T.E.A.L.® CEO and Co-Founder Pamela Esposito-Amery attended the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon Charity Partner Breakfast on November 4th at Tavern on the Green in Manhattan. 

The breakfast is a way for the charities to celebrate a successful marathon season and hear information about the upcoming season. 

The marathon village and medal engraving station for participating runners were also nearby.

Team Tell Every Amazing Lady® made its debut in the TCS New York City Marathon on November 3rd. Five runners representing T.E.A.L.® hit the streets to run the iconic 26.2 mile-long race, helping to raise awareness about T.E.A.L.® and ovarian cancer. Each runner had a unique story of how ovarian cancer has impacted their lives, with some losing family members to the disease. T.E.A.L.® staff members were in Bay Ridge to cheer the athletes on.

T.E.A.L.® staff attended St. Joseph College’s Career and Graduate School Expo in Brooklyn on Oct. 30th. They spread awareness about ovarian cancer, and informed students about T.E.A.L.®’s programs, including internships and volunteering opportunities.

Tell Every Amazing Lady® is honored and thrilled to be a partner with AWARE (Assisting Women through Action, Resources & Education). T.E.A.L.® staff were invited to attend an AWARE meeting in Manhattan on Oct. 29th to kick off their year-long partnership.

AWARE partners with one organization on a yearly cycle and supports the program’s mission via fundraising, awareness, and volunteerism in order to improve the lives of women and girls. 

Thank you to AWARE for partnering with Tell Every Amazing Lady® and working to save more women’s lives from ovarian cancer.

T.E.A.L.® staff attended the North Flatbush Fall Fest on October 26th. 

The event, hosted by the North Flatbush BID, was held at the 6th Avenue Triangle, at the intersection of 6th Avenue, St Marks Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. 

T.E.A.L.® was invited by the North Flatbush BID to host a table at the family-friendly event, allowing T.E.A.L.® to speak to attendees about ovarian cancer, the foundation’s mission and programs, and upcoming events. Staff informed attendees about being aware and proactive about the signs and symptoms of the disease, for which there is currently no screening test.

T.E.A.L.® supporter Samantha Radandt and B & R Events hosted Southern Gala’s All Hallows’ Gala fundraiser to benefit Tell Every Amazing Lady® on October 25th. The spooky bash featured a costume contest, aerialist performers, and dancing. The party was held at The L in Greenville, S.C., and raised $1,320 for T.E.A.L.®.

T.E.A.L.® was invited to host a seminar, T.E.A.L.® – Tell Every Amazing Lady® (About Ovarian Cancer), at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center on Oct. 24th. CEO and Co-Founder Pamela Esposito-Amery spoke about the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, and touched on genetic testing. The event was open to the public, as well as patients and students at the Manhattan school.

Funding for medical research is an essential part of Tell Every Amazing Lady®’s mission in finding a screening test and a cure for ovarian cancer. T.E.A.L.® has chosen to contribute to the study “Combining epidemiologic and genetic risk to provide accurate and accessible comprehensive risk prediction for the prevention of ovarian cancer,” led by Michelle Jones, PhD, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

Early detection of ovarian cancer represents the strongest potential for preventing death from this lethal gynecologic malignancy. A woman’s risk for ovarian cancer is the result of both genetic and lifestyle factors, many of which are now identified. This study will combine known genetic and lifestyle risk factors for the first time, to identify a woman’s complete risk profile and provide guidance to caregivers as they select those women who require intervention or prevention strategies.

Learn more about Tell Every Amazing Lady®’s medical research program.

Tell Every Amazing Lady® has funded research at some of the country’s most prestigious hospitals and institutions. We are proud to announce funding for the study “Characterizing CA 125-antibody interactions using proteomics,” led by Professor Rebecca Whelan at the University of Notre Dame.

