Rio Grande Cancer Foundation Since 1996, the Rio Grande Cancer Foundation has provided over eight million in programs, services, grants and support to our friends and neighbors experiencing cancer. Describing success in the field of cancer
PERSEVERANCE during the cancer journey
know the true value of TIME. “I snatch,
support isn’t necessarily defined by the
is not easy. Nobody trips over mountains.
seize, and enjoy every moment of it,” says
bottom line.
It is the small pebble that causes you to
one survivor. Never put off until tomorrow
stumble. One patient tells us that these
what you can do today.
For over eighteen years, the Rio Grande
pebbles are surgery and chemotherapy and
Cancer Foundation has been providing
radiation therapy. When she had passed all
Since
for the needs of people in our community
the pebbles in the path, she discovered she
Foundation has provided over eight million
whose lives have been affected by cancer
had crossed the mountain.
in programs, services, grants and support
1996,
the
Rio
Grande
Cancer
to our friends and neighbors experiencing
by providing services that help reduce the many burdens associated with the disease.
FAITH
inseparable.
cancer. While the dollars may pronounce our
Success, as we have learned from our
MEDICINE and FAITH have been linked in
success, the numbers pale in comparison to
patrons is that
records of man’s efforts to heal others since
what we have gained from the many cancer
the earliest annals of hospitals dated 400 B.C.
patients who have impacted our work.
and
MEDICINE
are
HOPE is powerful medicine. For newly
For those on a cancer journey, FAITH and
diagnosed patients, this may be HOPE
belief in a higher being are a big part of the
Patty Tiscareño
for a successful treatment or for cancer
healing process.
Executive Director Rio Grande Cancer Foundation
remission. For those in a different part of the cancer journey, HOPE may be the road
TIME is precious. Through our everyday
(915) 562-7660
to strength and courage to face the new and
connection with people who may not know
www.rgcf.org
ongoing challenges.
what tomorrow brings, we have come to
By: PATTY TISCAREÑO photographed by: ROBERT CORRAL
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