Any woman, any age, that’s who’s at risk
Join us on Saturday, September 24 as we Walk for “O”wareness to raise awareness about ovarian cancer in our community.
Hosted by the Women’s Cancer Center Foundation for Research.
RAFFLES
The Women’s Cancer Center Foundation for Research is hosting two raffles with NFL Hall of Famer and runner up on Dancing with the Stars season 2, Jerry Rice during Owareness and a raffle courtesy of the Golden Nugget.
The first raffle will provide a lucky winner with the opportunity to dance with Rice during the opening ceremonies of the Owareness walk. Tickets are $10.
If dancing in front of hundreds of people is not your ideal first encounter with Rice, then participate in the second raffle which provides a more intimate encounter with the former49er’s wide receiver. In addition, five winners and their guests (one guest per winner) will share a late lunch with Rice and Dr. Nick Spirtos after the Owareness event at a Las Vegas restaurant. Lunch will be provided, but transportation to the lunch WILL NOT be provided. Tickets for the lunch are $25.
The third raffle includes a night stay at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and two tickets to either Gordie Brown or Country Superstars Tribute. Tickets for this raffle are $5.
To dance or share lunch with Jerry Rice or have a night out on the town and help provide chemotherapy treatments to women affected by the disease please purchase your raffle tickets at MassMedia, the Women’s Cancer Center and when you check in at the Owareness walk. Winners must be present in order to claim their prize.
Owareness Walk
We will hear from Dr. Nick Spirtos of the Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada; Hall of Fame wide receiver, Jerry Rice; and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman as well as patients and survivors about the impact this disease has on our neighbors, friends and community. Information is one weapon against ovarian cancer.
The Owareness walk began as a rally in 2010 when Dr. Nick Spirtos saw a need for an event to raise awareness about the gynecological cancer and raise funds for uninsured and under-insured affected by it. As a physician specializing in gynecological oncology at the Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada, he saw an increase in the number of uninsured and underinsured women with ovarian and other gynecological cancers. At around the same time, he learned that there was great interest in supporting ovarian cancer patients and research after his appearance on 60 Minutes. This combined with the lack of attention the disease was getting encouraged him to create the Owareness events. The mission of Owareness and Dr. Nick Spirtos is to raise funds to help the growing number of ovarian cancer patients who cannot pay for chemotherapy treatments as well as raise awareness about ways to detect the disease.
Ovarian cancer occurs in approximately one out of 71 women – regardless of age.
If diagnosed and treated early, the five-year survival rate is over 90 percent. Unfortunately,
due to ovarian cancer’s non-specific symptoms and lack of early detection tests, only
19 percent of cases are detected at this early stage. If caught in stage III or higher, survival
rate can be as low as 29 percent.
