With the making of the movie, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, a scene for the National Breast Cancer Foundation was written into the script by Director Marc Lawrence. When I asked him why he chose NBCF to be in the movie, he said he wanted to do some good and help a real charity. [...]
NBCF Founder
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The Turkey That Didn’t Get the Word
Since when do turkeys think they have the right to chase people? They need to quit getting their feathers so ruffled up and head for the hills. If I seem overly confident about turkeys, it is because I have overcome a run-in I had with a turkey when I was a young girl. I grew [...]
Mammograms Still Save Women’s Lives
My son, Kevin Hail, COO of National Breast Cancer Foundation arrived at work before me today. As he walked down the hallway at our NBCF headquarters, he looked in my empty office and said aloud, “I thank God Mom got a mammogram before the age of 50.” At 34 years old, I felt a lump [...]
The Fly That Wouldn’t Die
My eyes were blurry red from reading, while the muscles in my arms and shoulders burned from working late. Time for lights out. As soon as I crawled between the cool sheets under my comforter, my eyelids dipped closed a couple of times in the relaxing darkness of the night. Suddenly, my eyes popped open [...]