2010 Komen for the Cure Award Nominations
Most Inspirational Breast Cancer Survivor:
Since 1995, the Komen Orange County Affiliate has honored a breast cancer survivor in the community who has turned his/her battle into a positive experience by inspiring, assisting, or educating others. The individual has demonstrated an understanding and awareness of issues related to breast cancer and survivorship. His/her volunteer efforts have demonstrated a commitment to educating the public with life-saving messages about the importance of early detection and/or making healthy lifestyle choices to help prevent the disease.
Click here for a nomination form for MIBCS.
Record of Honorees:
2009 – Leslie Whitfield
2008 - Suzanne Roberts
2007 - Chris Tannous
2006 - Jeanette Morrow
2005 - Dr. Kae Jae Pai
2004 - Carolina Montez
2003 - Heather Gilbert
2002 - Nanci Brown
2001 - Donna Hoffman
2000 - Vi Rieck
1999 - Corinne Beecham Greene
1998 - Christine Peck
1997 - Dora Rodriguez
1996 - Sandy Finestone
1995 - Wanda J. Cobb and Robyn Wagner-Holtz
Most Inspirational Cancer Co-Survivor:
The Affiliate has developed a new award to honor an outstanding co-survivor in the community. Co-survivors are family, friends, health care providers or colleagues who are there to lend support from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. Many different co-survivors may enter the patient's life over time, lending support in big or small ways. The Most Inspirational Co-Survivor is an individual who has turned his/her co-survivorship into a positive experience by inspiring assisting and/or educating and empowering others.
Click here for a nomination form for MICS.
Record of Honorees:
2010- (Inaugural year)
Outstanding Breast Health Advocate:
The Komen Orange County Affiliate honors a breast health advocate, who is a non-survivor who has gone above and beyond his/her job description. This is someone who also volunteers his/her time outside the workplace to make a difference in the lives of breast cancer survivors, to educate women in the community on early detection, healthy lifestyle choices, treatment options and/or clinical trials.
Click here for a nomination form for OBHA.
Record of Honorees:
2009 – Sally Molnar
2008 - Jennifer Anderson
2007 - Jane Ka’ala Pang
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