King’s College hosts the 2nd Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Program

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King’s College hosts the 2nd Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Program

April 8, 2009- King’s College’s Office of College Diversity and the Women’s Studies Department will co-sponsor the 2nd Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Program at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, in the Snyder Room located in the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center.

This awareness program was started last year by King’s junior Shanna Ungate. This year’s event includes a dinner and three guest speakers: Barbara Connolly, Dick Hawley, and Penny Cunningham. Admission is $10. For more information, please contact Delight Yokley, director of the Office of College Diversity, at 570-208-5898.

Barbara Connolly, a Scranton resident, is a breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed at 29 years old. She was featured in “Happenings Magazine” in the article “30- Something Local Women Find Breast Cancer Does Not Discriminate by Age.”

Dick Hawley is the executive director of Candy’s Place, a local support center for cancer patients, survivors, and their families. He was a minister for 24 years.

Penny Cunningham is the founder of Candy’s Place. She started it 12 years ago after she lost her sister, Candy, to cancer.

King's College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.