ABTA events

Spokane BT5K

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 17, 2013
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  • It's not too late. You can register for our Spokane BT5K on May 18 on site. Visit www.bt5k.org today to print off a registration form or to find out more information about the event. ABTA_Jillann Connections ...

Volunteers Needed for Chicago BT5K

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 14, 2013
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  • We are still looking for volunteers for our Chicago BT5K! If you or anyone know you is interested, please email kbutler@abta.org for more information. ABTA_Jillann Connections Support Community Group ...

Spokane Washington BT5K

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · New reply May 12, 2013
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  • There's still time to register for our Spokane BT5K on May 18! Visit www.bt5k.org today to sign up. All pre-registered event participants are guaranteed an event t-shirt, so register today! ABTA_Jillann ...

Chicago Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 7, 2013
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  • Our Chicago BT5K on June 1 will bring together patients, family, caregivers, loved ones in the culmination of Brain Tumor Awareness Month & all our efforts to increase awareness and funds. Register to ...

Boost Brain Tumor Awareness During May

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · New reply May 6, 2013
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  • May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month and there are many ways you can raise brain tumor awareness in your community—this month and all throughout the year. How about: Wear a gray ABTA wristband and give ...

Light the Way in May

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 6, 2013
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  • The ABTA has started a Bright Ideas! Honor Wall in our office. You can click here: https://secure2.convio.net/abta/site/Don ation2?df_id=4860&4860.donation=form1 to buy a Bright Ideas! light bulb in honor ...

Brain Tumor Awareness Month

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 3, 2013
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  • Help us spread Bright Ideas in May by buying a Bright Ideas light bulb in honor or memory of someone in your life, and we’ll put it on our Bright Ideas! Honor Wall. Purchase your light bulb here: https://secure2.convio.net/abta/site/Don ...

ABTA National Patient & Family Conference

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 2, 2013
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  • Our National Patient & Family Conference will focus on caregiving this year. Visit www.braintumorconference.org to learn more about the conference, weekend and 40th Anniversary Dinner. Hope to see many ...

Patient Meeting May 4, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · New reply May 2, 2013
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  • The ABTA is proud to be an educational sponsor of UW Health's May 4th Patient Meeting, "Focus on Brain Tumors: Life Between Treatment and Scans," in Madison, WI. To learn more and RSVP, click here: http://www.uwhealth.org/event/focus-on-b ...

Brain Tumor News - April 24, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 24, 2013
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  • Breakthrough for Brain Tumors Chicago 5K Returns to Montrose Harbor* http://www.13abc.com/story/22058582/brea kthrough-for-brain-tumors-chicago-5k-ret urns-to-montrose-harbor ...

What brain tumor patients should know about radiation & nuclear medicine

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 23, 2013
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  • What Patients with a Brain Tumor Should Know About Radiation and Nuclear Medicine FREE WEBINAR - Wednesday, April 24 - 2 p.m. Central Time This webinar will discuss imaging technology including the use ...

The 2013 ABTA Patient & Family Conference

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · New reply March 30, 2013
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  • Mark your calendars now for July 26-27, when the ABTA's annual Patient & Family Conference: A Focus on Caregiving will take place at the Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Suites Hotel. In addition to general ...

Palliative Care Webinar - tomorrow, 3/29 @ 2 p.m. CST

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted March 28, 2013
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  • When people hear the term “palliative care,” they often think solely of its end-of-life applications. But palliative care is much more. Palliative care focuses on relieving and preventing suffering from ...

Understanding Palliative Care

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted March 21, 2013
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  • When people hear the term “palliative care,” they often think solely of its end-of-life applications. But palliative care is much more. Palliative care focuses on relieving and preventing suffering from ...

Providing and Pursuing Answers for 40 Years

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted March 21, 2013
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  • On this day in 1973, two Chicago-area mothers who were facing the unthinkable - the loss of a child - came together to form an organization that would become a recognized leader in the brain tumor community ...

2013 LA Marathon - March 17, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted March 8, 2013
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  • We Still Have Race Entries For The LA Marathon! Don't miss your chance to run this incredible race with Team Breakthrough! Team Breakthrough Registration Includes: * Race Entry into the 2013 LA Marathon ...

Bright Ideas!

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted March 4, 2013
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  • Bright Ideas! is the ABTA's new fundraising and awareness campaign. We're so excited about it! Learn more here: http://www.abta.org/get-involved/bright- ideas.html ABTA_Jillann Connections Support Community ...

Looking for Connections members in NY, LA and Dallas

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · New reply March 1, 2013
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  • We're still looking for members for the Volunteer Fundraising and Planning Committees for the Breakthrough for Brain Tumors events in Los Angeles, New York City and Dallas/Ft. Worth. If you're interested ...

LA- Team Breakthrough: Move Further. Move Forward

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted February 28, 2013
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  • Team Breakthrough – the ABTA’s endurance and fundraising team – is racing around the country! Join us at the following event this year: LA Marathon Date: Sunday, March 17, 2013 http://hope.abta.org/site/TR?fr_id=2530 ...

Volunteers Needed

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted February 23, 2013
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  • We're still looking for members for the Volunteer Fundraising and Planning Committees for the Breakthrough for Brain Tumors events in Los Angeles, New York City and Dallas/Ft. Worth. If you're interested ...

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theABTA: Volunteers host events for the ABTA all over the country. Visit http://t.co/7Tx0sVLBMR to see what's going on in your area. #ABTABrightIdeas

theABTA: For every 100,000 people living in the U.S., approximately 221 are living with a brain tumor. #ABTABrightIdeas #BTAM #BrainTumorThursday

theABTA: The ABTA will be exhibiting at Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers conference tonight in Minneapolis from 4-8p.m. Come say hi!

theABTA: Not able to join our Chicago BT5K June 1? You can still register as a virtual walker at http://t.co/QbIG1d8wWp to raise funds for the ABTA!

theABTA: Our Bright Ideas! Wall is growing &growing! Go to https://t.co/qQpCCkn7hn to purchase a Bright Ideas light bulb today http://t.co/XLb4msdlna

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