ZONTA CLUB OF THE SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS PRESENTS LUNAFEST 17, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018

 

Zonta of The Southern Black Hills Holds Forum on Mammography and Breast Cancer

 

Forum panelist at the Zonta Forum on Mammography and Breast Cancer held at Custer County Annex Pine Room in Custer, Saturday afternoon, October 15, 2016. (Back Row L-R) Diana Pederson, Member Mammo or Bust Taskforce; Karen Cudmore, Cancer Programs Director for the South Dakota Dept. of Health including Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program “All Women Count!”; Christine Diets, American Cancer Society; Cheryl Dornbush, Physical Therapist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist; Front Row ( Front Row L-R) Becca Steadman, Radiology Technologist, Custer Regional Medical Center; Dr. Lisa Brown, Custer Regional Medical Center; Karen Fix, RN, Breast Cancer Survivor.Photo: Peg Ryan/Custer Free Press

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KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS – LEARN ABOUT MAMMOGRAPHY – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016

Knowledge Empowers – Learn About Mammography

 

Custer, SD – Zonta Club of the Southern Black Hills has joined forces with the “Mammo or Bust” Task Force to present an educational forum as part of an effort to inform the public that mammography services are now available in Custer.

Some of our residents may remember that a mobile mammography machine used to come to Custer periodically so that women would not have to travel to Rapid City to get a mammogram.  That service was terminated several years ago.  So a group of determined and tenacious women began a quest to bring those services back to Custer.  The “Mammo or Bust” Task Force was born.  The initiative became a multi-year saga as Task Force members learned what they would need to accomplish their mission.  First, they had to establish themselves as a non-profit organization so that they could take donations and apply for grants.  Then they had to gather the statistics necessary to support the need for services in Custer County.  They obtained the support of Regional Health which agreed to provide the facilities and train technicians.  And, finally, they were able to raise sufficient funds to actually buy the machine and have it installed in Custer Regional Hospital.

Now that the machine is in place, the next step is to get the word out to residents that mammography services are now available at Custer Regional Hospital.  But what exactly is a mammogram?  Why do women need to have one?  Additional confusion arises since guidelines for when and how often women should have mammograms have been revised several times in recent years sparking some controversy along the way.  Then there is the issue of health insurance.  What about women who don’t have insurance?

To help answer these and other questions is the goal of the forum.  The forum will feature speakers from the American Cancer Society, Custer Regional Medical Center, and the South Dakota Department of Health.  Topics include:

• the role of early detection in preventing cancer;
• description of the actual process of receiving a mammogram;
• rehabilitation services available after treatment for breast cancer;
• how to access the “All Women Count!” program, a federally funded, state administered service that pays for mammography and cervical cancer screening for eligible women;
• overcoming barriers to getting a mammogram, such as transportation and child care;
• what it is like to have survived breast cancer and how mammography helped.

The forum will be held on Saturday, October 15 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM at the Pine Room in the Custer County Courthouse Annex at 447 Crook Street in downtown Custer.  The event is free and open to the public.  Refreshments will be available.  For more information, contact Peg Ryan, 605-517-1664 or by e-mail at ultrapeg@yahoo.com

There will also be a 5K run/walk on the morning of the forum which will begin at 9:00 AM on Saturday, October 15 at Custer Regional Hospital on Montgomery Street.  A $10 entry fee will support the Mammo or Bust Task Force in its continuing efforts to help women obtain mammograms.

Knowledge empowers.  Get your questions answered.  This is your opportunity to learn from the experts.

 

Zonta Of The Southern Black Hills Presents A Forum on Mammography and Breast Cancer

 

Knowledge Empowers-Learn About Mammography

Zonta Of The Southern Black Hills Presents

 A Forum on Mammography and Breast Cancer

DATE: Saturday October 15, 2016

TIME: 1:30 to 4:30

PLACE: Pine Room,  Custer County Courthouse Annex

447 Crook Street. Custer, South Dakota

Presenters will share information about breast cancer, early detection and the role of mammography in early detection. Also treating breast cancer, obstacles to getting a mammography and programs that remove these obstacles, what it is like to get a mammography, rehabilitation after surgery and the journey of a breast cancer survivor.

Empower yourself with information!

Attend the Zonta Forum.

This forum will Educate local women about the importance of mammograms and other cancer screening.
 Alert women that there is now a mammogram machine at Custer Regional Hospital.
Encourage women to make  appointments for mammograms.
Inform women about “All Women Count” which pays for mammograms for eligible women.

EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

For more information contact Peg Ryan:  605-517-1664 or ultrapeg@yahoo.com

Thanks to our generous Sponsors
   Star Insurance           
Rapid City Regional Foundation