead of charging a 3-5$ cover we're gonna collect money at the door for this cause. More info can be found here:

http://www.facebook.com/BRICKSforYoungAdults
http://brickspgh.blogspot.com/

The Bands Playing:

CITY STEPS (foot-tapping pop music)
http://www.facebook.com/CitySteps

THE COMMITTEE FOR GETTING ATTENTION (folk/bluesy)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-committee-for-getting-attention/114385075265248

LET THEM EAT CAKE (indie/folk rock)
http://www.facebook.com/letthemeatcakepgh

NOTHING SPECIAL (catchy folk tunes)

SOCK MARKET (folk/punk)
http://sockmarket.bandcamp.com/

We'll get started at 9pm. Come out and listen to some great local bands and support a great cause!

Hambone's
4207 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201-3132

Facebook invite here:
http://www.facebook.com/events/299010313469269/

NICE!

And speaking of marrow donation-

Here is an article that ran in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette about donors being paid for their stem cell donation.

Court allows pay for most bone marrow donors

What are your thoughts on this-
Is it still a "donation" if there is compensation?
Will payment increase the number of individuals willing to donate?
Could this exclude lower income patients in need from getting the donor materials they need to survive?

Its incredible to me that this is happening just DAYS after my own notification that I may be a potential bone marrow donor match for a patient in need. It seems like such a no-brainer to me- MY body makes healthy cells, I can give some away and make more. Would I be any more likely to donate if there was compensation involved? Absolutely not. My mild inconvenience and temporary fear is NOTHING compared to whatever the person who needs my bone marrow is going through.

Tell me what you think about this, Im really curious! I want to hear your opinions!