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Get ready for the Pink Fund’s annual
Dancing with the Survivors.

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care provider, offering excellence in the

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non-medical, cost-of-living financial
isters Laura Segal and Carol
Ziecik are tickled Pink — Fund, assistance for breast cancer patients
in active treatment.
that is. On Oct. 5, as part of
It was Pink Fund Founder Molly
Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
MacDonald who first
the two breast cancer
ABOVE: In 2015,
approached Segal after Segal
survivors are co-chairing
sisters and breast
had been diagnosed in 2012.
the Pink Fund’s signature
“I had been familiar with
fundraiser, Dancing with cancer survivors Laura
Segal of Franklin
ballroom dancing for a
the Survivors, along with
and Carol Ziecik of
while, and I was actively
Carol’s husband, Mike,
Bloomfield Hills were a
involved in the salsa danc-
at the Shriners Silver
Hippie Modern duo at
Garden Event Center in
ing community for many
the Pink Fund’s Dancing
Southfield.
years,” says Segal, a Franklin
with the Survivors
Segal and Ziecik have
resident. “Our parents
event. The two, along
been instrumental in
with Michael Ziecik, are were dancers, and I knew
chairing the event for the co-chairing the Fifth that Carol had the abil-
last three years. Dancing Annual Dancing with the ity — that she had rhythm
with the Survivors pairs
and appreciation of music. I
Survivors on Oct. 5.
breast cancer survivors
had to beg her to do it — she
with pro dancers from Fred Astaire
was recovering from her treatment
Studio in Bloomfield Hills. Owners
and surgeries, but finally agreed.”
Evan and Lada Mountain, who have
Reluctantly to be sure.
donated dance lessons, studio time
“Laura brought me in kicking
and screaming. I didn’t want to
and professional instructors since
dance because I had just rolled off
the event’s inception, work with the
the operating table; I had no hair; I
breast cancer survivors to put on a
spectacular dance showcase. Money was really weak; and I wasn’t feeling
raised will go toward short-term,
good about myself,” said Ziecik, a

areas of Cardiovascular, Orthopedic, Cancer,

Women’s Health, and Pulmonary care.

We take great pride in earning the trust of

the community and in being the health care

provider of choice for North Oakland County

residents and their families.

For a referral to a St. Joe’s physician or
more information, visit stjoesoakland.org
or call 800-372-6094.

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