Courage Night honors Geralyn Lucas, breast cancer survivors

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Courage Night honors Geralyn Lucas, breast cancer survivors

Posted Oct 22nd 2006 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Breast Cancer, Celebrity fundraisers, Events, Fundraisers, Books, Television

Monday night is Courage Night, hosted by the Young Survival Coalition (YSC), national sorority Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA), and Lifetime television. It's a night when Lifetime's Original Movie Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy will air, when crowds will gather in communities and on college campuses across the nation for special screenings and viewing parties of the movie that brings glaring attention to the issue of breast cancer.

Courage Night was created in 2004 by Geralyn Lucas, author of the book Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, as an evening of celebration in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It was also a celebration of the publication of her then-new book.

Lucas, diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27, recounts in her memoir every step of her cancer journey, including her bold application of red lipstick just before her mastectomy. She knew from the day she was diagnosed she would speak out to help others, to raise awareness, to make a difference. Now 39, a mother of two, and an executive for Lifetime, Lucas is still making waves. And Courage Night lives on.

Courage Night has grown into a national grassroots event that honors breast cancer survivors and those lost to the disease. Event fundraising will benefit YSC -- the only organization dedicated to the special issues of young breast cancer survivors.

Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, starring actress Sarah Chalke, will air Monday, October 23 at 9:00 PM.

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Reader Comments

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1. i watched the Gerlayn Lucas story on LifeTime is was so profound that I have not been able to get it off my mind as of yet. What courage and what a fine example Geralyn gives to young and old alike. My sister-in-law had breast cancer several years ago and is definately a survivor. She had a double mascectomy and has not given up from day one. We al wonder how we will react to this news but Geralyn and my sister-in-law give the name SURVIVOR

Posted at 10:46PM on Oct 28th 2006 by Jo Ann Gordon

2. My computer sent the message on before I was able to fininsh my sentence. Geralyn and my sister-in-law give the word SURVIVOR a whole new meaning. I just felt that I needed to share these thoughts because I again was truly overwehlmed by the movie and her desiring to share such a passionate story.

Posted at 11:46PM on Oct 29th 2006 by Jo Ann Gordon

3. after reading the book "Why I Wore Lipstick" it really made me think about how much i really appriciate the things in my life. I dont think that i really appriciated the things that i do have before i read this book. I really felt like what i was going through as a sixteen year old was tragic and i didnt think i was going to get through it. I love books like this because it goes to show even through the hardest times in our lives as women we can get through anything. You know people dont really think this but women are tougher than they look. If you dont believe me then read books about women who who have cancer or go through something hard and make it and then tell me that we arent tough. When i was reading this book it really made me kind of scared cause i thought well maybe i could have breast cancer in the near future and that scares me. Well then i really started to think and if i got it then i could fight it as hard as i could and hopefully live to tell my story to help other women get through their hard times like it helped me get through mine. I dont have breast cancer but a story like Gerylns really helped me. So even a breast cancer survivor really can reach out to other people besides the victims of breast cancer. It goes alot further than that. So Geryln thank you for telling your inspiring story. I really encourage people to read it!

Posted at 9:01PM on Nov 1st 2006 by Chelsea McGhie

4. MY WIFE DIED OF BREAST CANCER AT THE AGE OF 52. SHE BEAT IT THE FIRST TIME, BUT IT CAME BACK 4 1/2 YEARS LATER. WHEN SHE HAD IT THE FIRST FIRST TIME, I REALISED WHAT SHE REALLY MENT TO ME. WHEN SHE DIED, WE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 28 YEARS. I SERIVED A YEAR IN VIET NAM AND I RELISED THAT SHE HAD MORE CORRAGE AND STRINGTH THEN I EVER HAD. WE HAD TWO KIDS STILL AT HOME WHEN SHE DIED, 13 AN 17 YEARS OLD. I LEARNED HOW TOUGH IT IS TO BE A WORKING MOTHER. I, TO THIS DAY DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT. MY WIFE WAS GODS GREATEST GIFT TO ME. I MISS HER VERY MUCH.

Posted at 6:16PM on Apr 17th 2007 by RICHARD TROSCLAIR



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