Through Kathleen Timberman donating her time as a TEN YEAR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, Dakota Castles, Inc. has helped the American Cancer Society's Reach to Recovery Program.

It is a peer support program that increases the quality of life of persons with breast cancer through one on one contact with trained volunteers who are breast cancer SURVIVORS.

                  To read more about the Reach to Recovery Program, click here.

 Kathleen has been a Volunteer with the American Cancer Society's Reach to Recovery Program for several years. Kathleen helped start and co-chaired the Breast Cancer Survivor's Reunion Luncheon for five years. She has been a spokesperson for Reach to Recovery, shared her Survivor Victory Story with The Sheridan County Journal Star Newspaper and spoke at her all Alumni High School Reunion. 

Here's more information on some great events we have been involved with and preview some that are coming up:

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH-Please remind your Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Friends to get their yearly Mammogram or Clinical Exam. In Oct. 2009, Helene Duhamel & Kathleen did an AD on KOTA Territory TV promoting awareness.  BLACK HILLS BAGELS (913 Mt. Rushmore Rd) sold Pink Ribbon bagels every Friday in October and donated a portion of the sales to the American Cancer Society.

        Thank-you to everyone who bought PINK bagels in Oct!                

Offical Sponsor of Birthdays

OUR MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER KICKOFF EVENT IS AUG. 20TH - 28TH DURING THE CENTRAL STATES FAIR IN RAPID CITY            Look for our Kickoff Booth in the Soule Building at the Fairgrounds You can sign up for the noncompetitive walk that takes place in Pierre, Oct 16th 2010. We also have a great raffle and some fun things available for donations!                         We'll be Giving Cancer the BOOT!! See you there!                                        check back for updates coming soon......   Remember: There are more and more breast cancer survivors every year living vibrant lives. Let's get the word out for prevention & early detection.

Let's gather at the Arrowhead Country Club Golf Course in Rapid City on June 21st, 2010 and Fight Cancer on the Links and find a Cure for Cancer.

 UPDATE: As a volunteer member of the planning committee , we would like to say THANK-YOU to everyone involved!

We had a very successful day of fundraising, thanks to the community and our major event sponsors ACS, Wrangler, RCC Western Stores and many more generous sponsors  ...Mr. Allen Montgomery, Executive VP with Wrangler & also Cancer Survivor was one of the featured speakers along with ACS Executive VP, Ms. Laurie Jensen-Wunder.

Stephanie Beshara from KNBN-Newscenter1 came by for an interview check it out

at:http://newscenter1.tv/stories/5574.asp

(key in at search: Golf to Help Cure Cancer then click on it & then click on the arrow to start the video.)

The end of March 2010, Bill and I, my parents & sister attended a great event in Ft. Pierre. The ACS Spring Salad Luncheon. I was invited by Patty Neumiller, Community Relations Director/SD & Charlene Lund, Community Relations, Pierre/ACS to share my SURVIVOR STORY. We all "Gave Cancer the Boot" and raised a lot of money for the American Cancer Society. It was a special day to share HOPE. We met a lot dedicated volunteers!  Dorene Foster, local Radio Personality, was the Mistress of Ceremonies and added some great fun to the event!