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09 August 2010
Sister's Promise ~ Quality Care & Curing Cancer...
Until I read the book excerpt A Sister's Promise by Nancy Brinker in Parade about her big sister Susan Komen, I had neither appreciated the personal tragedy that inspired the Komen Cure initiative nor its tremendous and ongoing impact...
"We have to do something… to help… the women at the hospital. Make it better… for them… their families. Nan." She gripped my wrist. "Promise me it’ll be better." "Breast cancer -- we have to talk about it. It has to change… so women know… so they don’t die. Promise me, Nanny. Promise… you’ll make it change." "Suzy… I promise."
Nancy continues to deliver on her promise -- what's now our promise. The Komen organization has raised over $1.5B and counting, helped shed the cultural stigmas about breast cancer, and supports vital research and translational action. Nanny today shares Suzy's story...
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