TCF Fall 2018 Newsletter

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Plan to Give to the Cancer Foundation!

Planned Giving We will work with you and your professional advisor to create estate planning strategies that will preserve your charitable wishes long beyond your lifetime. Through a variety of deferred options, you and your loved ones can enjoy financial security and provide resources for northeast Georgia cancer patients for decades to come.

Bequest

Donors can specify a gift in their will or revocable trust. All assets are retained during life and the donor’s estate may receive a tax deduction for the bequest. The gift is made upon death which creates a permanent endowment fund for TCF.

Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)

Create a CRT, name a fund at TCF as the beneficiary, and receive an immediate tax deduction. Receive income from the gift for life or for a specified number of years, after which your TCF fund will receive the remaining assets.

IRA / Retirement Plan

If you have already created a sound estate plan that achieves all objectives and takes care of your family, using an IRA to make a current gift or a gift-by-will could avoid both income and estate taxes. And by using an IRA to establish a Donor Advised Fund, your family can remain involved in the grant making process.

Give Where You Work Many different companies allow their employees to participate in different match giving programs, which allows your employer to match your gift to the Cancer Foundation! Ask your employer there is a match giving program in which you are able to participate!

Some companies with employee match giving programs: AAA, Aetna, Ameriprise Financial, Bank of America, Benjamin Moore, BP, Chevron, Citgo, Coca-Cola Company, Gap, Inc., Geico, General Mills, Georgia Power, Google, Home Depot, Merrill Lynch & Company, Morgan Stanley, Northwestern Mutual, Old Navy, Progressive Insurance, Prudential, Starbucks, Toys R Us, Verizon, Wells Fargo, Whirlpool.

For Beverly Johnson, the most challenging thing about her breast cancer diagnosis was experiencing it for the first time. She had never dealt with cancer in her family, so it was surprising getting used to the challenges and the costs. Beverly first heard about The Cancer Foundation from a social worker at University Cancer & Blood Center, and she describes he experience with the foundation as excellent. “I was most surprised that I was able to get help so quickly,” says Beverly. She is proud that there is an organization like The Cancer Foundation willing to offer a helping hand because the finances of cancer can be frightening at times when getting better is the number one priority.

Your donation will go to a very wonderful cause. It’s a blessing that stays in the local community.

Beverly tells others affected by cancer not to be afraid to ask for help if you need it. To potential donors, she says, “Your donation will go to a very wonderful cause. It’s a blessing that stays in the local community.”

Aside from the Cancer Foundation, Beverly has had unconditional love and support from her husband of 34 years and her three children. She loves doing jigsaw puzzles and word searches and looks forward to continuing to do these as a cancer survivor!

Pink Out Cookout committee: Sarah Mobley, Kathy Timm, Lee Malcom, Betsy Yancey

Pink Out Cookout

Second annual Pink Out Cookout raises over $7,500!

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e were so fortunate this year to beat last year’s total, raising over $7,500! Pink Out Cookout was started by Kathy Timm, Lenita Franklin, Lee Malcom, and Kimberly Liebowitz as a way to benefit the Cancer Foundation’s mission to help financially devastated cancer patients who live in northeast Georgia. We decided to host a second annual Pink Out Cookout after having such an overwhelmingly positive response and turnout from the Walton County community. The businesses who sponsored, and the people and came out in support The Cancer Foundation by buying plates and raffle tickets, were unbelievable.

Lee Malcom said it best when I asked what Pink Out Cookout means to her: “After finding out my diagnosis and before my chemotherapy began, I learned about The Cancer Foundation and the assistance they offer Walton County patients. Kimberly and her staff do an amazing job. I am honored to serve with other volunteers to support this worthwhile organization. I was blessed to have exceptional insurance coverage but so many patients do not. When cancer strikes it can be detrimental financially to a family. This organization puts every dollar raised back into the patients’ needs. Our efforts are just beginning!

Pink Out Cookout: continued

Patient Ambassador Highlight: Robyn Bolton I became a Registered Nurse in 1981. Although I retired in 2015, I am still licensed and plan on staying that way! You never know what lies ahead!

Kimberly Liebowitz, TCF Executive Director, says: “Pink Out Cookout is a great event that brings the community together for a cause that touches all of us. Several caring survivors and caregivers decided to come together and organize the Pink Out event and have it benefit the Cancer Foundation and support our mission to help alleviate the financial burden of cancer for eligible patients.

Proceeds from the event will help local cancer patients pay for basic living expenses, rent, utilities, medication, and transportation while undergoing treatment.”

Tri To Beat Cancer Tri to Beat Cancer raised over $49,000 and registered more than 400 people.

This sprint triathlon has been a large fundraiser over the past nine years, bringing in local athletes, as well as athletes from South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama.

All experience levels are welcome.

We look forward to celebrating the 10th annual Tri to Beat Cancer on Sunday, August 18th!

UGA Employees

UGA employees can choose to donate to TCF through payroll deduction by choosing code 102400 before December 15th during the 2019 Campaign for Charities drive!

Happy Holidays!

This holiday season, remember TCF and give to help local cancer patients, like Tom Whitehead and his wife Wanda, who are in financial distress because of their cancer diagnosis. Thank you to all of our donors and warm wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season!

For 34 years I had the opportunity to work in many different areas: multiple clinical departments, education, supervision, research, marketing and business. As co-owner of a home infusion company, my business partner and I provided home IV infusion and enteral services, such as pain management, antibiotics, and tube feedings. Many of our patients had been diagnosed with cancer.

The last 12 years of my career, I continued to be involved with both cancer patients and their family members. During this time, I worked at an oncology practice and in the outpatient department of a hospital. In both places I enjoyed spending time providing both patient and family education.

I also administered many types of infusions, injections and transfusions. Overseeing clinical trials at the oncology practice was also very rewarding, and many patients benefited from the pharmaceutical research then and now.

Whether in the treatment room at the oncology practice or in the treatment room at the hospital, there was always a bond. This bond was shared among patients, their family members and the staff. It was so important, so caring and so very special. It was always like a family. These experiences were such blessings for me. After retiring and relocating to Athens, I knew I wanted to do some volunteer work. I didn’t know what or where, but I did know what had been and remained in my heart! My daughter, Brooke Stortz, solved my dilemma. She told me about The Cancer Foundation and directed me to Kimberly Liebowitz. That was it... I had found my “happy place.”

Being an ambassador with this amazing organization helped make my move to Athens complete! My father often said, “To whom much is given, much is expected.” I am so grateful to be able to do my part in helping and giving back to our patients and their family members. Thank you for such a perfect opportunity.

“My Cup Runneth Over,” Robyn

Recurring Donations

Did you know that to support The Cancer Foundation you don’t have to make a one-time donation?

You can sign up for recurring monthly donations in a smaller amount that will still make a BIG difference for our cancer patients!