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CONTACT:  kathy.stein@cancer.org,
847.328.5147

American Cancer Society Walk & Roll North Shore kick-off event March 20 at DoubleTree Hotel in Skokie celebrates saving lives, creating more birthdays

Open House will feature REI bike clinic, kids’ games and lunch
to launch annual walk and bicycling fundraiser

(EVANSTON, Ill.) – The American Cancer Society invites cancer survivors, caregivers, co-workers, friends and family to a kick-off celebration for Walk & Roll North Shore on Saturday, March 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel, 9599 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie. Walk & Roll North Shore is an annual community event where participants walk or ride bikes to raise money in the fight against cancer.


The free Open House Kick-off event will feature bike clinics with experts from REI in Northbrook, as well as informational materials, kids’ games, drawings and lunch courtesy of the DoubleTree Hotel in Skokie. It is open to all those interested in fun, making new friends, learning more about Walk & Roll North Shore, exploring volunteer opportunities, building a support network, or simply being an active participant in the fight against cancer to ensure more birthdays!


Walk & Roll North Shore 2010 will be held from 7 am to 1 pm on Sunday, May 16 beginning at Harm’s Woods in Skokie. The annual fundraising event encourages community, team and corporate participation and includes a 5 mile walk and 10, 30 and 50 mile bike routes.


“Walk & Roll is a chance for teams of friends, families and co-workers to come together to fight cancer,” said Lyndal Hanna, co-chair of Walk & Roll North Shore 2010. “The atmosphere is tremendous. You are surrounded by those closest to you as you are sharing stories of triumph, grief, hope, celebration, honor and love.”


For more information on the kick-off event or to register teams, contact Kathy Stein at 847-328-5147 or visit www.walkroll.org.

About Walk and Roll North Shore
Walk & Roll North Shore 2010 takes place Sunday, May 16, 2010 at Harm’s Woods (corner of Old Orchard Road and Harms Road) and includes a 5 mile walk and 10, 30 and 50 mile bike routes through the north shore area. Participate individually, or as a team or corporate group. For more information, including sponsorship opportunities, go to www.walkroll.org.
Become a friend of the American Cancer Society Walk & Roll North Shore on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/walkrollNS.
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About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force with more than 100,000 volunteers in Illinois and millions elsewhere, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people stay well, by helping people get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer, and countless more who have avoided it, will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more or get help, call us any time at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org or www.illinoiscancerhelp.org.
 

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‘Motherland’ author visits Skokie-area institutions

Author Vineeta Vijayaraghavan visited Skokie March 8 and 9 to discuss her book, “Motherland,” which has been the focus of Coming Together in Skokie, a three-month initiative aimed at cultural understanding.

Vijayaraghavan talked about her novel and the immigrant experience to students at Oakton Community College, Niles North and Niles West high schools as well as an audience at the Skokie Public Library.

Born in India but raised in the United States, Vijayaraghavan graduated from Harvard University and works as a senior research fellow and project manager at Innosight Institute Healthcare in Boston. “Motherland,” her only published novel to date, was recognized as a best book for young adults by the American Library Association.

“[‘Motherland’] is a wonderful book written in such a manner that it will be enjoyable to older people and to our younger generation,” said Susan Van Dusen, first lady of Skokie and Coming Together in Skokie co-organizer. “It’s a quick read, it’s a simple read, but it gives you a feel for the Indian Community.”

“Motherland” tells the story of Maya, a 15-year-old girl struggling with cultural identity who is sent by her parents to spend the summer in India with her aunt, uncle and grandmother.

Vijayaraghavan said she was inspired to write “Motherland” while observing the changing economic, political and social landscape of India.

“There was also a piece of it that was around the grandmother-mother-daughter lineage and how to show each of them in ways that captured the different choices they had been presented with, the different choices they had made and to create some compassion for some of the difficulties they have faced and the bonds they managed to build,” she said.

Vijayaraghavan said she was honored to learn her book was chosen as the focal point for Coming Together in Skokie, adding that, though she was familiar with the experience of having students study “Motherland,” the events planned around her novel were different than anything she had heard of in other community-based book discussions.

“The part that felt so different was the way in which Skokie wanted to use the book as a point of departure for a whole set of community events and for a conversation in a community around culture and around sharing each other’s backgrounds,” she said.

Coming Together in Skokie events continue at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 13 with a presentation on modern-day India by world traveler Bill Helmuth. The event will take place at the Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St.

At 5 p.m. March 27, the Midwest Cricket Club, the Niles North Indo-Pak Club and the District 219 Cricket Club will play a cricket match at Niles North High School’s fieldhouse, 9800 Lawler Ave., Skokie.

— Jonathan Bullington, Triblocal.com reporter
 

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