(NASHVILLE, TENN) June 7, 2010 – Through her involvement with Gilda’s Club Nashville and other cancer-related organizations, Nancy Saturn made a difference in the lives of countless individuals and families touched by cancer.  The Nancy Saturn Award of Inspiration has been created to perpetuate her memory by honoring an individual who, like her, has used their time, energy and talents to further the mission of Gilda’s Club Nashville within our community.

 

Ronna Rubin has been named the first recipient of the Nancy Saturn Award of Inspiration and will be honored at the American Artisan Dinner Party & Art Auction, Thursday, June 24 at Nashville’s Noah Liff Opera Center.  Ronna is owner of Rubin Media, a full-service media and artist development company in Nashville; and served on the Gilda’s Club Nashville Board of Directors for eight years. She has given of her time and talent on countless projects and events to raise awareness of Gilda’s Club and, on many occasions, worked side by side with Nancy in those efforts.

 

Gilda’s Club Nashville is an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community and opened its doors in 1998 to offer lectures, workshops, classes, support groups and social activities in a non-residential, homelike setting. Free of charge to everyone, Gilda’s Club Nashville provides a gathering place where people living with cancer and their families and friends can join with others to actively involve themselves in building social and emotional support as a supplement to regular medical care.

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