FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
CANADIAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
ESTABLISHES THE
CAROL ANN COLE COMFORT HEART STUDENTSHIP AWARD
HALIFAX, NS,
May 30, 2011 – The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Atlantic Region (CBCF –
Atlantic Region) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Carol Ann Cole
Comfort Heart Studentship Award.
Carol Ann is founder of the Comfort Heart Initiative, which has raised well over
a quarter of a million dollars for CBCF – Atlantic Region and over one million
dollars for cancer research overall.
The Studentship
Awards Program gives young researchers the chance to take their learning from
the lecture hall to the laboratory while fostering an interest in breast cancer
research. Ultimately, the Studentship Awards Program is contributing to the
development and growth of a thriving Atlantic Canadian breast cancer research
community.
The Carol Ann
Cole Comfort Heart Studentship Award will be presented in perpetuity to the top
ranked applicant of the annual CBCF – Atlantic Region Studentship Awards
Program. This ensures that a young researcher studying in Atlantic Canada will
receive funding for their work on a 14-week breast cancer research project. The
inaugural award will be presented on June 2nd to Mount Allison
University student, Alyssa Patterson. Alyssa will spend the summer working in
the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Westcott.
About Carol Ann
Cole
Carol Ann Cole
is a best-selling author, professional speaker, fundraiser, and breast cancer
survivor, who is dedicated to helping others. Both she and her mother were
diagnosed with breast cancer within days of one and other. Carol Ann survived;
however, her mother did not. The loss of her mother inspired Carol Ann to find
a way to give back to the cancer community. Working with Ocean Art Pewter to
alter the design of their ‘worry hearts’, Carol Ann developed the ‘Comfort
Heart’.
About the
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
CBCF is the
leading national, volunteer-based organization dedicated exclusively to creating
a future without breast cancer. CBCF continues to blaze new trails in breast
health and breast cancer by directing donor dollars to world-class research, as
well as to hospital foundations and community groups for education and awareness
initiatives, equipment used in the early diagnosis and treatment of breast
cancer and quality of life projects.
For further
information contact:
Deanna Jones,
Coordinator of Communications
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Atlantic Region
1-866-273-2223
djones@cbcf.org
www.cbcf.org/atlantic
