In this issue
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Making it count
Nora Kessel: beats cancer and fights back through Relay For Life

Fighting cancer, one integrin at a time
Dr. Cindy Miranti

In memory of her father
Kea Deppe: an all-around ACS volunteer

Fight Back this month at Indiana Lobby Day

What's your New Year's resolution?
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Health Check Quiz
Reduce your cancer risk

Healthy Recipe
Lemon cake with brandied blueberry sauce

GLO Grads
Savanna Rivest
Community Representative
Lakeshore Staff

In memory of her father
Franklin, Indiana resident Kea Deppe has been volunteering for the American Cancer Society for more than seven years. She joined her local Relay For Life when another teacher at the school where she works saw an ad in the paper. “I had always wanted to do something in my dad's honor, but never knew where to start,” said Kea. She immediately seized the opportunity to participate, and became the school’s Relay Team Captain for their first year.

Kea’s father lost his battle to cancer when she was 14-years-old…just 17 days before their shared birthday. “He was [a great] man. People said they stood in line over two hours at his funeral... I hate that my children will not get to know this amazing man,” she said.

Kit “K.B” Barlow was a farmer, a member of Kea’s school board, and a volunteer firefighter. His heart and passion for others had a lasting impact on Kea, who now fills many roles as an ACS volunteer. She teaches advocacy as a Great Lakes Training Team volunteer, has signed the ACS CAN Fight Back Express bus, and is currently the Luminaria Chair for the Relay For Life of Franklin.

“I love doing my volunteer work in honor of my dad, and it gives me a very important outlet to make his legacy live on,” said Kea. “Plus, I love seeing all of our survivors returning year after year. My dad had very little treatment options back then, so I am encouraged to see people today fighting and beating this disease.”

American Cancer Society Volunteers like Kea are what mobilize and empower communities to prevent cancer, save lives, and diminish suffering. The Great Lakes Division thanks you all.

To learn more about how you can save lives and fulfill your own through volunteering, contact your American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345.

Pictured: Kea, her husband Mike, and their children (top right); Kea signing the Fight Back Express bus