ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS ENDED...
AND OUR EVENT HAS STARTED!
SEE YOU VIRTUALLY AS WE "RACE IN PLACE"

SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT
Laurel Pollock
HEAR THE DRUMMERS!
The Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
is going to miss the LIVE
SHOC Walk & Run this year.
They have put together
a custom-made video specifically for the 2020 Virtual SHOC Walk & Run participants and volunteers. We hope this will make everyone's "virtual" experience that much
more rewarding.
A message from
Dr. Odunsi, Deputy Director at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center...

16th Annual SHOC Walk & Run for Ovarian Cancer — Virtual Edition
August 1 - August 8
Anywhere, USA
Our first ever VIRTUAL event kicked-off at 8:00am on Saturday, August 1st, with 200 supporters participating on their own time, in their own place, at their own pace. If you were unable to register or participate, please consider making a donation as we continue to raise funds for Ovarian Cancer research and awareness during these challenging times.

For those of you who will be walking or running this week, we encourage folks to get festive and take pics! Wear teal, make signs, paint faces, bring the dogs and kids. Don't forget to share your photos and stories by posting on social (@shocfoundation #shocwalk) or at walk@shocfoundation.org

The SHOC Walk & Run is an opportunity for families, survivors, supporters, and businesses from surrounding communities to come together for a common cause. Let's celebrate the women who are fighting this disease. Let’s remember those who fought fiercely. And let’s stay healthy and safe while doing it.

HOW IT WORKS
Race in place and start when you want!

Our VIRTUAL race will still offer a timed 5K and 10K Walk or Run option, along with an untimed 1-Mile Family Fun Walk. You should have received an email with your personalized Virtual Race bib, as well as instructions on how to submit your results if you choose (see Virtual Race Instructions below).

Registered participants will receive a commemorative event
t-shirt by mail after the event (please allow 4-8 weeks).

LOCATION
"Race in Place"
Choose your own beautiful course—through the park, along the water, your favorite trail in the woods—or stay inside and hit the treadmill!

SCHEDULE
Friday, July 31, 2020
       6:00pm         Event Registration Closes
                              (Day Of event registration not available)
Saturday, August 1, 2020
        8:00am        Kick-Off for 5K/10K Walk & Run
                               and 1-Mile Family Fun Walk
Saturday, August 8, 2020
        11:59pm        Deadline for Race Results to be entered

VIRTUAL RACE INSTRUCTIONS
1.     When the race officially kicks off at 8:00am on Saturday,
        August 1st, you’ll receive a text  message and email
        welcoming you to the race.
2.     After you complete your race, results can be entered up until
        Saturday, August 8th.
3.     Submission of your race results can be done via text message
        or web form.
4.     When submitting your results, you’ll have the option to
        include photos and a GPS record of your activity—this will
        show your race results and display a verified checkmark next
        to your race results.
5.     Results will be ranked online in the following categories:
        overall, gender, and age group.

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL!

Help us reach our $70,000 goal by donating in honor
or memory of a loved one, just because, or anonymously.
This is how we get things done to make a difference.
We appreciate you!

HONOR & MEMORY BANNER

Email us if someone is missing
and we'll add her name to our online list.
2020 SHOC Walk & Run
Commemorative Tee
This year the tee color will
be grey, not white, for
participants and teal for gynecologic cancer survivors.

EVENT SPONSORS

2020 GOLF TOURNAMENT UPDATE


Drive Out Ovarian Cancer
Golf Fundraiser
Golf Tournament Cancelled for 2020
Even though the SHOC Foundation’s Annual Drive Out Ovarian Cancer Golf Tournament had to be cancelled for 2020 due to the current world events, we are continuing to support our mission of raising funds for research, increasing public awareness, and providing survivors with resources and opportunities to feel empowered through their fight. We hope you will join us in continuing to make a difference to “drive out ovarian cancer!”

For every $50 donation made to the SHOC Foundation, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of four (4) gift cards to Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora, Oregon, valued at $250 and redeemable for golf fees, merchandise, and purchases at Langdon's Grill.
    For example…
            Donate $50 = 1 entry
            Donate $100 = 2 entries
            Donate $200 = 4 entries

We will accept donations for this drawing through Friday, September 11th. Drawing will occur on Saturday, September 12th and winners will be notified immediately. Gift Cards will be sent out via USPS.

Questions? email golf@shocfoundation.org

FUNDRAISER SPONSORS

SHOC's IMPACT IN THE LAB

In late 2019, OHSU shared with the SHOC Foundation a 15-year Impact Report for our ongoing investment in the work of Dr. Tanja Pejovic. This allows Dr. Pejovic's lab to invest in discoveries that are leading to advancements and positive change in women with ovarian cancer.
Click on the image below to read the entire report.

JOIN OUR ACTION COMMITTEE


Would you like to become involved with the SHOC Foundation on a regular basis or do you have a special skill that you think would be a great addition? We'd like to chat with you about joining our Action Committee. Click here to contact us...
No more hassle at the bottle return! SHOC is now a Featured Fundraiser with the Oregon BottleDrop, which means donating your bottles and cans to the cause just got a whole lot easier. Click here for more info...

WE DID IT AGAIN!

L to R : Dr. Tanja Pejovic, OHSU; Ashley Hildreth, SHOC Executive Director; Bruce Hildreth, SHOC President
September 28, 2019 – Once again the SHOC Foundation was able to present its annual gift to Dr. Tanja Pejovic of OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute in late September during National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The SHOC Board and Advisors took the opportunity to present a check while entertaining at our High Tea’l Survivors Tea held in downtown Portland at the Hotel deLuxe. Our guests were our honored survivors and their guests, and Dr. Pejovic and her team from OSHU. On this beautiful Saturday morning at High Noon we were excited to share one of our largest gifts to date of $100,000. This brings our 15-year gifted total to $1.1 million directly to the OHSU Gynecologic Research Lab under the direction of Dr. Pejovic. We are humbled in our thank you to all the amazing people that support the SHOC Foundation in our mission to end ovarian cancer as we know it.
EVENTS & NEWS   click here to see more EVENTS   ...   click here to see more NEWS

11th ANNUAL
HIGH TEA'L SURVIVORS TEA
Saturday, September 26th
Hotel deLuxe // Portland, OR
12:00pm 
Calling all gynecologic cancer survivors!
Held in September during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, High Tea'l
is a special celebration to honor gynecologic cancer survivors. Please join us for a relaxing afternoon over lunch and tea in the good company of fellow survivors, SHOC Foundation Board Members, and our partners at OHSU. It is also during this event that SHOC will present its annual gift to Dr. Tanja Pejovic, M.D., Ph.D., Division Chief of Gynecologic Oncology at OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute.

Click here if you're a Survivor and would like to join us.
MEET OUR NEWEST
BOARD MEMBER
Sanja Uskokovic has lived in Portland for over two decades and is originally from Montenegro. She is a lead Program Manager at Kaiser Permanente’s Strategic Office. Sanja earned an MS in International Economics at PSU and started her career in the finance industry. She was fortunate to transfer her skills in Healthcare specifically in the Clinical Quality and Population Health, and is passionate about prevention and improving clinical outcomes. Outside of work, Sanja enjoys hiking, spending time in nature and traveling to new cultures.
Don't forget to support SHOC by using AmazonSmile. Select the Sherie Hildreth Ovarian Cancer Foundation as your charity of choice and raise money effortlessly as you shop.

For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the SHOC Foundation.
OUR MISSION
Raise funds for research, increase public awareness,
and provide survivors with resources and opportunities to feel empowered through their fight.



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