(last updated 6-08)
Thank you!
Hope Community Cancer Center would like to thank all who supported, attended & played the 4th Annual HOPE Music Fest! We hope you enjoyed the event & we truly appreciate everyone's support!
Hope Community Cancer Center would like to thank all who took part in our annual Cancer Survivors Week! We hope everyone enjoyed the week of festivities & food! Thanks again for the continuous support!
ANNOUNCING the first annual Cancer Awareness Fair to be held in conjunction with the 13th Annual Johns Hopkins Plunge for Patients. The Fair will benefit cancer-related non-profit organizations and will be an educational event for the community. Each organization will have a table display of literature about themselves with the capability of raising funds for their programs, including a silent auction and raffle. Cancer survivors along with friends and families of cancer patients, both living and deceased, will be in attendance to meet the public and share their experiences.
How you can help:
- Choose one or more non-profit organization and donate a tax deductible gift and/or a silent auction prize.
- Forward this flyer to everyone on your email list to help get the word out about the Fair.
- Mail this flyer to all of your business colleagues, friends and family.
- Post this flyer in a highly visible location in your community.
Click here for a PDF of the flyer!
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Hosted by Morey’s Piers in cooperation with the North Wildwood, Wildwood & Wildwood Crest Beach Patrols. Benefiting the Johns Hopkins Patient and Family Fund that assists financially needy patients and family with incidental expenses while they undergo treatment for cancer. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2008 Wildwood, NJ
Click here for a PDF of the flyer! (793KB)
top of pageJune is:
National Cancer Survivors Day, June 1st
http://www.ncsdf.org
Sun Safety Week, 8 - 14
http://www.sunsafetyalliance.org
National Men's Health Week, June 9 - 15
http://www.menshealthmonth.org/week/
July Is:
Hemochromatosis Awareness Month, 1 - 31
http://www.irondisorders.org
UV Safety Month, 1 - 31
http://www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/
Social Work Counseling and Nutrition Services
HOPE is pleased to offer these services to our patients. Please ask your physician or nurse practitioner to refer you for these services if needed. For more information speak with Joanne Gill, CSW or our dietician Diane Inman.
Oncology Prescriptions
The HOPE staff realizes that some of the oncology prescription can be very
expensive and sometimes they are not covered by insurances. If you
have any questions or concerns regarding the cost of your medication, please
contact Joanne GIll, our social worker. There may be some help available,
or we may be able to obtain authorization from you insurance company.
Thoughts of Hope and Hearts of Love...
Thoughts of Hope and Hearts of Love adorn these beautifully handcrafted earrings, designed by Susan Fischer Weis (Yontifications), exclusively for the Hope Community Cancer Center.
100% of all proceeds go to the Hopefest Charitable Funds
Each pair of Hope earrings is adorned with the finest Austrian crystals, Sterling
Silver ear wires and beads and hangs approximately 2” long. Price: $25.
For more information please visit the Yontifications website...
http://www.yontifications.com/hope/hope_earrings.html
Direct Link to purchasing the HOPE Earrings.
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All
Breast Cancer Survivors are Invited!Breast Cancer Support Group
Location: Pavilion at the Park, 2500 English Creek Ave, Egg Harbor Township,
NJ 08234
Linnea Brown, BA, RN, OCN (info 652-3593)
Questions and Information about the breast cancer survivor’s support group meetings or other AtlantiCare Breast Health Program services; for inquiries or to pre register: please contact Linnea Brown, BA, RN, OCN, breast health coordinator at 609-652-3593.
top of pageLOOK GOOD/FEEL BETTER
This wonderful program provided by the American Cancer Society is offered here at HCCC as well as other local facilities. If you are going through treatment, take a little time to pamper yourself at this unique program!
Please call Joanne Gill at HCCC (609-390-7888) for more information and to register for any of these dates. Or one can contact LGFB's Kathleen B. Morris (Director of Patient & Family Services) at (856) 645-7272 or (856)616-1650. Registration is required. Please note repeat attendance is not permitted.
The American Cancer Society's "Look Good/Feel Better" Program is a free educational program that provides instruction on skin care and make up. If the group programs above are not close enough to you, you can request a mail-order video, “Just For you: A step-by-step guide to help you look good feel better during cancer treatment.” Videos can be mailed within the United States and Puerto Rico. Call 1-800-395-LOOK to order. For more information and program availability please visit the link below.
http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org/
top of pageGilda's Club Programs
Everything at Gilda’s Club is free! Once you become a member, you can participate as much or as little as you like. To learn more about our program and tour the clubhouse, contact Erin McAllister at (609) 926-2699. A new member orientation meeting is held each week, alternating between Tuesday mornings, Thursday evenings and occasionally on Saturday mornings. You can bring a family member or friend if you like. They offer a wide variety of ways for members and volunteers to get together for support, education and fun.
(click logo above for Gilda's Club
programs)
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
National Education Workshops
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society sponsors a range of teleconferences and Webcasts on topics of interest to patients and caregivers. The Society also sponsors conferences and meetings each year for physicians, researchers and healthcare professionals. Live and archived versions of these events are provided free to the public as ongoing informational resources.
(click logo above to visit their site)
American Cancer Society's "In My Community"
What's going on in your area? Find out about events, news, resources, volunteer opportunities, and more in your local area.
(click logo above to visit their site)
Ask the ASCO Expert
Q&A: Tips to Cope With Cancer Treatment
For more information please click the logo below
Free Telephone Education Workshops presented by CarcerCare
What is a Telephone Education
Workshop? CancerCare's free telephone Education Workshops are
educational seminars that are conducted over the phone. The
workshops are a way for people from across the country and
internationally to learn about cancer-related issues from the
convenience of their home or office. Leading experts in oncology
provide the most up-to-date information on the telephone.
How do I participate? All you need is a telephone to participate in
a Telephone Education Workshop. Participation is free and no phone
charges apply.
How do I register? You may mail in a registration form to
CancerCare or register online by clicking here "registration form". After you have registered you will
receive a packet of information and instructions.
Upcoming Telephone Education Workshop Seminars Unless
otherwise indicated, all Telephone Education Workshops are
scheduled from 1:30 - 2:30 pm, E.S.T.
http://www.cancercare.org/get_help/tew_calendar.php
For more information use the following
contacts:
CancerCare at 1-800-813-HOPE or 1-212-712-8080.
http://www.cancercare.org/
teled@cancercare.org
Carolyn Messner, ACSW, Director of Education and Training,
CancerCare, 275 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001.
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