Living Beyond Breast Cancer Conference Volunteers Needed

Posted by on January 28, 2005

Help Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Volunteer Your Time at the

5th Annual Conference for Women Affected by Breast Cancer

Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC), a WOMENS WAY agency, and the Young Survival Coalition will host their 5th Annual Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer on Saturday and Sunday, February 19-20, 2005, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Last year more than 800 women and their caregivers attended this event, the only international educational conference solely dedicated to the unique needs of young women with breast cancer.

You can make a difference in these young women’s lives!!! WOMENS WAY is looking for 20 Young Women’s Initiative volunteers to assist LBBC with this conference. You can get involved in the following ways:

* Volunteer on Friday, February 18, 2005 from 3 PM to 5 PM at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Your assistance is needed preparing conference materials.
* Volunteer on Saturday, February 19, 2005 from 7 AM to 5:30 PM at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Your assistance is needed with registration, greeting guests, managing traffic and setting up conference rooms.

If you are interested in volunteering your time, please contact Amy Grillo at 610-645-4567 or e-mail her directly at amy@lbbc.org.

For more information on this event, please visit http://www.youngsurvivorsconference.org. This site includes information about the history of the conference and descriptions of the 22 workshops, including sessions on treatment advances, fitness and nutrition, sexuality and intimacy, living with advanced breast cancer, care giving, testing and more.