Tell Every Amazing Lady®, in partnership with Manhattan’s City Hall, lit the building the color teal on September 30th, 2022 to commemorate the end of a month-long campaign to raise awareness for September’s National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Teal is the official color that symbolizes the cause — and also stands for Tell Every Amazing Lady®.
Thank you, City Hall, for helping us raise awareness about this deadly disease for the seventh year in a row.
Tell Every Amazing Lady® partnered with a group of ovarian cancer organizations on September 28th, 2023 to promote and offer an educational event facilitated fully in Spanish by Woman to Woman at Mount Sinai. In honor of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, gynecologic oncologist Dr. Maria Schiavone discussed survivorship after a gynecologic cancer diagnosis and attendees were able to learn the importance of caring for the physical, mental, emotional, social, and financial effects of cancer that begin at diagnosis, continuing through treatment and beyond.
On September 28th, 2022 T.E.A.L.® went to the Javits Center in NYC to take part in the IGCS Survivor Caregiver Summit “Care Beyond a Cure”. The goal of the event was to engage, educate, and empower gynecologic cancer advocates and the public at-large, through educational and awareness programming. Associates from T.E.A.L.® had the opportunity to set up a table with awareness materials and learn from expert speakers as well as connect patients-survivors, caregivers, advocates, and clinicians who are passionate about gynecologic cancer patient advocacy.
On September 27th, 2022, former T.E.A.L.® Genetic Counseling interns gathered together and decorated the sidewalks of the Kean University campus in Union, New Jersey to spread awareness about ovarian cancer Tell Every Amazing Lady®.
Kendra Scott and Tell Every Amazing Lady® partnered to host the T.E.A.L.® Give Back Shopping Event on September 24, 2022 in Savannah, GA.
The in-person shopping event at jewelry store Kendra Scott was held after the 2022 Virtual Savannah T.E.A.L.® Walk, with participation from other shops on the W. Broughton Street block, including Midge, Rise Biscuit & Chicken, Nourish, Fine and Rare, Frankie and June, Edgewater, and Walgreens.
The goal was to shop, sip, and support T.E.A.L.®, as purchases from participating vendors sent 20% of the proceeds to benefit the foundation.
Tell Every Amazing Lady® hosted the 2022 Virtual Savannah T.E.A.L.® Walk on September 24, 2022. The event was completely virtual and accessible from any location. The goal of the event remained the same as previous years: to celebrate the bravery of ovarian cancer survivors and their family members, while raising ovarian cancer awareness in the general public and raising funds for medical research.
T.E.A.L.® advocates joined Not Your Regular Coffee’s ovarian cancer fundraiser and awareness event at the Hoboken Historical Museum on Saturday, September 24th 2022. This amazing event had food, activities and many vendors all contributing a piece of their profit to support ovarian cancer. T.E.A.L.® had a chance to speak over the microphone about our programs and the support services we offer.
September 23 is Teal Talk Day – a day to increase ovarian cancer awareness among women. On this day in 2022, Tell Every Amazing Lady® collaborated with Kith + Kin, a health management app, to craft a blog post highlighting some ovarian cancer statistics as well as the signs and symptoms of the disease.
You can read the blog post here.
Pamela Esposito-Amery, the CEO and Co-Founder of Tell Every Amazing Lady®, was interviewed by Lambeth Hochwald of EverydayHealth.com on September 23, 2022 to highlight the foundation’s work. Pamela shared her sister Louisa’s story and how the two of them founded Tell Every Amazing Lady® to provide ovarian cancer patients and survivors, as well as their families and loved ones, with resources while also educating the public of the signs and symptoms of the disease.
You can read the article here.
On September 23rd, 2022 T.E.A.L.® had the honor of being among the several organizations invited to the grand opening of Assemblymember Brian Cunningham’s office on Empire Boulevard in Brooklyn, NY. T.E.A.L.® had the opportunity to connect with event attendees as well as the general public and offer awareness and education materials about the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer.
