Florence Estrada, right, was celebrated as a survivor since 1969. She's with her granddaughter, Leah Gruitch, at the Komen luncheon. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
More than 250 people in pink were on hand for the Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show at the Antlers Hotel.
The attendees last month ranged from those recently diagnosed with breast cancer to a 50-year survivor.
The happy event featured shopping, spring plants from Phelan Gardens and a fashion show with survivors serving as models.
This Komen chapter serves a 14-county area, and the honorary chair announced for this year was Fremont County’s Colleen Kelly-Brown from Penrose.
During this heavy Komen think-pink season, they’re playing golf and tennis and participating in a long list of other activities to raise donations. The culmination is the Race for the Cure in Garden of the Gods on Sept. 11.
All of the support is needed, breast cancer surgeon Dr. Laura Pomerenke told survivors and their families and friends. That week alone, she had treated eight new breast cancer patients – six of them under the age of 50 and two in their 30s. Her hope, she said softly, is that they will all be at the survivors luncheon next year.
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Florence Estrada, right, was celebrated as a survivor since 1969. She’s with her granddaughter, Leah Gruitch, at the Komen luncheon. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors’ Luncheon: Makeup before the runway show. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon: Model Debby Foresta gets some finishing touches in the dressing room from National Charity League members Mikayla Nunn, left, and Kalynn Faricy. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show: Emily Williams, left, and Sarah McKeel 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show: Runway show 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show: Runway show 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show: Brandi Gennetten on the runway. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show: The runway models 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show: runway show 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Bonnie Rice gets ready to step out on the runway at the Komen Survivors Fashion Show. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Mother and daughter survivors Sarah McKeel, left, and Emily Williams were runway ready at the Komen Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Komen Colorado South Executive Director Nancetta Westcott, left, announces Fremont County’s Colleen Kelly-Brown as honorary Race for the Cure chair. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Sandie Baur, a 50-year survivor, was celebrated at the Komen Survivors Luncheon and Fashion Show. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Monica Phelan, left, of Phelan Gardens, shows a flower and plant selection to Marge Knorr and Becky Stabler, right, at the Komen Survivors’ Luncheon. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Elizabeth Bond, one of the komen Survivors’ Luncheon entertainers, looked at the spring flowers at the Phelan Gardens table. 050716 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
