As a small kid I can remember my brother and I ‘helping’ the switchboard operators and the snack bar concession at Holy Redeemer Hospital…
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We spent long hours there while my mom got tattooed for radiation treatments, lost her hair and drank lime juice to help keep her from getting sick from chemotherapy…
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My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was about 8… back in a time where there was very little treatment…and the little bit there was, was really hard to tolerate…
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Mom outlived all the diagnosis they had for her by a long shot… I really think my mom had the will to live until the point my brother, sister and I were grown and out on our own…
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Twenty years ago, we all sat and waited, I had flown in from Texas - we all sat days on end as mom slowly slipped away… funny thing is she waited until we had all left the room for probably the first time in a week…and she passed on quietly..
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Working in an industry where most of my close colleagues, my clients and their moms are women, having been directly affected by a woman living with breast cancer – founding Let Them Eat Cake for City of Hopes’ Cancer Center was a natural.
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Philadelphia’s largest wedding industry fundraiser is now in its third year… we’ve had dozens of pastry artists compete, students and professionals alike…
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I’m thankful for the support of all of my industry partners who have donated, participated, and attended the event which now honors my mothers’ memory…
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This year on April 17th, 2007 – pastry artists, other industry professionals, brides- to be, family and friends will again gather to compete, win prizes, have fun, and join forces to raise awareness and much needed funding for cancer treatment and research.
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I hope you can join us for an amazing evening…
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For additional information, tickets, to donate or compete visit the City of Hope website at:
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http://www.cityofhope.org/regions/Philadelphia/LetThemEatCake/
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Or contact: Harry Giordano, Senior Director of Development -Â [email protected]
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Click here to see last year’s event.Â
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Thanks to Drew and Alycsa DeMarinis of Tangerine Media Group for their video of last years Let Them Eat Cake.
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