Our CEO, Pamela, was the guest speaker at TD Bank’s Metro NY Women In Leadership virtual meeting on September 21, 2022. With a long history of collaboration, TD Bank and T.E.A.L.® were thrilled to provide life-saving women’s health information to the TD staff members to share with their families and the community.
Can’t participate? Consider making a donation to keep our foundation and programs running. Please help us reach our Savannah event goal of $25,000 this year.
There’s another amazing way to support Tell Every Amazing Lady® this year — a Kendra Scott in-store shopping event that gives back to T.E.A.L.®!
After your virtual walk on September 24, maybe consider stopping by Kendra Scott from 11 am to 1 pm to shop, sip, and support T.E.A.L.®! Plus, the first 15 people to spend $100 in-store on September 24th will receive a swag bag! All are welcome.
Can’t make it to the store? Shop Kendra Scott online from 9/23 – 9/25 (these dates only) and give back. Use code: GIVEBACK-TEALOC when checking out and 20% of your purchase will benefit T.E.A.L.®.
T.E.A.L.® and its amazing volunteers tied ovarian cancer awareness ribbons on trees on Myrtle Avenue, 5th Avenue, and North Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn in collaboration with Turn the Towns Teal® on September 15th, 2022.
T.E.A.L.® thanks the Myrtle Avenue, 5th Avenue, and North Flatbush Avenue BIDs for their continued support of the foundation and helping us spread ovarian cancer awareness during the month of September.
For the fourth year in a row, T.E.A.L.® presented virtually to students from Long Island University’s Post Genetic Counseling Graduate Program on September 13th, 2022. T.E.A.L.® held a virtual awareness presentation for the 15 incoming interns to kickoff their internship rotation. The presentation discussed the history of T.E.A.L.® and the work we do, the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer as well as the importance of genetic testing.
Tell Every Amazing Lady® partnered with Luna Park in Coney Island to light the iconic Parachute Jump the color teal from September 12 to September 14, 2022 to mark National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The bulbs on the Brooklyn attraction also spelled out the word “teal,” the official color that symbolizes the cause — and also stands for Tell Every Amazing Lady®.
Illuminating the structure, which can be seen from miles away, helps raise more awareness about the deadly disease.
Thank you, Luna Park, for helping us shine a light on this important cause for the sixth year in a row.
More than 100 members of the volunteer group District 20 K-1 Lions and Leos, including parts of Brooklyn and Queens, assembled at Gershwin/Linden Park on September 10, 2022 to participate in the virtual walk aspect of the T.E.A.L.® Celebration and Women’s Health Expo. This gathering was organized by the district to raise awareness of the deadly disease of ovarian cancer and to help raise funding for medical research.
Members of the Stuy Park Lions had a more personal connection to the cause, as they honored the memory of Lion Myra Crumpe, who had just recently lost her battle against ovarian cancer. The groups, along with Myra’s husband, wore customized T-shirts and released teal balloons dedicated to Myra’s memory.
The group’s walk was featured in The Canarsie Courier on October 3, 2022. The coverage of this event allowed for the publicization of the Lions and Leo’s efforts in raising awareness of ovarian cancer. You can read it here.
Tell Every Amazing Lady® returned to Prospect Park on September 10, 2022 for the first time in two years with the T.E.A.L.® Celebration and Women’s Health Expo, a new take on the annual T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run program.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, this hybrid event consisted of the virtual T.E.A.L.® walk, a 2-mile walk that could be completed anywhere.. An additional aspect was the Women’s Health Expo, which provided an extensive, comprehensible demonstration on women’s health information, accessible both in-person and virtually.
The goal of the event remained the same from previous years: celebrate the bravery and determination of ovarian cancer survivors and their family members, while raising awareness in the general public and raising money for medical research of this deadly disease.
Tell Every Amazing Lady® CEO and co-founder Pamela Esposito was the guest speaker on RMA of New York’s Fertility Forward podcast on September 9, 2022.
