Teb’s Troops

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact
Jennifer Schoen Gilbert
Vice President of Communications
jenny@tebstroops.org

(Chicago) July 20, 2010 — Teb’s Troops Holds its Fourth Annual 5K Fundraiser: Teb’s Troops’ March on Melanoma Chicago 5K, Sponsored by Stowell & Friedman, Ltd.

In 2010, Teb’s Troops celebrates its fifth anniversary with the March on Melanoma Chicago 5K. Teb’s Troops, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization committed to providing HOPE to those affected by Melanoma by financially supporting organizations which fund the treatment, prevention and research of cancer, including Melanoma. This run continues the fifth successful year of raising significant funds and awareness for the fight against melanoma. The event will be held Sunday, July 25, 2010 starting at 9 a.m. at Montrose Harbor in Chicago. To register for the 5K, go to: www.tebstroops.org.

The first 250 people to register receive a technical t-shirt and goodie bag. Dermatologists will be on hand to provide free skin screenings to all 5K participants on a first come, first served basis. Our goodie bag is valued at over $50.00. The goodie bags, nylon cinch saks provided by CancerCare, are loaded with Unilever products, including, but not limited to: Caress body wash, Lipton Cup-a-Soup, Sunsilk shampoo and conditioner, Vaseline Lip Therapy, Axe Deodorant Body Spray, Lipton Green Tea To Go, All Small & Mighty Concentrated Laundry Detergent, and much, much more. The goodie bags will also contain a variety of Kelloggs’ cereals and Rice Krispie treats. Kellogg’s has also generously provided us with a wide variety of snacks for our participants to enjoy post-race.

Dina Bair, a melanoma survivor and host of WGN’s Medical Watch on Channel 9 will act as the Master of Ceremonies and speak regarding her own personal battle with the disease. Dina will be joined by other Chicagoland media personalities, including Amy Freeze (Fox News), John Garcia (ABC-7), Tom Negovan (WGN), Anthony Ponce (NBC-5), Ramblin’ Ray Stevens (US 99), and Amy Jacobsen (WIND).

Teb’s Troops was established by Tanya Bowman, Amy Campbell, Sarah Fischer, Jennifer Schoen Gilbert and Nadine McSpadden to honor their friend Tricia E. Black, or “Teb,” who was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic melanoma in May 2005. At the time of her diagnosis, Teb was 29 years old and living in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, Michael, and 9-month-old son, Sam. Teb was a vivacious young woman who lost her brave battle against melanoma in July 2006. She was a champion for raising both awareness of melanoma and hope for others fighting the disease and Teb’s Troops is her legacy. Teb’s spirit lives on through the help of the volunteers, or “troops,” who continue to support the organization’s efforts to beat melanoma.

Melanoma is the most deadly, least treatable of all skin cancers, accounting for most skin cancer related deaths. The number of new cases of melanoma is increasing at an alarming rate; indeed, incidents of melanoma are rising faster than any other cancer. If caught in its early stages, melanoma is almost always curable. However, if left untreated (or unnoticed), melanoma can metastasize rapidly to other parts of the body. Once melanoma has metastasized, the situation is grave. At present, there is no therapy available that consistently treats late stages of melanoma successfully.

Teb’s Troops’ vision is simple: To make a profound impact in the quest to find a cure for late-stage melanoma. So come one, come all, and together we can make a difference!

A very special thanks to our sponsors! STOWELL & FRIEDMAN, LTD.; JACK MILLER FAMILY FOUNDATION, JACK AND GOLDIE WOLFE MILLER FUND; ABBOT LABORATORIES; NEAL, GERBER & EISENBERG, LLP; In-Kind: Melanoma Research Foundation; CancerCare; Keeli Mickus.com; C2 Legal; Unilever; Kellogg’s; Millennium Wellness Group; Fleet Feet Sports.

Rally the troops and tune in to the WGN Midday News at Noon on Monday, July 5th to see March on Melanoma race co-chair Emily Mulder Milman preview our July 25th March and provide useful tips on melanoma detection and prevention!

