Archive for May, 2008

SunWise Day at Fenway Park

May 18th, 2008

On May 18, 2008, SHADE Foundation of America cel­e­brated SunWise Day at Fenway Park by rec­og­niz­ing the New England state win­ners of the 2008 SHADE National Poster Contest. The win­ning stu­dents from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont were rec­og­nized on the field, received per­son­al­ized t-shirts with pic­tures of their state winning […]

Thomas presents Shonda Schilling with Rotarian Medallion

May 15th, 2008

BOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts  —  Acton res­i­dent Elias Thomas, of the Sanford-Springvale RotaryClub, and his wife, Jane, recently attended the annual con­fer­ence for Rotary District 7910 and served as the offi­cial rep­re­sen­ta­tives for Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson and his wife, Joan.
Thomas is a Past District Governor within the Rotary orga­ni­za­tion.
The con­fer­ence took place from May 2 through 4 at the Holiday Inn […]

Melanoma Study Using DermTech’s Non-Invasive EGIR Technology Wins Top Clinical Research Poster Prize at the Annual Society for Investigative Dermatology Meeting

May 9th, 2008

Today at the 68th Annual Society for Investigative Dermatology Meeting, a poster focus­ing on DermTech’s novel tech­nol­ogy for deter­min­ing the pres­ence of melanoma via non-invasive tape strip­ping, received the Plenary Poster Prize for Clinical Research. The poster was selected for its excel­lence with regard to novel or inno­v­a­tive sci­en­tific research as deter­mined and judged by the […]

Shonda Schilling at Bowman Elementary School

May 5th, 2008

In recog­ni­tion of Melanoma Awareness Day, Monday, May 5th, Shonda Schilling, vis­ited Bowman Elementary School to teach sun-safety to stu­dents and present a SHADE Grant that will be used to estab­lish per­ma­nent shade on the school grounds.

Towson University Alumna Shonda Schilling

May 3rd, 2008

Towson University Alumna Shonda Schilling was pre­sented The Deans Recognition Award on May 3rd for her work with skin can­cer aware­ness and the SHADE Foundation. Each year, Towson Alumni are selected from one of seven col­leges within Towson University and are rec­og­nized for their out­stand­ing pro­fes­sional and/or phil­an­thropic accomplishments.

Kari Worth’s 70 Mile Walk for Skin Cancer

May 1st, 2008

From May 1  –  5, Kari Worth and her father will walk 70 miles from her home in Napa to her oncologist’s office in San Francisco to cel­e­brate her fifth anniver­sary of being diag­nosed with stage IV melanoma and liv­ing can­cer free. Kari is rais­ing funds for four skin can­cer research and aware­ness char­i­ties includ­ing SHADE Foundation […]