2018 EDITION
ATTACKING CANCER
from Every Angle
• Road To Recovery • Hope Lodge • Crucial Catch ACS-6
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
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WELCOME Dear Friends,
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hank you so much for your continued support to the American Cancer Society. We have been able to do great work because of your involvement in the fight against cancer! This year, we have launched a new mission, and that is to save lives, celebrate life and lead the fight for a world without cancer. We are going to do this by attacking cancer from every angle. We are going to do this by providing support systems to make cancer less confusing, less stressful and less scary. Our Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks bring together over 20,000 people from around the Tri-State area so that no one walks alone. We do this through our Relay For Life events that happen in every community to let cancer know that we won’t sleep until there is a cure. We are attacking cancer by showing up every day, driving people to their
treatments, providing over 8,400 rides through our Road To Recovery program. We are attacking cancer by providing a free place to stay and a home for healing at our Musekamp Family Hope Lodge. We are attacking cancer with a stubborn hope, relentless energy and a promise that everywhere cancer rears its head we will be there to lessen its power and blunt its effects. We can only do this with YOU! We thank you for helping us attack cancer from every angle! Please continue to support The American Cancer Society’s mission. We won’t stop until there’s a cure! Sincerely, Elizabeth Schaffer, American Cancer Society Advisory Board President Brittany Donnellon, Executive Director, American Cancer Society
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2018 Events Cincinnati/Dayton RELAY FOR LIFE April-August Various locations in southwest Ohio. Teams take turns walking around a path anywhere from 6-24 hours, depending on the location of the event. The motto: Cancer doesn’t sleep and neither do we. To find a Relay For Life event near you, visit www.relayforlife.org. MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER OF GREATER CINCINNATI October 2018 www.makingstrideswalk.org/cincinnati Cincinnati, Yeatman’s Cove Dayton, Springfield and Sidney Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is the largest network of breast cancer awareness events in the nation, uniting nearly 300 communities to finish the fight. For more information, call (888) 227-6446 or email Hannah.Wallace@ cancer.org. PAN OHIO HOPE RIDE July 26-29 www.pohr.org Start line: Xavier University The Pan Ohio Hope Ride is a bicycling tour from Cincinnati to Cleveland. For information, call (888) 227-6446 or email Sarah.Norman@cancer.org. COACHES VS. CANCER Fall 2018 www.cvcsouthwestohio.org Join southwest Ohio’s sports personalities and Division I men’s basketball coaches at this cocktail reception to tipoff the basketball season.
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DISCOVERY BALL Spring 2018 www.cincinnatidiscoveryball.org The black-tie gala features an elegant dinner, live music, dancing and a live and silent auction. For information, call (888) 227-6446. GOLF CLASSIC Summer 2018 www.cincinnatigolfclassic.org Kenwood Country Club All skill levels welcomed. To learn how to participate call (888) 227-6446.
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
ACS’s Musekamp Family Lodge: A Place Called Hope BY: MIKE BOYER
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he fight against cancer takes hope. That hope is sometimes more than an expectation it’s a place. The American Cancer Society’s Musekamp Family Hope Lodge in Avondale, near many of Cincinnati’s cancer facilities, is a cost-free, temporary “home away from home” for cancer patients and their caregivers at a time when they need it most. “It means a whole lot,” says Gladys Nelson who has been staying at the lodge for a month with her husband Maynard while he’s been receiving radiation and chemo treatment for cancer of the esophagus at UC Health’s West Chester Hospital. The Nelsons, who are retired, live in Xenia, an hour away from West Chester. Staying at Hope Lodge has cut their daily commute in half and has been even more important since their vehicle broke down and they’ve had to rely on help to get to
and from their treatment appointments. The Nelsons used to make the trip from Xenia regularly more than a year ago when Maynard was first diagnosed. After Mrs. Nelson also had a surgical procedure, that daily drive became a burden, she says. The lodge has 22 guest rooms, each with its own bathroom. In addition, there are four fully equipped kitchens where guests prepare their own meals, a common dining area, an exercise room, two TV rooms, a theater room, a meditation chapel, inspiration garden, recreation room, and a Great Room which houses a library, guest computers, a grand piano, and gas fireplace. Hope Lodge provides a nurturing, home-like environment where guests can retreat to private rooms or connect with others. Each also offers a variety of resources and information about cancer and how to fight the disease. “This is really a nice building,” Mrs. Nelson says. “We’ve met several other nice people staying here and meet around