Professor Whelan proposes to explain what exactly is causing the most widely used blood test for ovarian cancer to fail for early detection. The commonly used test detects the cancer biomarker CA125 at specific points of contact (“epitopes”) that are currently unknown. They will characterize the epitopes on CA125 at which affinity reagents (“antibodies”) recognize and bind to CA125, the interaction that is the basis of the blood test. Identifying the epitopes of CA125 that are recognized in the existing blood test is a necessary step to developing the next generation test, one that displays more reliable recognition of CA125 and therefore enables ovarian cancer to be detected in an earlier, more treatable stage. Funds for this study were made possible by donations to the T.E.A.L.® Jane Fund. 

T.E.A.L.® hosted a free Wellness Weekend on October 5th at the Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Community Center. The day focused on healthy habits people can adopt to help prevent cancer. It featured a healthy cooking demonstration from nutritionist Dr. Vincent Esposito of Inside Out Health and Wellness, an informative talk about the connections between oral health and ovarian cancer by Dr. Diana Cortese, information on financial wellness from representatives at Investors Bank, genetic testing information from Myriad Genetics, and no-cost mammograms courtesy of American Italian Cancer Foundation.

Sabrina and Joe were named T.E.A.L.®’s Volunteer duo of the Month for October, 2019. They’re longtime T.E.A.L.® volunteers, and Sabrina was also an intern. Read their full story here: https://tealwalk.org/volunteer-of-the-month/

Tell Every Amazing Lady®, also known as T.E.A.L.®, received a $5,000 grant award from Investors Foundation. The grant will help further T.E.A.L.®’s mission of raising awareness about ovarian cancer and providing support to survivors. Investors Bank staff members also volunteered at the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run in Prospect Park on September 7th.  

Investors Bank created the Investors Foundation in 2005 to support the communities Investors Bank serves. Investors Foundation supports initiatives in the arts, youth development, health and human services, education and affordable housing.

Grande Cosmetics donated 50% of all Fall In Love Lip Kit sales made on www.grandecosmetics.com to T.E.A.L.® during the month of September. The cosmetic company donated over $250 to T.E.AL.®.

Grande Cosmetics was also a sponsor for the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run, sponsoring the goodie bags for the day, and donating lip plumpers.

Survivors, families, and supporters came out to the 6th Annual Savannah T.E.A.L.® Walk on September 28th and raised $23,955.90. The walk was held at Lake Mayer Track and featured the T.E.A.L.® Survivor Ceremony, educational and awareness booths, and the non-competitive walk.

Manhattan’s City Hall turned teal on September 27th to raise awareness about ovarian cancer during September’s National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. This was the fourth year that T.E.A.L.® lit the building.

T.E.A.L.® supporter Timothy Marshall Enterprises, Marshall Gras Entertainment, and the Best Show in Brooklyn hosted the 5th Annual Girl’s Night Out “Pink and Teal” ovarian and breast cancer awareness fundraiser on September 26th, 2019. 

More than 200 people showed up in pink and teal for the event at Embers Caribbean Fusion Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY. The night featured awards, music, and dancing, and helped raised $600 for Tell Every Amazing Lady®.

Members of Tell Every Amazing Lady® were on hand at Community Outreach’s September Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month event held at SUNY College of Optometry University Eye Center in Manhattan, NY, on September 24th. T.E.A.L.® answered questions and shared information about ovarian cancer.

T.E.A.L.® supporter and volunteer Vanessa was interviewed by WSAV in Savannah, Georgia, on September 24th, ahead of the 6th Annual Savannah T.E.A.L.® Walk on September 28th. Vanessa surpassed her goal of having 100 people on her team — instead, walking with 124 team members in memory of her sister Simone, who passed away in December of 2018.

See the interview here.

T.E.A.L.® was chosen as one of three nonprofits to be featured in Bay Ridge Toyota’s 3rd Building a Better Brooklyn contest, which launched on September 23rd. T.E.A.L.® staff members filmed three short videos to run across Bay Ridge Toyota’s social media channels. Each video will be posted over the course of three months — from September to December — and people can vote online for the foundation. T.E.A.L.® is in the running to receive $1.5k, $750, or $500 at the end of the contest. 

