Stillwaters Cancer Support Services
Kristin Loyd visited the MRCCN in June and provided an overview of thier organization.
Stillwaters is a community-based, nonprofit organization providing professional psychosocial, emotional and spiritual support for persons with cancer and those who love them.
All Stillwaters services are free and are available for those affected by cancer at any stage of the illness.
Stillwaters also offers services to family members, including children and caregiving spouses and partners.
To learn more about their services call 262.548.9148 or visit them on the web.
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June Announcements
Due to Independence Day and where the first Wednesday falls in July, it was decided at the meeting that there will be no MRCCN meeting in July. Please mark your calendars for our next meeting: August 5
2 PM - 4 PM
Tentative location:
Medical College of Wisconsin
Cancer Center
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI |
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"Sisters Side by Side Reaching Out to U"
You are cordially invited to celebrate surviving breast cancer
and its treatment at
A Sisters Network Breast Health and Cancer screening event
June 13, 2009
10:00am-3:00pm
Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Center
Fon du Lac Ave and Silver Spring Rd
Opening prayer & ABCD founder recognition by
Dr. Walker at 10:00am.
More information? call 745-7831
Bring someone who needs screening and education
Yes We Can Make a Difference!
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Bobbie Nick Voss Charity Golf Classic
Through research, awareness, and patient care the Bobbie Nick Voss
Charitable Funds is determined and committed to the goal of preventing
and finding a cure for colorectal cancer.
In support of the Bobbie Nick Voss Charitable Funds mission, the 2009 Bobbie
Nick Voss Golf Classic on
Monday, June 22, 2009 at
North Hills Country
Club.
Thanks in large part to the many generous corporate and
individual sponsors and golfers, our event last year raised an amazing
net $83,000!
Proceeds from that event have been earmarked for the
Medical College of Wisconsin Digestive Disease Center for colon cancer
research and the Vince Lombardi Charitable Funds for colon cancer
awareness, early detection and patient care.
If you have any questions about the event or if you require any
additional information, please contact their office at 262-754-9191.
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Cancer Survivor Celebration
Please join Aurora Health Care
Saturday, June 13th form
9 AM to 12 PM at the
Milwaukee County Zoo
To celebrate survivorship and learn more about:
- the latest treatment approaches and support services during and after cancer
- the healing arts and survivorship resources
Have your photo taken and included on the "Faces of Survivorship" banner to be displayed at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center and enjoy a day at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
More information and to register call 888.863.5502 or visit www.Aurora.org/MilwaukeeSurvivor
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Cancer Prevention Study - 3
Research today for a cancer-free tomorrow.
Help Find the Cure by personally participating in cancer research.
If you are 30-65 years of age, never been diagnosed with cancer, and are committed to fight to eliminate cancer, you are eligible to participate in a new American Cancer Society research study - Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). If you are a cancer survivor, invite your family and friends to participate in your honor.
Relay for Life of Wauwatosa June 19, 2009
Wisconsin Lutheran College Athletic Field
10200 W. Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa
Enrollment Time: 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Visit www.cancer.org/cps3
Email cp3@cancer.org
Call toll free at 1.888.604.5888
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Gilda's Club Updates
Kid Support™ at
Children's Hospital Wisconsin West Tower - The Daniel M. Soref Family Resource Center,
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Wednesdays through June 24, 5-6:15 pm
Our free, family support group is designed to address the psychological and
social needs of children 4-12 who have a family member or friend with cancer.
NEW! Teen Scene
Thursdays, 6-7:15 pm
A group for teens impacted by cancer in the family or friends. Come and bring a
friend for refreshments and a program to help you express your feelings about
cancer through the arts and conversation. Join our Facebook Friends
Gildasclubsewi.org, or call Anni Cox at (414) 962-8201 x103.
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Initiatives to Address Cancer Disparities:
Ongoing Regional and Global Approaches
The UW Cancer Center Grand Rounds 
is pleased to
announce that Dr. Daniel Petereit of the Department of Radiation Oncology
will be presenting at
8:00am, Wednesday, June 17
Room G5/119
Clinical Sciences Center
600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI
Dan Petereit is a radiation oncologist at Rapid City
Regional Hospital. He is the principle investigator for an NCI funded Clinical Disparities Research
Grant for Native Americans, and leads several other clinical trial initiatives
for Gynecologic, Prostate, Lung and Breast cancer; with expertise in
gynecological and other cancer treatments such as Brachytherapy.
