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 Take Time To Save A Child
 
LEGISLATIVE ALERT...WOMEN'S HEALTH
LEGISLATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION - SENATE BILL 544   

Legislative Update:  Thanks to your diligence, HB83 has passed!!! It is in the Senate as SB 544. Please let your Senator hear from you in support of SB 544. Also contact Senators Newman, Northam, Miller, J.B. Black and Gamble.   

This bill has been introduced in the Virginia General Assembly which will require that women whose mammograms indicate dense breast tissue be notified so that they may seek further examinations for possible breast tumors. SB 544 deals with Dense Breast. Many women have suffered terrible results because their breast cancers were not diagnosed until late stages of the illness.   

"Cancer is 4 to 6 times more likely in women with extremely dense breast.  Mammograms miss 40% or more of tumors, eluding early detection in these women. Women need to have the choice to have a stronger imaging screening technology, such as sonograms or MRI.  Adding supplemental screening modalities to mammography for women with dense breasts will find cancers that are half the size of cancers detectible by mammography alone... and can increase cancer detection by up to 100%."

For more information go to www.AreYouDenseAdvocacy.org.   

Women are dying everyday without the knowledge that they have dense breast tissue.  Earlier detection will save women's lives.   

Virginia Assembly Tracking Bill  

Thanks for your attention to this matter!   The GFWC Virginia Legislation and Public Policy Committee:   Lynne Wherry, Chairman legislation@gfwcvirginia.org, Tricia Dalton, and Linda Robinson
News From GFWC . . .

Generations of Service: A GFWC Legacy Event       Federation membership is often a gift that is passed on from generation to generation. GFWC is honoring all GFWC families—both traditional and nontraditional (i.e., friends as close as sisters)—at the Generations of Service: A GFWC Legacy Event. The event will take place on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at GFWC Headquarters in Washington, D.C. GFWC is looking for members with a Federation family legacy to feature in the May+June issue of GFWC Clubwoman Magazine. Contact the GFWC Communications department at PR@GFWC.org or 202-347-3168 ext. 149 to share your story.

Reserve Your Room for Convention Today       Double-bedded rooms are still available at the specially-priced GFWC Convention rate of $133 per night. Click here to reserve your room today or call 704-375-2600 and reference the 2012 GFWC Annual Convention. Visit the GFWC Convention page for Convention information, including a preliminary schedule of events. Look for the Call to Convention in the March+April issue of GFWC Clubwoman Magazine. Contact Convention and Meetings Coordinator Mary Louks at MLouks@GFWC.org or 202-347-3168 ext. 117 with any questions.

Annual GFWC Women's History Month Event       GFWC will welcome Jon Schmitz, Archivist and Historian at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, at our annual Women’s History Month event at GFWC Headquarters. On Thursday, March 15, 2012, from 2 to 4 p.m., Jon will discuss the 19th century origins of the American Chautauqua Idea, which was a movement to help prepare new immigrants for American citizenship. He will discuss the important role women played in the movement, and why it remains important today. For more information, contact GFWC@GFWC.org.

 

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