Home Depot Co-Workers Band Together To Help Sick colleague

Correction 03/29 at 16:00 hrs, benefit is May 22nd 2010, not 2008 as published earlier

Co-workers from The Home Depot in Cicero, New York plan Benefit for sick colleague.

Several co-workers from The Home Depot in Cicero, NY are rallying together in support of a sick co-worker and friend Shawn Snyder.

Shawn who has worked at The Home Depot in Cicero, NY for seven years took ill in August 2008 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

Co-workers who refer to Shawn as a loving and beutiful woman are helping to organize a "Spaghetti Dinner Benifit" for her.

Tim Rose, a friend and co-worker said "Shawn is a wonderful woman, Stricken in her prime with a dreadful illness that robs the heart of your soul. Shawn hasn't let that happen! This woman has shown more determination than ten people I know. It is her strong will and fighting spirit that gives us, her work family, the same determination to help suport her in this time of need".

The benefit will be held at The Brewerton Fire Department, Brewerton,  NY on  Saturday May 22nd 2010.

Diner includes spaghetti with meatballs or sausage, Italian bread and salad and will take place between 12.00pm and 5.00pm

Tickets are $10.00 each in advance, $15.00 each at the door, Kids 5 and under free!

Events include raffles, silent and live auctions, 50/50's, door prizes, music and more! Alcoholic beverages will be available.

Tickets available at Brewerton Pharmacy, Cicero Home Depot, Engelbert's Jewelers

Or call  (315)-532-5991, (315)-402-3277 or (315)-281-5303

UPDATE: The Guest Book Feature on Shawn's benefit website is now working if you would like to leave any words of encouragement.

A website has been setup for anyone wishing to send messages of suport www.shawnsnyder.blogspot.com

To report technical issues with the site please email Greg Shaw

Anyone wishing to donate prizes or money are asked to call:

(315)- 402-3277 or email Tim Rose

Key Statistics About Cervical Cancer

The American Cancer Society's most recent estimates for cervical cancer in the United States are for 2009:

• about 11,270 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed.
  
• about 4,070 women will die from cervical cancer.

In the United States, cervical cancer occurs most often in Hispanic women; at a rate that is more than twice what is seen in non-Hispanic white women. African-American women develop this cancer about 50% more often than non-Hispanic white women.

On March 16th The National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) on their website issued a thank you to more than 200 national organizations that signed on to health reform ads placed in Politico, The Hill and Roll Call. A copy of the ad is available by following this link: http://www.familiesusa.org/health-reform-2010/groups-support-heath-reform.pdf

Voices of Reform

The White House recently published on their blog site a list of 244 National Organizations who were part of a huge effort to support President Obama's health reform proposal. 

Earlier this month USA Today reported that woman who live in the nations poorest states, also show the highest death rate from cervical cancer. x

On Wednesday cancer advocates from across the state of Alabama along with the American Cancer Society, urged members of Alabama's state legislature to restore the states breast cancer and cervical cancer early detection program (BCCEDP)
 

(NCCC) Organizes a National Free Pap test day on the second Friday in January each year for women who have not had a pap test in the past three years.

January is Cervical health awareness month. Despite cervical cancer screenings saving lives, worldwide there is an estimated 253,500 deaths each year from cervical cancer.

More information about The The National Cervical Cancer Coalition/HPV can be found on thier website NCCC-online.org.