meal time to talk and share what we’re going through.” Built as a doctor’s mansion in 1880, the building, once used as Ursuline Academy, a Catholic high school for girls, was opened as Hope Lodge in 2004 after extensive renovation. It was renamed Musekamp Family Hope Lodge in appreciation of a gift from George H. Musekamp III and his family. While the Lodge has helped ease the burden of her husband’s cancer treatment, Mrs. Nelson says she and her husband are both looking forward to returning home. “This is nice, but there’s no place like home,” she says. There are more than 30 Hope Lodge locations across the United States Accommodations and eligibility requirements may vary by location. Call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 for more information about lodging assistance. Or visit cancer.org/hopelodge and enter your treatment center’s zip code on the local resources page. ■ www.cancer.org
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VOLUNTEERS
Road To Recovery Always Needs Drivers
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ttorney Jessica Worth has a message for other young professionals like herself. There is no age limit for the American Cancer Society’s Road To Recovery program. “We’re looking for anybody and everybody all the time. A lot of younger people haven’t gotten the word or they think it’s only for older or retired people, but volunteering is for anybody,” she says. “We’re always accepting volunteers.” Worth, an attorney with Dinsmore & Shohl, has been a volunteer coordinator for the American Cancer Society’s Road To Recovery program for four years. Every day thousands of cancer patients need a ride to treatment, but some may not have a way to get there. The Road To Recovery, a national program established
more than three decades ago, provides free transportation to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not Jessica Worth have a ride or are unable to drive themselves. In Greater Cincinnati, the program has 22 volunteer drivers, about half of who are active at any one time, says Heather Robison, mission delivery manager. Last year the program filled 2,819 ride requests for 174 cancer patients, she says, but that still represents only about half the requests received. Volunteers may provide one or two rides a month, but some do much more. For example, Stan Moczydlowski, a cancer survivor himself, has been a volunteer driver since 2012, providing more than 700 rides.
“When you volunteer as driver you’re helping save a life in way because you’re helping patients get to vital treatment,” Worth says. She stepped up when another attorney at her firm said the program needed a coordinator. “I have several family members who have been through cancer or died from cancer so the American Cancer Society has always been close to my heart,” she says. “I love their mission and I wanted to be a part of it.” As a volunteer coordinator her role is to follow-up on unfilled ride requests with drivers. A new online tool, which allows drivers to log on and see what rides are needed, makes that easier, she says. For more information on the Road To Recovery go to cancer.org. Volunteer drivers must have a valid driver’s license, a good driving record, access to a safe and reliable vehicle, proof of insurance and complete a brief online training course. Volunteers are needed Monday through Saturday.■
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CROSSROAD HEALTH CENTER
Teaming Up for Crucial Catch Against Cancer
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rossroad Health Center and the American Cancer Society have teamed up with the National Football League to throw cancer for a loss. Crossroad, a family-qualified health center, has for the second year in a row received through the American Cancer Society a Crucial Catch grant from the NFL. The $75,000 grant allows Crossroad, which has five area locations, to expand its breast cancer screening and this year add colorectal cancer screening for the poor and low-income patients it serves. “We view it as a win-win,” says James Berrens, Crossroad CEO. “It’s a success for the American Cancer Society. It is a success for patients because more will get screening and working with an organization like the
American Cancer Society helps Crossroad.” Crossroad, which marked its 25th anniversary in November, saw more than 11,000 patients in 2016, representing 33,000 visits to its sites. Its staff of physicians and other care providers treat a wide assortment of medical issues including behavioral and pre-natal care, vaccinations and provide referrals to specialists. “We’re no different than any other primary care provider,” Berrens says. But more than 75 percent of Crossroad patients are on Medicaid and many cancerscreening providers don’t accept Medicaid “so it’s difficult to get patients in,” he says. Crossroad has teamed with the ProScan Pink Ribbon Fund to provide free mammogram screening. With the NFL grant, Crossroad is expanding its mammogram program and providing the FIT, Fecal Immochemical Test, to screen for colorectal cancer. “About 15 percent of the women in our patient population received a mammogram in 2015 and we were able to increase that number to 29 percent” with the help of the
The Bengal’s mascot participates in the annual Crucial Catch Day
Crucial Catch grant, Berrens says. The goal for 2016 with the new grant was to increase the mammography screenings to 39 percent and increase the number of colorectal screenings for men to 50 percent from 41 percent, he says. Each October, community health system partners like Crossroad team up with the American Cancer Society and the NFL to host Crucial Catch Day, a community education and entertainment event to help underserved communities reduce their risk for cancer through cancer prevention and early detection outreach. Last year’s event was held Oct. 31 at Crossroad’s Over-the-Rhine headquarters. ■
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