If you haven’t taken the time to REGISTER for the March, do it today…remember, the first 250 participants to register get a free technical t-shirt with the famous Teb’s Troops’ March on Melanoma logo! Online registration closes July 9th….follow this link to sign up:

http://www.active.com/running/chicago-il/tebs-troops-march-on-melanoma-chicago-5k-sponsored-by-stowell-and-friedman-ltd-2010

Can’t wait to see you at Montrose Harbor on Sunday, July 25th!!

With HOPE,

Teb’s Troops, Inc.

Jenny Gilbert & Emily Milman, Race Co-Chairs

We are thrilled to announce that Kristin Crowder, the Nurse Coordinator for two of the premiere oncologists with the Melanoma Program at the IU Cancer Center, will be speaking at tomorrow night’s Event! Ms. Crowder remembers Teb and her family vividly and will offer a perspective from the front lines, reminding us why our efforts in the war against melanoma are so very important. We hope you’ll join us!

Purchase your tickets here: acalltoarms5.eventbrite.com

With Hope,
The Officers of Teb’s Troops

Tickets are now available for Teb’s Troops’ 5th Annual A Call to Arms Fundraising Event!

http://acalltoarms5.eventbrite.com/

Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: The Upper Room at Broad Ripple Steakhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana

General Admission Ticket Price: $50

This special event will feature a strolling dinner in the heart of Broad Ripple complete with tasting stations including Broad Ripple Steakhouse Chef Justin Jones’s delectable creations paired with the perfect wines. The event will also feature live music by talented local artist Chad Mills.

We will once again have our ever popular silent auction that will be held featuring some one-of-a-kind items: two custom pieces of art, gift certificates to restaurants and spas in Indianapolis and Chicago, Cubs tickets…the list goes on!

Thanks to Our Dedicated Troops Who Have Already Committed to Sponsoring the Event:
Platinum: N. Rue & Company; Amy and Marcus Campbell
Gold: The Zion Family
Wine: Potts, Hannah & Fischer, P.C., Rodney and Diane Black, Joe and Sophie Hulka

Sponsorship opportunities still available.

For general questions or to volunteer, contact: Sonia atsonia@tebstroops.org
To sponsor or to donate silent auction items, contact: Nadine at nadine@tebstroops.org

Teb’s Troops has created a general Fact Sheet describing the mission and history of the organization. For a printable .pdf version of this file, go to: http://issuu.com/tebstroops/docs/fact_sheet

Also, we are now on Facebook, so look for us and become a fan to keep abreast of all the latest developments!

With hope,
The Officers of Teb’s Troops

MRF Teleconference on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 12:00pm – 1:00 pm (ET)

We invite you to attend a teleconference hosted by the Melanoma Research Foundation dedicated to educating melanoma patients and the people who support them. Ms. Bobbi Meins will show you how to navigate the financial/insurance highway. The teleconference will be moderated by Dr. Lynn Schuchter.

Ms. Meins will address the audience and answer your questions.

For more information or to register, visit us at www.melanoma.org. or call us at (800) 673-1290. Pre-registration is required.

About The Speaker:
Ms. Meins is the impetus behind Cancer Lifeline’s patient financial navigation program intended to help cancer patients pay their bills while in treatment and she manages the Komen Patient Assistance Fund and Cancer Lifeline’s Patient Assistance programs. Bobbi also oversees Cancer Lifeline’s community-based programs, conducting outreach to diverse communities around western Washington. She and her husband Mike make time to volunteer for programs supporting developmental disabilities.

About the Moderator:
Dr. Lynn Schuchter is Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) at the Abramson Cancer Center. In addition to a busy clinical practice, she dedicates much of her time to clinical research for melanoma, including new, targeted therapies and vaccine trials, and is the Program Leader of the Abramson Cancer Center’s National Cancer Institute approved and funded Melanoma Research Program.

About MRF
The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is the largest private, national organization devoted to melanoma in the United States. The MRF is committed to funding medical research to find effective treatments and eventually a cure for melanoma. The MRF educates patients and physicians about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, while acting as an advocate for the melanoma community to raise awareness of this disease and the need for a cure.

