From left are Kristin Melville, Executive Director, WCA Foundation; Anne Sischo, founder of the Shades of Pink Golf Tournament; Brooke Mareri, a mammographer at UPMC Chautauqua Mammography Department, and Tammara Hodges, director of imaging services at UPMC Chautauqua.
Anne Sischo, Shades of Pink Golf Tournament founder and philanthropist, recently presented UPMC Chautauqua’s Mammography Department with a check for $20,982. Personalized Sunglasses
The check represents the proceeds of the annual Shades of Pink Golf Tournament held earlier this year at South Hills Country Club. Sischo, a cancer survivor, was diagnosed in 2015 with breast cancer. After a full recovery, Sischo wanted to pay it forward to help other breast cancer patients.
While receiving care, she recognized the distinct benefits of clinical navigators. Clinical navigators guide patients through the health care system through the maze of scheduled tests, appointments, and shared information.
“Clinical navigators are critical to patients’ support systems by building relationships that ease the anxiety of a cancer diagnosis,” Sischo said. “Their support makes a significant difference in directing the phases of care from diagnosis, treatment, and surgery by coordinating their care each step of the way.”
Sischo and her husband, Steve Sischo, along with their friend Randy Grey, raised the initial money to create an endowment at the WCA Foundation through their shared love of golf. The Shades of Pink Golf Tournament was born and has expanded over the past eight years bringing together more friends, families, neighbors, and business sponsors.
The fund has grown to more than $60,000, with money used to support clinical navigator certifications, mammography staff development and prevention education. The goal of the annual tournament is to raise money so that every breast cancer patient receives what they need to move forward to their next stage of survivorship.
“When I think of Anne and Steve and how they have rallied their community to help others, I think of the quote made famous by Margaret Meade, American cultural anthropologist, who said, ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has,'” said Kristin Melville, executive director of the WCA Foundation.
To make a gift to support the Shades of Pink Endowment at the WCA Foundation, visit wcafoundationjamestown.org or contact the WCA Foundation at 716-664-8665. Tax-deductible donations can be sent to the WCA Foundation, Jones Health, 51 Glasgow Ave., PO Box 840, Jamestown, NY 14702-0840.
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