Night of Hope
The 2009 Night of Hope was a celebration of survivorship and a “thank you” to all who supported the Sara Fisher Breast Cancer Project. Sara’s Project has come alongside so many women and men from Central and Eastern Oregon to support them through their breast cancer journey.
The event featured Kelly Corrigan, best-selling author of The Middle Place, as guest speaker. The evening included a short video highlighting local breast cancer survivors and the support and services they received from Sara’s Project, and ended with the triumphal “Walk of Hope” as the audience paid tribute to nearly 60 local breast cancer survivors.
At age thirty-six, Corrigan had a marriage that worked; two funny, active kids; and a weekly newspaper column. Even then, she still saw herself as the daughter of garrulous Irish-American charmer, George Corrigan. She was living deep within what she calls the Middle Place—“that sliver of time when parenthood and childhood overlap”—comfortably wedged between her adult duties and her parents’ care. But when Kelly finds a lump in her breast – and gets the diagnosis that no one wants to hear – and when her beloved father, too, learns that he has late-stage cancer, Kelly finally takes the leap and grows up. And through her bravely honest, funny, and inspirational memoir, The Middle Place, she takes us with her.
For more information, visit: www.kellycorrigan.com. For a preview of her style, Corrigan is featured in a short video clip about women and strength entitled Transcending.