The Marsh Landing Country Club’s Pink Ribbon Trio event concluded on Tuesday, Oct. 6, with Golf for the Girls.
Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, the golf portion of the event was cancelled. However, guests and participants still enjoyed lunch and remarks from Pink Ribbon Jax representatives.
Pink Ribbon Jax is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives through the early detection of breast cancer.
Golf for the Girls has been the solo fundraising event for Pink Ribbon at Marsh Landing for a number of years, but this year Pink Ribbon Chair Wendy Waller wanted to do more.
Mahjong for Mammos and Tennis for Tatas were the other two events added to the fundraiser this year. All three events raised a total of $16,000 to benefit Pink Ribbon Jax.
Waller is also a member of the Women’s Golf Association (WGA), and she said supporting Pink Ribbon Jax is a top priority of the WGA.
“Each of us are dedicated to the cause and want to continue to support Pink Ribbon Jax and what the organization does to support and help our community,” she said.
Ataraxis, a breast cancer diagnostic lab, was the main sponsor of the Pink Ribbon Trio event.
According to oncology specialist and Ataraxis representative Danny Horn, many of the traditional tests to check for breast cancer have been around for at least 30 years, and they haven’t changed.
Horn said many of the tests currently used by oncologists to evaluate risk of recurrence or whether you should have chemotherapy were developed more than 20 years ago. Even though they were extremely useful back then, technology has made massive strides. These older tests evaluate risk based on population averages, versus Ataraxis’ new A.I.-based approach, which provides individualized sensitivity to chemotherapy based on an individual patients’ unique tumor profile.
“Cancer is so unique and individualized, that the tests really should be, too,” said Horn. Marica Pendjer, president of Pink Ribbon Jax, also spoke at the luncheon about the importance of getting mammograms and staying on top of your health.
“If we catch this disease early, it is 99% treatable,” she said.
