Someone dies of breast cancer every 69 seconds.  The Komen Siouxland Affiliate, in an effort to educate the community on breast cancer, will be hosting the 1st Annual Konen Siouxland Breast Health Symposium, The Faces of Breast Cancer, on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Western Iowa Tech Community College.  This all day symposium will focus on patients, providers and survivors and will offer educational sessions for all three.  The keynote speaker at the event will be Diana Rowden, survivrship and outcomes vice president for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 

For more information or to download the registration form click: 2012 Symposium Registration Brochure 

A secure on-line registration format is also available by clicking here.

We are also accepting applications for educational vendor displays.  Vendor Application Form

Organizers are inviting the public to submit artistic renderings, in all mediums, of persons close to them who have been affected by breast cancer. This may include, but is not limited to, mothers, fathers, children, husbands, wives, doctors and nurses. These can be pen/ink drawings, pencil sketches, crayon drawings, paintings, etc. This is open to people of all ages. Several of  these will be selected for use in promotional materials for the symposium and all will be part of The Faces of Breast Cancer display at the Saturday Symposium. Faces of Breast Cancer forms are available through the June E. Nylen Cancer Center, The Sioux City Art Center and by clicking the link:

 Faces of Breast Cancer Sketch Form

For more information on the symposium or the display and exhibits, contact Barb Pieper, PieperBK@stlukes.org or the local Komen office, 712-277-1553.