South Florida Network
South Florida Network Home Page
Welcome to the home page for the South Florida Network for FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered! Here you will find information on our local efforts to provide information, support, awareness, and advocacy for individuals and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Our South Florida Network outreach coordinators are:
Diane Roth
and
Sandi Sirotowitz
What's New
On April 17th, FORCE will be featured on the Tooth Talk radio show where FORCE member Lisa Sloane will discuss the conference and our mission.
Events
Our next meeting will be March 19th at 6:30 p.m.
We are honored to have Maxine Chang, Cancer Risk Assessment Counselor at Memorial Cancer Institute’s High Risk Cancer Genetics Program coming to speak about the latest developments affecting BRCA. You will have a chance to ask questions and bring up any subject of interest to you.
When: Wednesday, March 19th
Time: 6:30 P.M.
Where: Bonnie Kaufman’s house (Please RSVP for address and directions). sandis@facingourrisk.org
To whet your appetite: Bonnie Kaufman’s husband, Eric, is a caterer extraordinaire for many of the temples in South Florida and he’s generously agreed to cater a light dinner at their house.
We'll also be gathering items for the Joining FORCE's Conference Auctions:
South Florida Gift Basket: Bring an item to add to our South Florida Basket that you think is representative of our lives in South Florida: Non-perishable food, beachy "stuff", gift certificates for night life, restaurants, hotels, a weekend at your second home? or any creative item you can think of.
"It's In Our Genes" Auction. We're looking for celebrity signed denim items. Ask everyone you know - you'd be surprised who knows someone... or bring some denim items that we can try to get signed by people)
If you haven’t joined us for a while, this is your chance to renew acquaintances, update stories, learn what’s new, eat great food and help South Florida be part of a successful FORCE conference. If you're new - please join us - it's a great time to meet with the group, hear about the conference and get connected with others in your area. RSVP to: sandis@facingourrisk.org
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Contact Us
If you have information, resources, or questions for the South Florida Network Group, please contact us at: