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Hardy attends inaugural Livestrong summit
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Posted on Nov 16 2006
[B]AUSTIN, Texas[/B]—Cancer survivors from across the country recently gathered in Austin, Texas, for the first Livestrong Summit. Created and hosted by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the Livestrong Summit was a three-day event held Friday, Oct. 27 through Sunday, Oct. 29, designed to organize, inspire and direct the efforts of cancer survivors from across the country to change the face of cancer survivorship.
Led by a variety of notable speakers, including LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., chair of the President’s Cancer Panel and cancer survivors Sen. John Kerry (Mass.); Elizabeth Edwards, author and wife of Senator John Edwards (N.C.); and Lance Armstrong, Livestrong Summit delegates collaborated in regional groups to identify challenges, brainstorm possible solutions and develop personal action plans to broaden awareness and impact the unmet physical, emotional and practical needs of people living with cancer. Delegates are expected to take their knowledge back home and apply their action plans locally.
Dr. Hardy was one of approximately 700 delegates selected from more than 1,500 applicants to attend the Livestrong Summit. Delegates—representing those battling cancer, caregivers and those who have lost a loved one to the disease—were chosen based on their leadership ability and involvement in the cancer community.
“We’ve made tremendous strides in the fight against cancer, but it’s not enough,” Armstrong said. “Every day, Americans continue to suffer and die from cancer, and that’s unacceptable. It’s up to us to show that we’re out there fighting cancer every day — and the Livestrong Summit is the first step in that direction.”
“Participating in the Livestrong Summit strengthened my resolve to do more for cancer survivors,” said Hardy “My own experience with cancer in my family, and as a surgeon, demonstrated the need for more resources in dealing with the practical realities of a cancer diagnosis. Through the Livestrong Summit, I developed many contacts across the U.S. who will help me support the cancer survivors, their families, and the other volunteers in the CNMI.”
For more information on Livestrong, visit http://www.livestrong.org. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]
