Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation (LSCRF) and Presenting Sponsor Carson Pirie Scott will be among the first to kick off October's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its 26th Annual Fall Benefit on Monday, September 19 beginning at 11 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago (160 East Pearson Street), headlined by Hollywood's sweetheart and Academy Award-winning star Goldie Hawn. Proceeds will go toward breast cancer research, fellowships and education programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.
As one of the major cancer research organizations in Chicago, LSCRF will also "Light the Way to Find a Cure," turning Chicago's skyline pink to raise awareness throughout the month of October.2011 Benefit LuncheonFor the tenth consecutive year, Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation will lead the effort to illuminate Chicago's skyline in pink lights to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Chicago buildings will be aglow from dusk starting on September 19 through October 31.
LSCRF is spearheading the sale of "Pink Flags" in standard and custom sizes, displaying the breast cancer signature pink ribbon emblem embossed on the flag. Buildings will Light Pink and raise "Pink Flags" across Chicago, helping to paint the city pink and show support for the continuous fight against breast cancer. The "Pink Flags" can be purchased from LSCRF. All proceeds benefit LSCRF.
This highly visible campaign is aimed at communicating to Chicagoans the importance of early detection of breast cancer and the need for continued research to combat the disease.
LSCRF supports the innovations that contribute to the understanding and research of breast cancer. LSCRF works in partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University to benefit women today and in the future. For more information on the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation or to make a donation, go to www.lynnsage.org.
About Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the parent corporation of Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 854-bed academic medical center hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a 215-bed community hospital located in Lake Forest, Illinois.
About Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Memorial is one of the country's premier academic medical center hospitals and is the primary teaching hospital of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Along with its Prentice Women's Hospital and Stone Institute of Psychiatry, the hospital comprises 854 beds, 1,603 affiliated physicians and 7,144 employees. Northwestern Memorial is recognized for providing exemplary patient care and state-of-the art advancements in the areas of cardiovascular care; women's health; oncology; neurology and neurosurgery; solid organ and soft tissue transplants and orthopaedics.
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