This summer, I was fortunate to volunteer with and meet some amazing women behind a unique organization called Mary’s Place by the Sea (www.marysplacebythesea.org). This non-profit organization provides a place for women around the world with cancer a place to go to, to heal: mind, body and soul.
I learned that they welcome women with all types and stages of cancer from all around the world who are seeking guidance, insight, support and a place for healing during their cancer journey. Located just off the beach in Ocean Grove, NJ, they provide the comforts of home.
Having lost one too many loved ones in my life to cancer, but personally never having been diagnosed with cancer, I can’t imagine what a person goes through emotionally and psychologically while coping with this health crisis.
Sometimes in life when things go awry or not the way we hope, we many times want to escape. Mary’s Place is that place where women can go to gain the emotional and psychological support they so desperately need and want to support them through their cancer journey.
Impressed by the fact that well over 3,500 women have walked through the doors of Mary’s Place in the last five years to seek solace and comfort, with offerings including Reiki therapy, oncological massage, spa services, guided meditation, yoga and nutritional counseling, made me want to get even more involved and to help spread the word. Clearly women are seeking value in what is being provided and that is making an impact on women’s lives.
I felt that I couldn’t remain silent and must spread the word about the gem of a place that provides the comforts of home with the valued support so many women have benefited from while battling cancer.
It takes many hands and hearts including volunteer services and in-kind donations to enable Mary’s Place by the Sea to offer complimentary services to help women with cancer. My heart has been captured and I am now helping to share their value to help women with cancer.
Please join me in helping to raise awareness of Mary’s Place and their offerings. For women in our lives who need an escape for a few days to come to terms with their cancer diagnosis or to get a restart, let’s please encourage them to reach out for the support they may need.
Disclosure: The communications company that I work with, Green Room Communications, does pro-bono work to support Mary’s Place by the Sea. During our summer outing this year we were offered the opportunity to volunteer our time, and that is what I did. To be able to share my skills and abilities to support their mission of helping women with cancer was, and continues to be tremendously rewarding.
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I wanted to share some exciting news, especially as there are thousands of women, and now men, with cancer who have benefitted from Mary's Place by the Sea as a place to come to, to heal, body, mind and soul while battling cancer.
Mary's Place by the Sea has been chosen as one of a hundred women's health charities to win money from Revlon as part of their "LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge, an online fundraising competition created to help charities, dedicated to leading women’s health issues, raise as much money as possible over the course of 6 weeks. Throughout the challenge, Revlon will be donating $1.4 million to various organizations."
Per the Revlon release, "The organization that raises the most donations for their cause, between September 21 at 12:00m ET and October 29 at 1:59:59pm ET, will win an additional ONE MILLION DOLLAR donation from Revlon for their cause. The runner-up will receive $250,000 and there will also be weekly bonus challenges totaling up to an additional $150,000.”
Even more, according to the release, “The charity that generates the most contributions will be eligible to receive an additional $1 million donation from Revlon, with the runner-up to receive $250,000. Additionally, a total of $150,000 will be distributed through weekly ‘bonus challenges’ over the course of the six-week competition.”
There are so many things we can do.
- We can donate to our charity of choice directly or through the Revlon page
- We can create a personal fundraising page on CrowdRise, linking to the specific charity we want to support
- We can also share our support on social media and use the hashtag #RevlonMillion and link to Mary’s Place Twitter page -- @marysplaceog
The winner of the Revlon LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge will be announced in November 2015.
This is our chance to help organizations such as Mary’s Place by the Sea, who help so many battling with cancer and who need support in so many ways.
September 21, 2015 - 12:09pmThis Comment
Hello cbegun!
Thank you so much for sharing your inspiring story! It is truly rewarding that you and Mary’s Place by the Sea are making an impact on women’s lives!
Thank you!
Best,
Kristin
October 2, 2014 - 12:52pmThis Comment