Help us win first place!

Use this link: http://woobox.com/gqzcx5

In the Tell Every Amazing Lady® box, click “vote.” The box will turn blue. 

At the top of the page, above Building a Better Brooklyn logo, click “enter.” 

You can vote everyday! Encourage others to vote as well.

Survivors, families, and supporters came out the the 6th Annual Litchfield T.E.A.L.® Walk on September 21st, raising over $9,000!. The walk — hosted by Hope Assembly #46, International Order of Rainbow for Girls — was held at Litchfield Community Field and featured the T.E.A.L.® Survivor Ceremony, educational and awareness booths, and the non-competitive walk.

Staff and volunteers of Tell Every Amazing Lady® held a press conference outside Brooklyn Borough Hall on September 17th to make New Yorkers aware of the signs, symptoms, and risk factors of the disease, and the fact that there is no screening test for it. September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and Borough Hall was lit the color teal — the official color of the cause — on September 7th to help raise awareness.

T.E.A.L.® supporter and volunteer Faith was interviewed by WJCL in Savannah, Georgia, on September 10th, ahead of the 6th Annual Savannah T.E.A.L.® Walk on September 28th. Faith dresses up as a teal Wonder Woman to honor her mom, Camille Rogers, an ovarian cancer survivor. The interview aired on September 17th.

WSAV featured the 6th Annual Savannah T.E.A.L.® Walk in its community coverage on September 16th, mentioning National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month as well.

See the story here.

T.E.A.L.® staff presented to students in the Long Island University Post Genetic Counseling Graduate Program at the school on Long Island, NY, on September 16th.  

T.E.A.L.® CEO and Co-Founder Pamela Esposito-Amery gave an overview of the foundation, and spoke about ovarian cancer, as well as which genes are linked to ovarian and breast cancers. 

The students are part of a rotation at T.E.A.L.®, with two students coming into the Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Community Center on a bi-weekly basis to help with projects. This is the second year that T.E.A.L.® and LIU have partnered for this internship.

T.E.A.L.® members were on hand at the Queens Cancer Walk in Phil Scooter Rizzuto Park in Queens, NY, on September 14th. The event was presented by Allison Alexis, and benefited SHAREing and CAREing, Breast Cancer Support Services. T.E.A.L.® talked to attendees about ovarian cancer and the programs the foundation offers.

Firefighters in Engine Company 2 of the Torrington Fire Department in Connecticut wore teal shirts on September 10th, the first “Teal Tuesday” of September’s National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The Department did this during the month to show their support in the race to find a cure for ovarian cancer. They have also been supporters and participants in the 6th Annual Litchfield T.E.A.L.® Walk.

On September 10th, Tell Every Amazing Lady® was invited to spread awareness about ovarian cancer to the staff at Liberty Mutual. As part of the company’s self-care webinar series, T.E.A.L.® spread awareness about the disease to WE@Liberty, the Women’s Employee Resource Group.

T.E.A.L.® CEO and Co-Founder Pamela Esposito-Amery was interviewed for a post on RMA of New York’s blog on September 9th. Esposito-Amery spoke about the history of T.E.A.L.®, which stands for Tell Every Amazing Lady®, which she founded with her sister Louisa McGregor, as well as its accomplishments, and its future.

 

Brooklyn Borough Hall was lit teal on September 7th to mark September’s National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. T.E.A.L.® worked with Borough Hall to illuminate the building for the sixth year in a row. Borough President Eric L. Adams has supported T.E.A.L.® in every year of his administration.

Thousands of runners and walkers gathered in Prospect Park on September 7th to participate in the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run, honor the strength of survivors, and look forward to a day without ovarian cancer. 

The yearly event featured a non-competitive walk, a 5K, the T.E.A.L.® Survivor Ceremony at the Bandshell, and several booths from T.E.A.L.® and sponsors. 

