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Getting Ready to Pitch for the CURE......
Pitch for the Cure!!
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The Diamond Chix have decided to team up with Susan G. Komen of St. Louis to make our Fall Blast a "Pitch For The Cure" Tournament this fall. As a coach and father I feel blessed by the amount of time I have been able to spend with my daughter and other girls in this great sport. This will be our way to give back to the community and help the girls we all love so much.
Breast cancer is a nasty disease that affects 1 out of every 8 women. That means that at least one girl from every team will contract this disease. With all of the teams in our 2008 Fall Blast last year 96 of them will contract this disease in their life time. 20% of all profits from registration, shirts sales and concessions at Woodlands will be donated to the Susan G. Komen of St. Louis.
Here is a link to register for this event.
FALL BLAST PITCH FOR THE CURE
Dates are October 30-November 1
Locations Woodlands, Kirkwood
10U 12U 14U 16U 18U Open
6 Game Guarantee
$345 No Gate Fee
ASA Sanctioned
PITCH FOR THE CURE FACTS
2008 BREAST CANCER FACTS
•Except for skin cancers, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women.
•Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths among women.
•An estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the United States during 2008.
•An estimated 1990 new cases (1 percent of all breast cancers) of breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in 2008.
•An estimated 40,480 women will die from breast cancer in 2008.
•An estimated 450 men will die from breast cancer in 2008.
•One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes, and one woman will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the United States.
•The five-year relative survival rate for women with localized breast cancer (cancer that has not spread to lymph nodes or other locations outside the breast) has increased from 80 percent in the 1950’s to over 95 percent in 2007.
•The most proven and significant risk factors for getting breast cancer are being female and getting older.
•Approximately five to ten percent of breast cancers are due to heredity. The majority of women with breast cancer have no known significant family history or other known risk factors.
•A woman’s chance of developing breast cancer increases with age. Approximately 80 percent of all breast cancers occur in women 50 years of age and older.
•In the United States, a woman has about a 12 percent, or 1 in 8, lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.
•African Americans have the highest death rate from breast cancer of any racial/ethnic group in the United States.
•The chance of a woman dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 33.
•In the United States today, there are more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors.
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