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With Survivors
Friends team with pros to raise money to help active cancer patients.
Stephanie Caponigro
Special to the Jewish News
T
ikkun olam, repairing the world,
is important to how close friends
and breast cancer survivors, Roz
Fantich and Sheri Mark, live their lives.
Their cancer journeys brought these
extraordinary women together, but they
stay together because of their common
love and respect for what they do for oth-
ers.
Now they are teaming up to sup-
port the Pink Fund's "Dancing with the
Survivors" event Sept. 26 at Art Van
Furniture in Warren. They will be danc-
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The Pink Fund, founded in 2006 by
breast cancer survivor Molly MacDonald,
provides individuals in active treatment
with up to 90 days of financial assistance
to cover non-medical expenses, such as
health insurance premiums, housing,
transportation and utilities. The fund
helps to meet basic needs and decrease
stress levels, helping patients fight the
disease.
Teaming up is Fred Astaire Dance
Studios of Bloomfield Hills, owned by
Evan and Lada Mountain. The event fea-
tures breast cancer survivors and their
Fred Astaire dance partners perform-
ing dances such as the Bolero, Cha Cha,
Hustle, Rumba, Samba, Swing and Waltz.
While Fantich and Mark didn't have to
seek financial assistance to pay bills while
undergoing their treatment, they are fully
aware that others who can't work do face
financial hardships.
"Breast cancer research is extremely
important, but there is also an over-
whelming need of funds to provide finan-
cial assistance to patients in active treat-
ment:' said Fantich, who will dance the
Cha Cha and a little Hustle. "It's fun and
upbeat, and as a breast cancer survivor,
that's exactly how I define myself — fun
and upbeat!"
Mark said, "The most important reason
I am dancing is to help raise awareness
and money for the Pink Fund so that
more women going through breast cancer
treatment can get much-needed help with
their bills. Also, dancing is so much fun,
is great exercise and helps maintain great
spirits:' She will perform a West Coast
Swing and a Samba.
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September 19 • 2013
Community volunteer Fantich of West
Bloomfield was drawn to be a hospice
volunteer after raising her children. At
the time of her diagnosis in 2000, she
was caring for a hospice patient who
would eventually lose her battle with
cancer. While going through treatment,
Roz's goal was to get back to hospice. Her
return as a hospice volunteer, caring for
a man with ALS, helped get her through
her cancer journey.
She also volunteers for ALS organi-
zations, the Committee for Stem Cell
Research, the For A Day Foundation,
Imerman's Angels and North Star Reach,
to name a few.
Sheri Mark and Roz Fantich
Mark of Bloomfield Township is a
nurse, attorney, wife, mother and grand-
mother of six. She is also a six-year breast
cancer survivor. Despite six surgeries, a
MRSA infection, chemotherapy, radiation
and five years of Tamoxifen, she main-
tains her good health through exercise
and eating right. She is married to Dr.
Abe Slaim.
Her volunteer efforts include serving
on many nonprofit boards, including
Planned Parenthood of SE Michigan,
ALS Association of Michigan, Comfort
Bears for Kids and Michigan Citizens for
Stem Cell Research and Cures. She is cur-
rently board chair of North Star Reach,
a nonprofit that is building a camp for
children with serious health challenges
on 105 acres surrounded by three lakes
in Pinckney. All of the children and their
families will attend North Star Reach
camp free of charge (www.northstar-
reach.org).
In addition to the Dancing with the
Survivors showcase, the evening will also
feature entertainment from the Royce
& Jenn Band and open dancing to tunes
from DJ Mike Anthony. Guests can also
sample food from 2 Unique, Garden
Fresh, Just Baked, Matt Prentice, Peteet's
Famous Cheesecakes, Sahara and Treat
Dreams. The Coffee Beanery will serve
seasonal specialty coffees, and Lucy
Wines will provide wine.
The event runs from 6-9 p.m. Sept.
26 at ArtVan Furniture, 6500 E. 14 Mile
Road, Warren. Tickets: $100, available for
purchase at www.thepinkfund.org.
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Stephanie Caponigro owns her own PR firm.