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Testicular Cancer Awareness
Week (tcaw.org) goes on the road with a
traveling exhibit to present the issue of
Testicular Cancer at health fairs, schools and
service organizations.
We participate in Health & Wellness
Fairs when they are free and when we can get there
economically.
Coos Curry Electric Annual
Meeting
We were invited to set up our booth at the
annual meeting of the Coos Curry Electric
Cooperative in Port Orford, CA in 2005. We were
invited to do it again in 2006 but had a date
conflict.
Brookings (OR) Medical
Center
On August 17, 2004 we and the Curry Breast
Health Network had booths at the annual required
health exam day for those children in the area who
plan to participate in school sports during the
coming year. We talked to most of the young men
during the four hour period about Testicual Cancer
and gave each one a Self-Exam shower card for their
use.
The Mill Casino/Hotel in North Bend,
OR
November, 2006
Earlier in the year, The Mill Casino in North
Bend told us that they wouldn't be doing the health
fair this year. However, by late summer, someone
came along to sponsor the fair but it was too late
to reschedule what we had booked during that time.
Hopefully, they'll do the fair in 2007 and we won't
have a conflict.
November, 2005
This was our 4th year at The Mill Casino. Again,
our emphasis was on Prostate and Testicular Cancer
awareness. The Health Fair attracted 63 exhibitors
and over 400 visitors.
October, 2004
We're back for a third year. Our theme this year
supports our menatrisk.org
web site which concentrates on discussing
unnecessary risks that attribute to the cause of
death for men. The result: men die an average
of five years earlier than women. And, with simple
lifestyle changs, over 275,000 men's lives could be
saved each year. We also presented a continuous
showing of the video "Testicular Cancer and the
Importance of TSE" (Testicular Self-Exam). Our
"Get a Grip!" campaign
is beginning to gain awarness and health educators
are beginning to set-up showings for middle-school
and high-school boys to teach performing a
self-exam and the importance of doing it
monthly.
Our slogan
allmenareatrisk.org
October, 2003
This year we placed our emphasis on our
"Get a Grip!"
awareness campaign involving Testicular Cancer.
"Get
a Grip!" campaign
to stress importance of a monthly testicual
self-exam for young men starting when they reach
puberty.
October, 2002
Kei Billington, the Casting and Development
Administrator for The Mill Casino in North Bend,
Oregon, organized a Health Fair for its employees
and people from the community. This was a very well
organized event, especially since this was their
first venture into this arena. They used their
bingo hall, which was dark on Monday and Tuesday,
and did a commendable job.
We were located in front, right behind the
American Cancer Society booth. Our setup
included giveaway materials on prostate and
testicular cancer, our "Know
Fear" and "No
Fear, No Tears, Die Numb" T-shirt transfer,
"I am special", "Happy to Be Just Me", "Love
Comes in All Colors", "Kids are Special People",
"I'm High on Health", and "Hugs not Drugs" stickers
for the kids, a pamphlet "Every
Man Should Know About His Prostate" and
"Answer 8 easy questions to help your doctor help
you", and a video of "A Gathering
of Men" with Robert Bly and Bill Moyer's
going.
We had Slide Guides that
ask and answer pertinent questions on various
topics such as "Men's
Guide to Health Tests & Screenings",
"Sexually
Transmitted Diseases Education Guide",
"Facts
on Gangs: What every citizen should know",
"AIDS Education
Guide", "Safe
Dating Guide", and "Facts
about Prostate Health" and a Testicular
Cancer Self Exam Shower Card. Plus, "Make
the world safe for children" and "Practice
Random Acts of Silliness" bumper stickers and
our special "Time
Out" heat sensitive stress indicator as well as
the website set up on dual computer screens so
people could pick out information they wanted and
print out a take-home copy right there. We also had
rubber replicas of a healthy prostate and five
others representing the feel and texture of an
enlarged cancerous prostate, and enlarged prostate,
possible cancer, and enlarged prostate BPH, a
normal size prostate with a hard nodule, possible
cancer, and an enlarged prostate, BPH or possible
cancer. For those who might consider doing a
self-exam, this gave them a sense of what they
might encounter.
We felt the Fair attracted a good number of
locals as well as a substantial number of employees
from The Mill. We will continue to exhibit at more
fairs like this in the future!
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