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March 1st, 2010

Are you receiv­ing our “Preventing Skin Cancer Through Education” newslet­ter?  Get the lat­est shade news and help­ful facts about sun safety by sign­ing up.  E-mail donna@shadefoundation.org to sign up today!
Register now for the 2010 SunWise with SHADE Poster Contest.  We have already started receiv­ing posters. Congratulations Jenkins Creek ES in Covington, WA; they were the first […]

Shonda’s Blog

February 23rd, 2010

Feb 2010
Spring Training has always been my favorite time of year.
It meant in just a short time we would be pack­ing away
the hats, gloves and win­ter sweaters.  In no time our
shorts and flip flops would be replaced in our clos­ets.
If you live in a place like Boston or Maryland (where I grew up)
you were sick of win­ter after […]

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July 15th, 2009

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Shonda Schilling Honors and Achievements

December 20th, 2008

Hard Work And Commitment To Community Service Has Resulted In The Following For Shonda Schilling

2008

Shonda Schilling fin­ished her 4th Boston Marathon to raise money for SHADE
Produced the 2008 Sun Protection Flicks Campaign with Showcase Cinemas rais­ing over $100,000 for SHADE 

2007

The Wellness Community-Greater Boston rec­og­nized Shonda Schilling with the 2007 Gilda Radner Award as an indi­vid­ual who demonstrated […]

Striking Out Melanoma

August 4th, 2008

BOSTON, Mass. (Ivanhoe Newswire)  —  She’s the wife of a Major League Baseball pitcher, but what Shonda Schilling learned is that fame and for­tune can­not guar­an­tee good health. Now she’s on a cru­sade to strike out melanoma.
Major league pitcher Curt Schilling and his wife Shonda feel blessed for the life they lead but Shonda learned how quickly it can […]

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.

Bostonians to Get Shade, Sunscreen and Education

April 22nd, 2008

Bostonians to Get Shade, Sunscreen and Education to Fight Skin Cancer as Boston Becomes a Model SunWise Community

Boston, Mass.  —  On Earth Day, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen Johnson joined Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and SHADE Foundation of America founder Shonda Schilling to rec­og­nize Boston as a SunWise Community.
Mayor Menino pro­claimed April 22, “SunWise Day” in Boston […]