SHADE Foundation

PF Chang’s Kick Off Breakfast with Shonda Schilling

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 at 8:23 am · Events, Marathons

About This Event

• Date: July 1^st, 2008 @ 7am

• Location: Millennium Resort
  Scottsdale, AZ

Event Description

The kick off break­fast was hosted by Shonda Schilling and attended by our sup­port­ers at Killer Shade, Brittney Shipp from 3TV who will be run­ning the half marathon for SHADE and run­ner from all over the valley.

Highlights included a pre­sen­ta­tion to the State of Arizona poster con­test win­ner Hannah.

About Our Runners

John Lookabaugh

When I was young, most peo­ple were in the dark when it came to real­iz­ing the dan­gers of exces­sive sun expo­sure. I’ve paid the price with numer­ous biop­sies, surg­eries, and can­cer diag­noses. I am a malig­nant melanoma survivor.

About one mil­lion Americans develop skin can­cer each year and the melanoma diag­no­sis growth rate is stag­ger­ing as well. When kids blis­ter or burn after being in the sun, trou­ble may loom in their future. The Schillings’ Shade Foundation shines a light on this impor­tant mat­ter. The won­der­ful peo­ple in this orga­ni­za­tion teach our chil­dren about pre­ven­tion and con­struct shades on American play­grounds, pro­vid­ing basic pro­tec­tion from the harm­ful radiation.

On January 18^th, 2009, I will slather on the sun­screen and run 26.2 miles in the PF Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon to raise aware­ness for this cause as well as funds for SHADE. With your help, we will save many, many lives.

With sin­cere grat­i­tude for your inter­est and support,

John

Becki Rollins

On January 19^th 2009, I will be run­ning in the Phoenix PF Chang’s Marathon for an impor­tant cause. I will be run­ning to sup­port the SHADE Foundation and help to cre­ate more aware­ness about skin can­cer. I have made this com­mit­ment to bring more knowl­edge about Melanoma to my chil­dren, fam­ily and friends, and in hopes every­one will rec­og­nize the sig­nif­i­cance of under­stand­ing what skin can­cer is and how to pre­vent the num­ber of cases that occur each year.

Phoenix is also known as the “Valley of the Sun”; and as a native of Arizona I know what the sun can do to those who wor­ship it as I did when I was a teenager. To get that golden tan I would apply baby oil to my skin to cre­ate sun­burns; now, years later I know what it is like to have to deal with a diag­no­sis of skin can­cer. For this rea­son I want to edu­cate my chil­dren on what the sun can do to beau­ti­ful skin. The sun is won­der­ful to feel on the skin and should be enjoyed, but it should be done with respect for what can hap­pen if the sun rays are not absorbed in mod­er­a­tion and with protection.

The sun is full of warmth and heal­ing energy, yet at the same time it can also be deadly. That is why I will con­tinue to remind those I care for to take heed and pro­tect them­selves from the sun’s rays.

The Schillings SHADE Foundation is a won­der­ful orga­ni­za­tion that raises aware­ness to help pre­vent and edu­cate about melanoma. It also helps to alert our chil­dren about “sun edu­ca­tion” along with their efforts to pro­vide shade pro­tec­tion on playgrounds.

Thank you so much for your sup­port in this char­i­ta­ble donation!