RESOLUTION SALUTING A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION
WHEREAS, In 2002, Dr. Sandy Goldberg, a breast cancer survivor, founded A Silver Lining Foundation, a remarkable eleemosynary organization with the mission to ensure dignified, respectful and equal access to quality cancer education and services for all regardless of their socioeconomic status; and
WHEREAS, A Silver Lining Foundation funds the Chicagoland Cancer Information Coalition that provides counsel concerning cancer resources and treatment options, the Evelyn Goldberg Center (named for Dr. Goldberg's mother), a quality of life service for medically underserved individuals going through cancer treatment, and the "Buy A Mom A Mammogram" program that provides cost free screening mammograms and diagnostic follow up to individuals who otherwise would not be able to afford such tests, as well as "Keep A Breast", an interactive breast cancer awareness multimedia presentation designed specifically for young women between the age of 15 to 19 that makes the case for the vital importance of early detection; and
WHEREAS, On October 11, 2014 at a gala in the Hyatt McCormick Place, A Silver Lining Foundation will be presenting its annual Evy Award to Suzanne Zaccone who is the president of the Zaccone Family Foundation and author of "A Random Interruption: Surviving Breast Cancer with Laughter, Vodka, Smoothies, and an Attitude." She is also Executive Vice-Chairman and formerly President and co-owner of Graphic Solutions International, LLC, a global custom print house and a business she founded with her brother, Bob Zaccone. Together, they built a small company of three into an enterprise that employs 110 people and produces over $25 million in annual revenue; and
WHEREAS, The Honorable Robert W. Fioretti, Alderman of the 2nd Ward, himself a cancer survivor, has apprised this august body ofthe significant accomplishments of this outstanding charitable foundation; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED That we, the Mayor and members...
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