On this episode, Esposito explained how T.E.A.L.® was founded, her sister’s journey, the mission statement of T.E.A.L.®, the resources it provides to those affected by ovarian cancer, symptoms of the disease, the necessity of better resources and screening for the disease, and events T.E.A.L.® hosts, specifically the T.E.A.L.® walk/run and women’s health expo.
RMA New York is a fertility clinic associated with Mount Sinai Hospital and New York City, with 14 locations throughout the New York Metropolitan area. You can listen to it here.
I got involved with T.E.A.L.® through a friend who has been supporting T.E.A.L.® for several years and knows all the hard work that they do.
My goal for the TCS New York City Marathon is that I want to keep running all the time, I’m gonna try not to walk.
Running makes me feel strong and helps me clear my mind. It makes me feel that by working hard and pushing myself a little more I can get out of my comfort zone and reach new physical and mental goals.
If I could make a difference in one thing related to ovarian cancer, I would like there to be a rule in hospitals or medical services where all women have to know the signs for early detection and symptoms of ovarian cancer. I’d want more campaigns and information about it available.
My message for every amazing lady about ovarian cancer is this: Taking care of ourselves and helping to take care of other women by sharing the information we have about ovarian cancer is very important. Going regularly to the doctor for checkups should be a priority in our lives.
This is my first marathon and also my first time doing a fundraiser. The satisfaction I feel for being able to contribute in a small way for such a special cause will stay with me forever.
You can help Carolina reach her fundraising goal for the TCS New York City Marathon here. All donations go to Tell Every Amazing Lady® and help with the fight against ovarian cancer.
I was doing some runs in the thick of the pandemic to raise money for other charities in the city and I met a run coach named Kai @runcoachkai during some of those events and he mentioned T.E.A.L.® He connected me with T.E.A.L.® and I completed my first marathon for T.E.A.L.® in 2021.
My goal for the 2022 marathon is to raise more resources and awareness for T.E.A.L.® and also complete the marathon faster than I did last year. I am aiming to complete it in 3 hours and 40 minutes but if I get under 4 hours I will be content and of course if I can do faster that’s even better.
I started running simply as a way to relieve stress and as a form of working out that got me back in touch with the outdoors. New York City doesn’t offer much nature, but what it lacks in trees it has abundance of in culture and community. I did not expect to love running as much as I do but it has brought me peace and an amazing connection to the city and the people in it.
If I could change one thing it would be to find a cure for all cancers but we’re not there yet so for now I would create as much awareness as possible in the hopes that more investment can be made in the research and support of those dealing with ovarian cancer.
I would say to every amazing lady that there is always hope and that there a lot of us with love and determination in our hearts to help defeat this disease. We are running hard in the hopes to help make ovarian cancer a thing of the past.
I am truly honored to be able to run for T.E.A.L.® and to do my small part in helping those fighting ovarian cancer. My Aunt Ann passed away from cancer at a young age and she gives me the energy and strength to help others dealing with this hardship. I hope my efforts can bring some assistance and hope to the women and their families facing ovarian cancer.
You can help Dennis reach his fundraising goal for the TCS New York City Marathon here. All donations go to Tell Every Amazing Lady® and help with the fight against ovarian cancer.
Tell Every Amazing Lady® was pleased to partner with JScreen, a nonprofit organization that focuses on offering genetic testing and education. They participated in our annual event, the T.E.A.L.® Celebration and Women’s Health Expo in September 2022. Also, during the fall of 2022, JScreen provided T.E.A.L.® with vouchers for CancerGEN genetic testing kits. Through a campaign that was able to reach hundreds, 61 people received genetic testing at no cost. The CancerGEN testing kits test for genetic changes that increase risk for many types of cancer. Since there is no 100% accurate screening test for ovarian cancer, genetic testing can be lifesaving and is critical to those families at risk. T.E.A.L.® hopes to continue offering no cost lifesaving resources similar to this in the future.