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Cancer Victims Celebrate Life 7th Annual Survivors' Day
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
May 31, 1997 | Pankey, Deborah | Copyright
Byline: Deborah Pankey Daily Herald Staff Writer
Dori Garrett-Slayton is a survivor.
Doctors diagnosed the Woodridge woman with inflammatory breast cancer in 1992. And while there have been good days and bad since then, she always can look forward to at least one great one a year: the Cancer Survivor's Day Celebration.
This year's activities are from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Central Park, on Benton Avenue west of Washington Street, in Naperville.
"It's so much fun, it's a real positive experience," said Garrett-Slayton. "Some of us are bald, some of us wear hats. We talk about where to get neat hats."
Garrett-Slayton, 49, and her family will be among the estimated 750 people at Sunday's seventh annual celebration, organizers say. …
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
May 31, 1997 | Pankey, Deborah | Copyright
Byline: Deborah Pankey Daily Herald Staff Writer
Dori Garrett-Slayton is a survivor.
Doctors diagnosed the Woodridge woman with inflammatory breast cancer in 1992. And while there have been good days and bad since then, she always can look forward to at least one great one a year: the Cancer Survivor's Day Celebration.
This year's activities are from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Central Park, on Benton Avenue west of Washington Street, in Naperville.
"It's so much fun, it's a real positive experience," said Garrett-Slayton. "Some of us are bald, some of us wear hats. We talk about where to get neat hats."
Garrett-Slayton, 49, and her family will be among the estimated 750 people at Sunday's seventh annual celebration, organizers say. …
