"Education, motivation, and life application" is one of the team's key mantras. Another is the takeaway of, "Owning survivorship and creating the best life that you can."
I asked Shayne for her reaction to the recent public awareness brought to Breast Cancer by the actress Angelina Jolie. She responded, "I think she is an incredibly brave woman who is setting the stage for greater self-awareness for women about their health."
When Olympic skater Scott Hamilton and country music personality Nan Kelley, both cancer survivors, host the closing concert, the Grand Ole Opry will be bathed in purple light.
Every cancer has a symbolic color.
Purple is the color of survivorship.
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