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Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v02n10)
BRHS Key Club Raises $80K for Cancer Research
posted: May 13, 2005

Mary Ellen Ryan Alerding lost her battle to breast cancer on October 19, 2002 at the age of 37. During her treatment, friends made a bracelet for her as a gift of love and hope. These bracelets are now called Creations for the Cure and are inspired by the beauty and love that filled Mary Ellen's life.

BRHS Key Club Raises $80K for Cancer Research

The Broad Ripple High School Key Club has teamed up with the women who started Creations for the Cure and with the IU Cancer Center to help find a cure. Their project is funding Mary Ellen's Bank, an effort to collect breast tissue from healthy women as well as women who have had breast cancer. The goal is to study the tissue samples so we can one day predict a woman's risk of getting breast cancer, her prognosis, and how she will respond to treatment.
For the past three years, members of the club have made bracelets out of swarovski crystal and sterling silver beads. Each bracelet has a sterling silver breast cancer charm hanging from it. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of these bracelets is donated to the IU Cancer Center/ Mary Ellen's Bank project. To date, the students have donated $80,000 to this cause with each of those dollars matched by the Catherine Peachey Breast Cancer Prevention Fund.
You can purchase a bracelet and support this worthwhile cause at Marigold's in Broad Ripple, located at 6323 Guilford Avenue, or by visiting the Broad Ripple High School website and clicking on the Key Club link (www.ips.k12.in.us).


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