New to this year’s walk was the Amazing Lady Membership Program. T.E.A.L.® staff members talked to survivors about the program, helping them sign up to receive the free T.E.A.L.® Kits.

T.E.A.L.® Youth Ambassador Kiara Carrion participated in Bronx Fashion Week with a show on September 7th. The talented teenager showcased her brand Kitara, which featured pieces promoting and raising awareness about T.E.A.L.®.

NY1 News was on hand at the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run in Prospect Park on September 7th, helping T.E.A.L.® tell more New Yorkers about ovarian cancer and the foundation’s work in fighting the disease and honoring survivors.

Pre-med student Samantha was named T.E.A.L.®’s Volunteer of the Month for September, 2019. She grew up volunteering for T.E.A.L.®, and returned from school to spend the summer interning at T.E.A.L.®’s Community Center. She helped with outreach, phone calls, and prepping for events and workshops before going back to school for the fall. We’re so thankful for volunteers like Samantha who donate their time to help others.

Tell Every Amazing Lady® partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to survey New York state residents and find out how much they know about ovarian cancer, screening methods, risk factors, its signs and symptoms, and general awareness. The study found that many people do not understand where ovarian cancer — the most lethal gynecological cancer in America — comes from or how it is diagnosed and treated. 

Eight hundred male and female ethnically and socio-economically diverse participants residing in 51 of the 62 New York state counties completed the survey. 

The findings were released in September, which is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Learn more about Tell Every Amazing Lady®’s Medical Research Program: https://tealwalk.org/beneficiaries.

Members of T.E.A.L.® handed out awareness materials and pamphlets for the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run at MCU Park in Coney Island on August 31st. T.E.A.L.® then stood on the field while a PSA about the foundation played, before T.E.A.L.® Youth Ambassador Kiara Carrion was honored with the Brooklyn Cyclones’ Winning Women Award for her tireless and extensive work in her community. She also got to throw out the first pitch.

T.E.A.L.® then gathered on the Coney Island Boardwalk, where they held a press conference calling on more to be done for ovarian cancer, and lit the Luna Park Parachute Jump the color teal. 

The iconic monument was lit again on September 1st — the first day of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month — as well as September 8th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 21st.

On August 23rd, members of T.E.A.L.® and Myrtle Avenue BID tied teal ribbons from national organization Turn the Towns Teal® on trees along the Myrtle Avenue Plaza to raise awareness ahead of September’s National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. They also hung posters in business to explain the significance of the ribbons.

T.E.A.L.® raised awareness about ovarian cancer and the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run — and got into the groove — at Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership’s ’90s hip-hop dance party at the Myrtle Avenue Plaza on August 23rd.

On August 22nd, members of T.E.A.L.® and Flatbush Avenue BID tied teal ribbons from national organization Turn the Towns Teal® on trees along Flatbush Avenue to raise awareness ahead of September’s National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. They also hung posters in businesses to explain the significance of the ribbons.

The same day, T.E.A.L.® was joined by obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Margaux Kanis of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital — who was interviewed by NY1 News — and partnered with the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID to hang ribbons along the thoroughfare.

Members of Team Jackalicious hosted a Zumbathon fundraiser at Move Me Dance Fitness on Staten Island on August 15th, raising $725 for the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run. About 25 attendees participated in the cardio dance class event, which also featured baskets that were raffled off.

Staff at the Fourth Avenue Staples in Brooklyn presented a generous donation of supplies to be used at the 11th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk/Run to T.E.A.L.® members at the store on August 14th.

T.E.A.L.® Lions Committee Members Faye Carter and Jennifer Seymour-Wright of the 20-K1 Lions Club presented a donation at the T.E.A.L.® Community Center on August 14th, 2019 for fundraising money raised by the Lions Committee.

Friends and loved ones played a friendly game of racquetball on August 10th in Queens, NY, to raise funds for Team Simone ahead of the 6th Annual Savannah T.E.A.L.® Walk.

A total of 40 players turned out to play a great game, and organizers raised $2,500.