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Press Release

(Washington, D.C.-- October 2, 2003) Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Curt Schilling & his wife Shonda, a melanoma survivor, received the Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award for their work with SHADE-The Curt and Shonda Schilling Melanoma Foundation of America. Arizona Senator John McCain presented the Schillings with the honor at a luncheon today on Capitol Hill. The award is given annually by the Congressional Families Action for Cancer Awareness, a program of the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation.

CURT & SHONDA SCHILLING TEAM UP WITH EPA TO RECEIVE 2003 EXCELLENCE IN CANCER AWARENESS AWARD!

October 2, 2003
Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC

(Scottsdale, AZ - September 30, 2003) SHADE-The Curt and Shonda Schilling Melanoma Foundation of America along with the Environmental Protection Agency will be receiving the 2003 Excellence in Cancer Awareness award. Congressional Families Action for Cancer Awareness will honor the partnership between the SHADE Foundation and the EPA for their fight to eliminate skin cancer and melanoma through the SunWise Program. Arizona Diamondback Pitcher Curt Schilling, along with his wife Shonda, founder of the SHADE Foundation, will be accepting the prestigious award at the 11th annual awards luncheon to be held October 2, 2003, in Washington, D.C.

"We are greatly honored to be considered and selected for this distinguished award along with the EPA," said melanoma survivor and founder of the SHADE Foundation, Shonda Schilling. "Our fight to prevent future generations from skin cancer continues every day through the promotion of our sun safety message. The recognition generated by this award contributes to the ongoing growth of the foundation."

"Shonda and I are very proud to be recognized on a national level for our work promoting sun-safety through the SHADE Foundation," said Curt Schilling. "On a personal level, I am very proud of Shonda because we would not be receiving this honor without her ongoing dedication and commitment to skin cancer awareness."

Previous recipients of the distinguished award have included the Today Show's Ann Curry and Katie Couric, former First Lady Barbara Bush, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, ABC News Anchor Sam Donaldson, actress Jane Seymour, and Senator Bob Dole, as well as many other talented and hard working individuals.

American Cancer Society statistics indicate that one in five children will grow up to develop skin cancer during their lifetime. The EPA SunWise program is an educational curriculum available to schools who wish to teach sun-safety in the classroom. SHADE Foundation and the EPA partnered earlier this year to generate more awareness for the program's availability. This partnership has resulted in over 300 schools and 150,000 kids utilizing the program.

The Congressional Families Action for Cancer Awareness is a program of the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation (CRPF) consisting of a network of over 110 Congressional, Administration, and Supreme Court spouses committed to reducing cancer incidence through education and prevention. The Excellence in Cancer Awareness award is presented each fall to the organization that best exemplifies a total commitment and dedication to assisting others in preventing cancer.

The SHADE Foundation was founded in 2002 in the hopes of saving future generations from a potentially preventable skin cancer - melanoma. For the past 12 months and counting, the SHADE Foundation has been working hard to create sun-safety attitudes in society, especially in our youth.

DATE:
October 2, 2003 at 12:00 noon

WHERE:
Cannon House Office Building
Room 345
Washington, D.C.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Katie Leighton - 610-513-6930