CancerCare E-News
  October 2013 
  
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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month  

 

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and CancerCare's free, professional support services help with the practical and emotional concerns of being diagnosed. Our breast cancer services include counseling, support groups, financial assistance, educational workshops and publications.

 

Former CancerCare client, breast cancer survivor, and The Carnival of Love Foundation VP Despina Manoloudas (pictured second from left) presented CancerCare with a donation from the foundation to support our services.

 

  
Coping with a different diagnosis? CancerCare provides support and resources for people coping with any type of cancer.  
  
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Caribou Coffee Supports CancerCare With
Amy's Blend Collection  

 

Caribou Coffee, one of the leading branded coffee companies, will offer a special Caribou Coffee Amy's Blend collection of coffee, tea and merchandise to support CancerCare's free, professional services. The collection honors their original roastmaster and friend, Amy Erickson, and CancerCare supporters can pay tribute to Amy and those impacted by breast cancer by purchasing any item from the Caribou Coffee Amy's Blend collection in Caribou stores and online September 28 through October 31. For the second year in a row, Caribou will donate 10 percent of all retail coffeehouse sales from the Amy's Blend collection directly to CancerCare, up to $250,000!

 

Learn more about Amy and the Amy's Blend Collection.

 

Caribou Coffee CEO, Mike Tattersfield, knitting the first scarf

  

Caribou and CancerCare are also providing warmth to those in need through an innovative social media campaign, "CaribouKnits." For every message shared using #CaribouKnits on Facebook or Twitter from September 28 through October 31, Caribou team member volunteers will knit one inch of a scarf. All scarves will be donated to CancerCare to provide warmth to those coping with breast cancer in the Caribou communities.

 

Learn more about #CaribouKnits.

 

 
 
"A Helping Hand: The Resource Guide for People With Cancer" Is Now Available!
 
 
  
CancerCare's comprehensive guide features the most up-to-date contact information and descriptions for hundreds of national and regional organizations offering financial help to people with cancer. The new edition also provides valuable tips patients and caregivers can use to manage finances and easily access resources in their local community.

 

 

View "A Helping Hand" on our website or order your copy today!

 

 
Leading Experts Discuss Important Cancer Topics  
 

Our free teleconferences/webcasts, Connect Education WorkshopsTM, give you the latest cancer information straight from leading experts. You can listen in live by telephone or online, and you will have a chance to ask the experts your own questions.

 

Calendar

10/9      Coping with the Stress of Caregiving When Your Loved One Has Myelofibrosis

10/11    Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

10/15    Caregivers: Coping with a Loved One's Metastatic Prostate Cancer

10/25    Caring for Your Bones When You Have Breast Cancer

10/28    Managing Eye and Vision Changes Related to Cancer Treatments: A Guide for People Living with Cancer

10/30    Understanding the Affordable Care Act in 2013: What's New 

11/6      Update on T-Cell Lymphoma

11/14    New Perspectives in the Treatment of Renal Cell Cancer

11/18    Liver Cancer: Treatment Update and Managing the Costs of Treatment

11/19    Advances in the Treatment of Lung Cancer

11/20    Current Perspectives on the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

12/12    Update on Lymphoma from the 2013 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

 

Register online, or call 800-813-HOPE (4673).

 

 

Missed a Connect Education Workshop? Listen to past workshops as podcasts through CancerCare's website.

 

 
Join Us for LUNG CANCER WALK FOR HOPE
 

Come walk with us on Sunday, November 3 at the CancerCare� 11th Annual LUNG CANCER WALK FOR HOPE and support the free, professional support services CancerCare provides to individuals and their families affected by lung cancer. Bring your friends, family and co-workers for a day of celebrating survivors, remembering loved ones and supporting people coping with lung cancer.

 
Limited Edition Tic Tac Mints to Support CancerCare   
 

Be sure to check out limited edition Strawberry Fields Tic Tacmints in honor of CancerCare and Breast Cancer Awareness Month! For a limited time, Strawberry Fields Tic Tacpacks will showcase the CancerCare logo and the Shake, Share & Care campaign! As part of its 9-year partnership, the Tic Tacbrand is proud to once again donate $100,000 in support of CancerCare. Look out for special edition Strawberry Fields Tic Tac packs at your local grocery, mass merchandiser and convenience stores.

 

Learn about additional ways to shop and support CancerCare.

 

 

 

Founded in 1944, CancerCare is the leading national organization committed to improving lives 

by providing professional services to help people manage the emotional and financial challenges of 

cancer. CancerCare's comprehensive network of quality support services includes telephone, online 

and in-person counseling and support groups, resource referrals, publications, education and financial 

and co-payment assistance. CancerCare helps 1,000,000 people each year throughout the U.S. and distributes more than $30 million in financial and co-payment assistance. All CancerCare services 

are provided by our large staff of professional oncology social workers and are offered completely 

free of charge.


To learn more, visit www.cancercare.org or call 800-813-HOPE (4673)

 

 

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