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THE EGO Ivy Informer
TARGET II: HEALTH PROMOTION
Article by: Sorors Karen Turnage and Truelove Sandifer
Photos by: Sorors Truelove Sandifer, Karen Turnage and Chris
Winston
Breast Cancer Awareness Events
The 5th Annual Celebration for Breast
Cancer Survivors in memory of Ms. Kimberly
Fails Jones, was held October 9, 2015 at 7pm at
the Huntsville Marriott, 5 Tranquility Base,
Huntsville, AL. In honor of Ms. Fails Jones, her
family established a memorial foundation and Sorors Natalie Steele, Michelle Gary-Hunt
website with a mission to provide assistance to and Renee Knight at the Breast Cancer
persons seeking medical care for breast cancer and who show a Survivors Celebration
demonstrated financial need. In support of this foundation, members of Target II were afforded the
opportunity, by our Basileus Soror Wilma Ruffin, to attend the dinner along with several cancer
survivors of Epsilon Gamma Omega. Cancer survivors in attendance were Soror Natalie Steele,
Soror Michelle Gary-Hunt and Soror Renee Knight. It was a beautiful celebration of life and the event
was well attended. The guest speaker, Ms. Karen Allen, presented a video of the different stages she
experienced while dealing with a diagnosis of cancer. She also wrote a book “Confronting Cancer
with Faith.”
Breast Cancer continues to invade our communities attacking women of all ages and some men.
Target II also had the opportunity to participate in a Breast Cancer Walk sponsored by the Wellness
Department of Fox Army Health Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL, on October 16, 2015 at 12 noon. The
yearly event is a mid-day walk to allow staff participation and to remind individuals of the prevalence
of Breast Cancer. Committee Members attending the event were Soror Karen Harris and Soror
Truelove Sandifer.
Mental Health Awareness Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter wearing green for October’s Chapter Sorority
The National Alliance on Meeting in honor of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Mental Illness (NAMI) and Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. have
launched a new partnership to expand
mental health education, awareness,
and support activities on the campuses
of colleges and universities and in local
communities. As part of our goal to
increase awareness of mental illness
awareness, EGO’s Health Promotion
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.
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TARGET II: HEALTH PROMOTION
Article by: Sorors Karen Turnage and Truelove Sandifer
Photos by: Sorors Truelove Sandifer, Karen Turnage and Chris
Winston
Breast Cancer Awareness Events
The 5th Annual Celebration for Breast
Cancer Survivors in memory of Ms. Kimberly
Fails Jones, was held October 9, 2015 at 7pm at
the Huntsville Marriott, 5 Tranquility Base,
Huntsville, AL. In honor of Ms. Fails Jones, her
family established a memorial foundation and Sorors Natalie Steele, Michelle Gary-Hunt
website with a mission to provide assistance to and Renee Knight at the Breast Cancer
persons seeking medical care for breast cancer and who show a Survivors Celebration
demonstrated financial need. In support of this foundation, members of Target II were afforded the
opportunity, by our Basileus Soror Wilma Ruffin, to attend the dinner along with several cancer
survivors of Epsilon Gamma Omega. Cancer survivors in attendance were Soror Natalie Steele,
Soror Michelle Gary-Hunt and Soror Renee Knight. It was a beautiful celebration of life and the event
was well attended. The guest speaker, Ms. Karen Allen, presented a video of the different stages she
experienced while dealing with a diagnosis of cancer. She also wrote a book “Confronting Cancer
with Faith.”
Breast Cancer continues to invade our communities attacking women of all ages and some men.
Target II also had the opportunity to participate in a Breast Cancer Walk sponsored by the Wellness
Department of Fox Army Health Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL, on October 16, 2015 at 12 noon. The
yearly event is a mid-day walk to allow staff participation and to remind individuals of the prevalence
of Breast Cancer. Committee Members attending the event were Soror Karen Harris and Soror
Truelove Sandifer.
Mental Health Awareness Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter wearing green for October’s Chapter Sorority
The National Alliance on Meeting in honor of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Mental Illness (NAMI) and Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. have
launched a new partnership to expand
mental health education, awareness,
and support activities on the campuses
of colleges and universities and in local
communities. As part of our goal to
increase awareness of mental illness
awareness, EGO’s Health Promotion
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.
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