Public Invited to Garden Reception on Mansion Grounds to Raise Awareness About Cancer

COLUMBIA, SC (04/10/2008)(readMedia)-- The Public is Invited to a Garden Reception to Raise Awareness about Cancer Hosted by the First Lady of South Carolina Jenny Sanford, Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, and Haynesworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Guest Speaker Will be Beverly Kirkhart, Breast Cancer Survivor and Co-Author of Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul

DATE: Thursday, April 17, 2008

TIME: 6 pm – 7:30 pm

LOCATION: The Lace House on the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion; 800 Richland St.; Columbia, S.C.

RSVP: Paula Millit 843-792-9335. Business attire. Street parking available.

DETAILS: An estimated 21,000 South Carolinians are diagnosed with cancer each year; with some 9,000 dying from the disease.

Beverly Kirkhart, breast cancer survivor and co-author of Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul and author of My Healing Companion, will speak about “How to Turn Setbacks into Comebacks.”

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