Louisa and Pamela with Dr. Manny Alvarez on Fox
Louisa Receives an Award
On January 17th Louisa, who has recently joined the Flatlands LionsClub, was presented with the District 20-K1 Everyday Hero Award by Dr. Maureen Murphy at its annual Humaniitarian Luncheon.
Senator Martin Golden with Louisa
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day at Our Lady Of Grace in Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Louisa McGregor and Pamela Esposito with Marty Markowitz
Louisa and Mayor Bloomberg
Photos from the 2009 T.E.A.L. Walk- More Coming Soon
We just wanted to say...
Thank you to everyone who participated in our first walk on Saturday, September 12,2009. It was a huge success!
Good Day New York Features T.E.A.L. Walk
MYFOXNY.COM - One woman who is battling cancer right now has a big event this weekend. She hopes that one day women won't have to go through what she did. Louisa McGregor and her sister Pamela Esposito founded the T.E.A.L. Walk, the first walk for ovarian cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, this year about 25,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and about 14,500 will die. Ovarian cancer accounts for about 3 percent of all cancers in women. A woman's risk of getting invasive ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about 1 in 71. Her lifetime chance of dying from invasive ovarian cancer is about 1 in 95. This cancer mainly develops in older women. Around half of women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer are 60 or older. It is more common in white women that African-American women.
T.E.A.L. is A Worthwhile Cause on PerezHilton.com
"The first annual T.E.A.L. walk will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2009 in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park during National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The proceeds from this year’s event will benefit The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund; the leading independent agency dedicated to advancing ovarian cancer research in the United States. Since 1998, OCRF has awarded over $28 million in grants to 128 of the brightest women and men in the field today at over 40 leading medical centers across the country.
T.E.A.L. Walk is a non-competitive 5K event. Participants include survivors, caregivers, families, and friends coming together to raise awareness of, and promote a cure for ovarian cancer."
Walking to Beat Ovarian Cancer - NY Times
Almost everyone seems to know that a pink ribbon stands for breast cancer awareness, but a teal one? The bright blue-green is for ovarian cancer awareness. Three years ago, Louisa McGregor didn’t know what it meant, either.
Then, at the age of 40, Ms. McGregor, a Brooklyn native whose father, Larry Esposito, owns La Stalla restaurant on Myrtle Avenue and Ryerson, discovered she had ovarian cancer.