Event Details - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

EVENT DAY DETAILS

Thank you for supporting pancreatic cancer patients and families in your own way at this year’s Virtual PurpleStride!

Join the Orange County Affiliate Facebook Group to share your photos and videos from event day and to connect with your local community to get the latest updates from PanCAN.

EVENT SCHEDULE

, November 21, 2020

Watch the virtual opening ceremonies sponsored by Carol Kulok and be inspired!

Don’t forget to share your event day photos and videos in the Orange County Affiliate Facebook Group! Use #PurpleStride and tag @PanCAN when you post!

Check out our virtual event village to continue your event day experience! You can “visit” our village by clicking through each tent. For example, click on the Wage Hope tent to learn more about our volunteers in Orange County and how you can get involved.

Relive the Virtual PurpleStride experience with this playlist!

T-SHIRTS

Every participant who raises $25 or more on their personal fundraising page will receive a PurpleStride T-shirt. Please check our event deadlines for more details as they are available regarding when you can pick up your T-shirt.

Volunteers in your local affiliate will determine a safe way to distribute T-shirts after the event to those who have raised $25 or more. Please check our event deadlines for more details as they are available.

All pancreatic cancer survivors who register for PurpleStride are eligible to receive a special survivor T-shirt and no fundraising minimum is required.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Emily LaSalle

Emily LaSalle is the PurpleStride Team and Individual Development Chair for the Orange County Affiliate and studies music at California State University Long Beach. She is a dedicated volunteer, advocate and an incredibly talented young woman. We are so excited to have her join us to sing our Nation's Anthem at PurpleStride Orange County 2020!

Lisa Niemi Swayze

American writer, director, actress and dancer. She is the widow of actor, singer and dancer Patrick Swayze who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009.

Thuy Phan

Thuy Phan is The host and producer of "Phantastic Feast" at the Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, the first and largest Vietnamese-American TV network in North America. Thuy graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Telecommunications. She has previously worked with Nguoi Viet Daily News, Tanaka Video Productions (with such credits as "Cooleyville", "XBytes", and "Popcorn Zen"), WUFT TV, and Gainesville local radio station AM 850.

In the last 5 years, Thuy has maintained her admirable journalistic career at leading Vietnamese American TV station Saigon Broadcasting Television Network (SBTN), producing award winning program, "IN FOCUS". During her time there, she has received several awards for her contributions to the community, including the "OC Autism Community Awareness Award" (2012) and the "New America Media Award" (2009, 2nd place local and national) for her work with bone marrow donation. Thuy is also a USC Annenberg Health Reporting Fellow and Kauffman Foundation Grantee.

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