Dr. Petereit has academic affiliations at both the
University of South Dakota Medical School and the University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health, maintaining a role as an Assistant
Professor in our Department of Radiation/Gynecologic Oncology.
To learn more about these topics, please visit the SMPH Innovations in Medical
Education video library to view 2 presentations:
http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=739
and http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=203.
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On June 22, Jammin' 98.3 WJMR will turn over the airwaves
for 12 hours in a row, unprecedented by any Black radio station in Milwaukee,
to educate, motive and encourage listeners to do their regular checkups,
provide information on insurance, talk about preventative care and topics too
numerous to mention.
From 9am to 9pm celebrity DJ Darryn hopes to help make Milwaukee more
healthy as he uses his celebrity status to share his personal story
with cancer to reach our listeners. This is basically a radiothon
encouraging and educating listeners for 12 hours in a row on how to live
longer.
Learn More
If you are interested in joining the effort or sponsor,
please contact
Renee
Gilbertson
Jammin'
98.3 WJMR
5407 W.
McKinley Avenue
Milwaukee,
WI 53208
Direct
line: 414-978-9416
Fax:
414-978-9001
rgilbertson@wjmr.com
Stream us at
jammin983.com
www.jammin983.com
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Women.Smokefree.gov
Women.Smokefree.gov
is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking and is designed
to try to provide information about topics that are often important to women.
Different
women need different resources as they try to quit.
The information and
professional assistance available on this Web site can help to support both
your immediate and long-term needs as you become, and remain, a nonsmoker.
Women.Smokefree.gov
allows you to choose the help that best fits your needs. You can get immediate
assistance in the form of:
- An online step-by-step cessation
guide
- Information about a wide range
of topics related to smoking and quitting
- Self-quizzes about important
subjects like depression, withdrawal, and relationships
- Local and state telephone
quitlines, 1-800-QUIT-NOW
- NCI's national telephone quitline,
1-877-44U-QUIT
- NCI's instant messaging
service
- Publications, which may
be downloaded, printed, or ordered
The
Web site was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral
Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences of the
National Cancer Institute
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"Trends in Cancer
Health Disparities Among African Americans and Whites in Wisconsin,"
The Cancer Health
Disparities Initiative is pleased to announce the publication of "Trends
in Cancer Health Disparities Among African Americans and Whites in
Wisconsin," on the CHDI website.
This publication
represents the first major results report from CHDI's ongoing Wisconsin Cancer
Health Disparities Surveillance Project.
Please contact Nathan
Jones, PhD, Surveillance Project Leader, if you have any questions, or would be
interested in developing a peer-reviewed publication based on specific
findings.
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WI Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) is a
voluntary consortium of organizations learning and working together to improve
the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare for the people of Wisconsin.
The members represent a diverse
and dynamic group of healthcare organizations: physician groups, hospitals and
health plans. They include two of Wisconsin's largest health systems: Aurora
Healthcare and the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation/UW Hospitals and
Clinics.
The also partner with other organizations,
including healthcare purchasers, governmental agencies, foundations and
healthcare associations.
Reports
Using WCHQ's Performance & Progress Report is an easy
step-by-step process designed to help you become better informed on healthcare
providers in our state. This site has performance reports on Cancer Screening
throughout the health care systems in the state. The cancer sites include:
Breast, Colorectal and Cervical. View the reports.
Learn More
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WI CCC Statewide Inventory Cancer Resource Catalog
If you have an activity that
is talking place in Wisconsin related to the WI Comprehensive Cancer Control
Plan priorites, please complete a Inventory form.
Click here for more information or to
submit a project.
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Submissions
Do
you have something you would like to share with the Network and are
unable to attend the next meeting? Share your events and announcements
via email at
dfrazer@wisc.edu
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Sponsors
The MRCCN is facilitated through a
partnership between the Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
and the Center for Urban Population Health.
The
Center for Urban Population Health is a collaboration among the
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Aurora Health Care.
Visit the Center for Urban Population Health on the web to learn more about their many partnerships.
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