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how to pull people s legs to get them to do something but 1 don’t pull anyone’s leg. It's all in the way you approach people that gets things done."
And Rachel knows the right approach. For years, the Rappahannock unit of the American Cancer Society has been trying to involve the black community in its prevention programs but attendance has been practically nonexistent at clinics on skin cancer, oral cancer and self-examination for breast cancer. All it took was one call to Rachel, according to Cancer Society President Helen Snead. Working through her connections with the churches, she convinced black women that they owed it to themselves to learn more about this dreaded killer. The result is an ongoing series of educational programs designed to increase awareness of cancer's warning signs so that medical attention can be secured in time to improve chances for a cure.
“There’s no one else who could have done it but Rachel. I've never known such a hustler. She’s a real worker. But she doesn’t want any credit. She kept emphasizing that she didn’t want to take over that she just wanted me to tell her what she should do,” said Helen Snead. But it was Rachel Aylor who dictated the letter that went out to all the black churches, Rachel Aylor who persuaded her friends and acquaintances to
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