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Dear CFA,
Just a note to say thank you for your kindness it has come at such a time when it was needed and funds are low and the head of the family has been struck by such a devastating illness and disease. It is such a blessing to know that there are folks (organizations) out there to help us in our time of need. Thank you and may God continue to bless you and allow you to keep helping us and others out there with your benevolence.
Respectfully,
The Martinez Family, FL
Thank you so very, very much for all of your wonderful gifts. I really appreciate the nutritional drinks too. The story book of "The Other Wise Man" is a great. I haven't read it for a long time. I will share it with my youngest grandchildren. It is a blessing to receive all of these items of love and care.
Thanks again,
To the most caring people I have been connected to during my illness,
I still hate to use the word "cancer". To me, along with so many that I have met and become acquainted with, it is the most dreaded word one could hear. Everyone has heard it at one time or another, whether it be a relative, friend, or someone else that has been stricken with it. When an immediate family member or friend is diagnosed with this disease, it becomes more realistic just how dreaded it is and how it changes lives. But when you, yourself, are diagnosed with "c", you become numb and in disbelief as you face the horrors of the unexpected and your "unknown journey" ahead. Who do you lean on for understanding and caring? There are so many people involved during the time of diagnosis, treatments, the multitude of side effects, the many people whom you have been treated by (and trust they have made the right decisions in your lack of knowledge of this disease), those involved in your follow up stages and the list goes on and on. While going through the various phases, I have met other cancer patients, medical people in numerous medical fields/categories that I have been treated by and people working with organizations, just like this one I am writing to. At the beginning phases of "my journey", I was given some phone numbers of supporters/cancer groups, etc. Of them all, I have found your organization to have some of the most caring and considerate people that I have become acquainted with.
When the side effects of radiation was so bad, I thank you for sending the Boost that I was able to swallow and get the necessary nutrients that I so badly needed as my strength was being zapped by the treatments. After several months I have found out that the side effects do not go away, only subside for a while and come back periodically. I just recently found this out through medical personnel and patients who have had their cancer surgery years ago. I could not figure out why after a couple months, the horrible throat pain and burning came back. So it has been back to the Boost to help me again. Thank you so much for providing this to me.
Then, there are the gift boxes that have been such another uplifting "boost" to me. I am 72, and live alone. When I moved to a smaller house, some years ago, I downsized my household belongings as I didn't feel I needed everything. Regardless, things change and you find you could have used some of those items after all. I didn't know my one daughter was going to take in foster children and wind up adopting three little ones and another daughter, who cared for a little one for 2 years and still gets her a lot of weekends, would leave me with out "toys" and things for such little ones. With the boxes I receive from your organization, I keep a box with finger puppets, books, troll dolls, stickers, coloring pencils, among other things from the gift boxes, so when the children come to visit they know where the box is. They run to get it and begin playing. You have made them happy too. The paper cups, napkins, tablecloths, holiday items all come in handy for company, as does the soaps, shampoos, and many other items that "patients" may not think about having on hand. I love the "Ideal" books and everything that is in the boxes. I certainly use the panty liners, make-up, face wipes, mouth washes, and I could go on and on!! Thank you!!
The boxes have a large variety of items that myself or some other family member, when here for a visit, benefits by. The gift boxes are such a "big boost" to my morale. They are definitely "happy mood lifters". We "c" patients have bad days and when I find these boxes sitting on my little porch, I am as excited as a child. It seems like Christmas as I open the boxes and look at all the "goodies" that your organization has sent out. Perhaps you will never know the lift they give to me, and I am sure the many others that receive them feel the same way.
I wanted to insert this letter in with the forms and tell you how very much the gift boxes are appreciated and certainly the Boost, also. So many times people complain, but never compliment something or someone. I feel you all need to be thanked for the work you do, the love and caring that goes out with each and every package you ship. God bless you in your wonderful work.
Sincerely,
Ms. R. A. Thomas, PA
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Cancer Fund of America, Inc.
2901 Breezewood Lane
Knoxville, TN 37921
Office: 865-938-5281
Fax: 865-938-2968
Toll free 800-578-5281
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The Cancer Fund of America's Newsletter
Spring 2008 |
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Intestinal Cancer
Also called: Duodenal cancer, Ileal cancer, Jejunal cancer, and Small intestine cancer.
Your small intestine is part of your digestive system. It is a long tube that connects your stomach to your large intestine.
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Foods To Choose:
Making positive choices in your diet every day promotes good nutrition and good health and may reduce your risk of some types of cancer.
High Fiber Foods
To put the fiber you need into your diet, choose more often foods- breads, rolls, pastas, and cereals, for example- made with whole grains and whole-grain flours of all kinds: Choose less often products made with refined flours- white breads, rolls, pastries, and cakes. Choose from among all fruits and vegetables, both fresh and frozen. Eat foods like apples, peaches, and pears, and potatoes with their skins. Choose cooked dry peas and beans: they are a good source of fiber. Foods that are high in fiber are also usually low in fat.
Vitamins and Cruciferous Vegetables
Vegetables from the cabbage family (cruciferous vegetables) also may reduce cancer risk. They are good sources of fiber and some vitamins and minerals as well. The cruciferous vegetables are bok choy, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, kohlrabi, mustard greens, rutabagas, turnips and their greens. Diets rich in foods containing vitamin A, vitamin C, and a precursor of vitamin A, called beta carotene, may reduce the risk of certain cancers.
Low-Fat Foods
Choose more often fresh fish and shellfish, plain frozen seafoods with-out sauce, and canned fish packed in water rather than canned fish packed in oil or fried seafoods. Choose more often poultry, such as chicken and turkey, remove the skin and visible fat before cooking. Trim away all the fat you can see before you cook the meat and again before you eat it. Choose low-fat dairy products more often and those ade with whole milk or cream less often.
A diet high in fiber and low in fat may reduce the risk of cancers of the colon and rectum. Eat a variety of vitamin-rich foods. You can take steps to help protect yourself and your family from cancer.
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About Us
Starting as a Tennessee corporation in 1983, CFA reorganized into a national charity in 1987. The first real physical expansion after that came in 1992, when CFA moved to their new warehouse in Knoxville.
During the fall and winter of 1998, it became evident that CFA had to expand its Product Distribution Center in Knoxville, TN from a 15,000 sq. foot warehouse to one that almost doubled its storage capacity.
In 2002, CFA spent over $300,000 on shipping charges for delivery nationwide. Express trucks pick up pre-paid packages daily for delivery nationwide at NO cost to the indigent patients, hospices, and healthcare organizations. CFA serves over 70,000 indigent individuals direct or through hospice, home health, and other non-profit agencies nationwide.
Cancer Fund of America enjoys a position that is unique among national agencies in that its number one priority is patient care, rather than research. We estimate this year that we will deliver over 500,000 various items of need to be used for the care of indigent individuals nationwide.
All items are shipped prepaid, or free of charge, without cost to the recipient.
For over 20 years The Cancer Fund of America has worked to "Lift the Spirits" and "Gladden the Hearts" of children and adults who have no where to turn.
If you or someone you know has cancer, please call 1-800-578-5284 and ask for assistance. CFA serves thousands of cancer victims and hospices.
All of us here at CFA hope and pray for all of those affected by this devastating disease, cancer.
Learn more about us by visiting our web site,
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CFA's Mission Statement
"To provide direct aid, other support and services to financially indigent patients; to disseminate information concerning the early detection and prevention of cancer; to provide grants, commodities and gifts-in-kind to hospices and other health care providers; to procure and distribute donated merchandise to various 501 © (3) non-profit community service organizations which aid the ill, needy, and infants."
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