Transcript SISTERS NETWORK® INC. Indianapolis Affiliate Chapter & THE

SISTERS NETWORK® INC.
Indianapolis Affiliate Chapter
&
THE GIFT FOR LIFE
BLOCK WALK®
QUICK FACTS
What is Sisters Network® Inc.
and Sisters Network Indianapolis?
 The leading voice and only national African American breast cancer
survivorship organization in the United States
 Founded in 1994 and now has over 40 affiliate chapters across the
United States, run by breast cancer survivors
 At the core of the Sisters Network mission is support, outreach and
education
 The Indianapolis Affiliate chapter, Sisters Network Indianapolis, was
founded in 2007
 Sisters Network Indianapolis holds monthly meetings at the Cancer
Support Community, 5150 W. 71st St.
 Meetings offer patients, survivors and caregivers an opportunity to
receive information about breast cancer issues and resources for
assistance and to fellowship with other survivors
What is the Gift for Life Block Walk®?
 A national educational outreach initiative of Sisters Network® Inc.,
implemented by affiliate chapters
 Affiliate chapters collaborate with organizations, community groups
and volunteers to promote breast health awareness in the African
American community
 Breast cancer survivors partner with registered teams to walk doorto-door to distribute breast health information and resource materials
in a selected neighborhood and to invite residents to a health fair and
block party that takes place after the Block Walk.
 The health fair and block party is held at the Block Walk host site.
Activities include free mammograms, breast exams and other health
screenings, fitness exhibitions, live entertainment, prostate cancer
workshop, vendors, food and children activities
 The 2013 Block Walk is on Saturday, September 21st. The host
site is the Martin Luther King Community Center, 40 W. 40th St.
There’s more to the
Gift for Life
Block Walk®
than walking!
Free Health Screenings
and
Health Information
including mammograms, breast
exams and bone density
St. Vincent Breast Care Center
Mobile Mammography Van
African American men have higher rates
of getting and dying from prostate cancer than men of other ethnicities!
Learn more at
“Keep It Real About Prostate Cancer”
A free workshop at the
Sisters Network Indianapolis
Hear from medical experts and survivors
Fitness
Activities
Exhibitions
CHILDREN’S
ACTIVITIES
including
Bounce House, Games,
Live Characters,
EXHIBITORS
AND
VENDORS
MEMORIAL
BALLOON LAUNCH
honoring those
who have fought
breast cancer
Gift For Life
Block Walk®
Saturday
September 21st
10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Martin Luther King Community Center
40 W. 40th St.
Indianapolis, Indiana