a:27:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"596";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2009-06-12 08:28 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:2:{i:0;s:1:"6";i:1;s:2:"59";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:35:"Vee-Jay Promotes Melanoma Awareness";s:9:"url_title";s:35:"vee_jay_promotes_melanoma_awareness";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:11:"field_id_26";s:35:"Vee-Jay Promotes Melanoma Awareness";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:94:"Vee-Jay Cement and OUR M.O.M., Inc. are promoting melanoma awareness during the month of June.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:37:"melanoma, Vee-Jay Cement, OUR M.O.M. ";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1294:"<p>Vee-Jay Cement is working with Our Mark on Melanoma, Inc. (OUR M.O.M., Inc.) during the month of June to promote awareness of melanoma.</p>
<p>\"Our goal ifor the campaign is to raise $10,000 for the prevention, detection, and potential cure of melanoma,\" said Chase Ernst, safety and strategic partnerships director for Vee-Jay. \"We owe it to those employees working in the field every day to have proper education on the risks associated with melanoma.</p>
<p>Vee-Jay sent promotional materials to the principal contact at each member company of the AGC of St. Louis.</p>
<p>OUR M.O.M., Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit founded by the eight children of Patricia Schellhardt Malone, who died of melanoma in June 2007.&nbsp; The purpose of the organization is to raise awareness and education and prevention of skin cancer. There is currently no cure or effective treatment for metatastic melanoma.</p>
<p>\"We are thankful to Vee-Jay Cement for allowing us to partner with them,\" said Patricia Malone\'s daughter Elizabeth Schocklee, who is OUR M.O.M.\'s board chair. Shocklee is a partner with Evans &amp; Dixon, who practices in the construction industry.</p>
<p>For more information go to <a href=\"http://www.ourmominc.com/VeeJay.aspx\">http://www.ourmominc.com/VeeJay.aspx</a></p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"6";s:10:"category_1";s:2:"59";}