This education program is brought to you by an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis Oncology.

On November 4th, CancerCare will offer a free Connect® Education Workshop entitled, Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma. It will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time.

Please join us as our expert speakers discuss standard of care, new treatment approaches, managing side effects and pain, and much more.

Our featured speakers for this program are Gregory A. Daniels, MD, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Tumor Growth, Invasion and Metastasis Program, University of California San Diego, Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center; Keith T. Flaherty, MD, Director, Developmental Therapeutics, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; Stuart R. Lessin, MD, Director of Dermatology, Fox Chase Cancer Center; and Carolyn Messner, DSW, MSW, Director of Education and Training, CancerCare.

This program is presented in collaboration with American Cancer Society, American Pain Foundation, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, Association of Oncology Social Work, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Cancer Patient Education Network, Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials, Gilda’s Club Worldwide, Intercultural Cancer Council, Melanoma International Foundation, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, National Center for Frontier Communities, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, National Family Caregivers Association, Research Advocacy Network, Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation, Teb’s Troops, Vital Options International & The Group Room and The Wellness Community.

This workshop is free – no phone charges apply. To register, simply go to the CancerCare website at www.cancercare.org/connect.

We are very excited to have the opportunity to bring this program to you. We hope that you will join us.

Need a few great reasons to join us on Sunday, July 26, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. for our Third Annual Teb’s Troops’ March on Melanoma Chicago 5K Sponsored by Stowell & Friedman, Ltd.? How about 10:

10. Because you had so much fun at our last Teb’s Troops A Call to Arms event in Indianapolis;

9. To enjoy the peaceful and beautiful Policeman’s Memorial fountain;

8. To enjoy our awesome course location adjacent to Soldier Field and Chicago’s beautiful lakefront;

7. Three words: Rice Krispy Treats compliments of Kellogs;

6. Get your annual skin screening from one of our amazing volunteer dermatologists … FOR FREE;

5. To volunteer and snag an awesome camouflage volunteer shirt if running a race really isn’t your bag! Contact jenny@tebstroops.org for more information;

4. Pick up an awesome technical Cool Max T-Shirt with our Teb’s Troops’ March on Melanoma logo customized by KeeliMickus.com;

3. To be inspired by our Master of Ceremonies, WGN Health Watch Reporter and melanoma survivor, Dina Bair. Dina moved our crowd beyond words last year and is a true inspiration to all;

2. Get the best healthy living goodie bag on the summer race circuit!!! Thanks to our awesome sponsor Unilever, your cost of admission will entitle you to a bounty of goodies too long to list here, but which could include Caress body wash, Lipton Cup-a-Soup, Sunsilk shampoo and conditioner, Vaseline Lip Therapy, Axe Deodorant Body Spray, Lipton Green Tea To Go, All Small & Mighty Concentrated Laundry Detergent and much, much more; and

1. To support a great cause and be a part of something — funding the fight against melanoma. Take a stab at beating last year’s top individual fundraiser Jenna Buda Farrell, who raised over $4,000 to fund the fight against the nation’s fastest growing cancer. To Donate today, visit www.tebstroops.org/donations.php.

Whatever your reason may be, we hope to see you and all of your friends on July 26th! Sign up today by clicking on the March on Melanoma icon above or on Active.com.
http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1711904

With HOPE,
Teb’s Troops, Inc.
Jenny Gilbert (jenny@tebstroops.org)
Emily Milman (emily@tebstroops.org)
2009 Race Directors

This teleconference will focus on the new advances in treatment for melanoma. Whether you are newly diagnosed or are years after diagnosis, this program will keep you up-to-date on the new treatments available to melanoma patients. The conference is intended for patients with melanoma along with their friends or family members.

Speaker: Dr. Keith Flaherty, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Dr. Lynn Schuchter, Professor of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Join us for a free teleconference, Cancer Care: New Advances in Treatment, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on January 21, 2009. After Dr. Flaherty’s presentation, there will be time for a live question and answer period.

Please register at the MRF website or call us at 800-MRF-1290.

Regards,

Karen A. Osif
Program & Events Coordinator
Melanoma Research Foundation

Thank you!! Teb’s Troops cannot thank its supporters, sponsors, and event attendees enough for their generous support which made Teb’s Troops’ Third Annual A Call to Arms Fundraising Event a success. By the end of the evening, Teb’s Troops had raised over $18,000 to support the treatment, prevention, and research of cancer, including melanoma.

The officers of Teb’s Troops look forward to the organization’s bright future – a future in which we defeat melanoma!!

Please see the following press release for more details on the event.

With HOPE,

Sonia Chen,

Indianapolis Event Chair
Teb’s Troops, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Indianapolis) May 10, 2008—Teb’s Troops Holds its Third Annual Fundraiser: A Call to Arms.

Teb’s Troops, Inc., held its third annual fundraiser—A Call to Arms—on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at L’explorateur in Indianapolis. All event proceeds and contributions will benefit organizations that support the treatment, prevention, and research of cancer, including melanoma.

Over 100 people attended the fundraiser, showing their support for Teb’s Troops and the fight against melanoma. Executive Chef Neal Brown prepared an exciting sampling of dishes from various countries with wine pairings selected for each tasting station, leaving attendees wanting more of his delectable creations. Event attendees also enjoyed live music by Chad Mills and a spirited silent auction. All told, the event raised over $18,000!

The evening began with Sonia Chen, Indianapolis Event Chair, reminding the attendees why we were waging this war on melanoma by speaking Teb’s words of May 2005:

“We’re going to look this awful demon in the face and stare it down. We’re going to know that even if at the end of the day it takes my body and my physical presence from the world and people I love, it will never, EVER take my spirit. To that end, I am enlisting the troops, my troops, Teb’s Troops. I want your support, I want your energy…There is always good in the bad. Let’s find that good. And let’s get moving.”

Teb’s Troops then conferred two donations of $5,000 each to the Melanoma Research Foundation and CancerCare. To date, Teb’s Troops has contributed over $50,000 to the Melanoma Research Foundation, including two $25,000 donations used to co-sponsor a research grant in memory of Tricia. Teb’s Troops has also contributed over $10,000 to CancerCare to support its mission of providing counseling, educational programs, financial assistance, and practical help at no charge to cancer patients and their loved ones. Since its creation in August 2005, Teb’s Troops has raised over $100,000 to help wage the war against melanoma.

Teb’s Troops would like to graciously thank our generous event sponsors, donors, and auction participants who helped to make the evening such a success. In particular, we would like to recognize our Gold Sponsors - Russell & Natalie Best Charitable Fund and Michael Hulka & Liane Groth; and our Silver Sponsors - Barnes & Thornburg LLP, The Benz Family, Bingham McHale, LLP, Rodney & Diane Black, Jonathan, Jennifer & Malcolm Black, Amy & Marcus Campbell, Sarah Fischer & Jon Stern, The Fleming Family, Sophie and Joe Hulka, Katz & Korin PC, and The Zion Family.

We would also like to thank L’explorateur for its generous donations of time, labor, and facilities, and Chad Mills for his generous donation of music and entertainment.

Teb’s Troops, Inc., was established in August 2005 by Tanya Bowman, Amy Campbell, Sarah Fischer, Jennifer Schoen Gilbert, and Nadine McSpadden to honor and continue the legacy of their friend, Tricia E. Black, or “Teb,” who was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic melanoma in May 2005. Teb’s Troops is an international organization with a network of followers spanning the globe. Teb’s Troops does not provide funds directly to individuals. Instead, it distributes the funds it has raised through special events and the generosity of individual and corporate donors, to non-for-profit organizations that fund treatment, prevention, and research of cancer, including melanoma.

For facts on the treatment, prevention, and research of cancer, including the quest to drive efforts to find a cure for late-stage melanoma, visit Teb’s Troops’ web site at www.tebstroops.org.