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If you are a Cancer Services client, please drop-in from 9:30am – Noon on Wednesday, June 30. You may pick up your liquid nutrition and other supplies on this day. We will be offering free haircuts to those who are interested and also will be playing BINGO.

Please make a note to also bring your MVP card so that we can link your card to Cancer Services. For every shopper who links their card to our organization, Cancer Services receives a percentage back.

Please print out a copy of this permission form and have your parents sign it and bring it with you on Friday, May 7.

We will meet at 4:30pm at the Cancer Services office.

Charlotte Knights Permission Form

We send a special thank you to the Friends of Clover and The Water Tank for their generous donation of $1360 to Cancer Services!! These guys have been donating to Cancer Services for years now, and we are so grateful!

Donations like these allow us to continue helping those living with cancer!

If you are in Clover, be sure to stop by The Water Tank at 111 North Main Street, Clover, SC  29710.

Thank you for all you do for us!

If you would like to thank someone in your life who has been there for you, make a gift in honor or in memory of that special person. For all memorial and honorary gifts, we will send a special card to the honoree or designated family member to let them know of your thoughtful gift (the gift amount is not included).

Honoree or Memorial Form

A letter from Meghan:

Meghan Benfield

My name is Meghan Benfield, and I am 19 years old. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in August of 2009. I was about to start college in four days when I was told that I had it. My head was spinning with emotions from all of the doctors telling my parents and I about treatments and the loss of hair that no young woman wants deal with. By mid September I was starting the first of 12 chemotherapy treatments and feeling pretty rough to start with. My family was having about as much of a hard time dealing with everything as I was, but we hid it well from each other. My Aunt Karen and her daughter Katie Cauthen told my parents about Cancer Services and that we should try to go see them and see what they could do to help with some of the things that we might need, Katie had been volunteering there for sometime and had mentioned it to her mother.

   My Mother and Father took me over to the Cancer Center offices to see how to go about making an appointment or filling out paperwork. I stayed in the car because I was not feeling well. They were very helpful. On the spot they sent us over to a place to get a wig for me and they paid for all of it . Later on in the week someone from Cancer Services called my Dad and asked him some follow up questions and told him that they may be able to help in other ways. They ended up helping us with some of my medication. I think it was $60 a month, which was a huge help to my father who was stressing over all of the bills coming in.

   During the last eight months I have had some complications along the way, but I never let them get me down. I believe that a positive attitude is the key to getting through something like this. Not to mention the support of family, friends, and all of the prayers that many many people prayed for me. I was told by my doctor in mid April that I was all but cancer free except for one little spot that they want to keep an eye on for a while and that I can go back to work next month. I can also Lord willing get to start college in the fall of this year as well. I would like to thank Cancer Services for just being there when I needed them.

Yours truly,

Meghan Benfield

For the 7th year in a row, Adventure Landing in Gastonia has donated the proceeds from their Annual Egg Hunt to Cancer Services. We are honored that Adventure Landing continues to recognize and support our work in Gaston County. Special thank yous to Mr. Steve Brewer, General Manager, for coordinating this effort!

If you are looking for a fun outing, please visit Adventure Landing. 2600 E. Franklin Blvd,  Gastonia, NC  28054

Visit their website: http://www.adventurelanding.com/gastonia/index.html

Cancer Services of Gaston County is hosting the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation Button Chair exhibit, an innovative art display designed to increase awareness of cancer, in hopes of saving lives. The exhibit is free and open to the public and will be on display May 17 through June 4, 2010 at our office.

Created in 1998, the Button Chair is a tribute to North Carolina women who have faced breast cancer. Each button – once owned by a woman who bravely fought her battle – represents a story of courage, strength, and support. Some of these women are now mourned by family and friends. While others are survivors and advocates.

Brooke Kolconay Bryand, the artist who created the chair, donated it for auction at an event sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). There it raised $25,000 for breast cancer research. Today, as part of the BCBSNC Foundation’s effort to promote breast health, it continues to raise money, awareness, and hope.

Click here to see a picture of the chair: http://www.bcbsncfoundation.org/health-of-vulnerable-populations/breast-health-project/button-chair/

As in past years, Cancer Services will once again be collecting photos of our Gaston neighbors who have cancer and are living their lives. We want photos of survivors with their families, doing activities, enjoying the holidays, on vacation, or anything else that captures the spirit of a cancer survivor.

Entries can be either mailed or hand delivered to our Cancer Services office and must be received by Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Noon.

All photos must be submitted with the Official Submission Form

Click on the following for further details about the collection:

Entry Guidelines for Photo Submittal; Photo Flyer

The next thime that you are by Cancer Services, please stop to look at our story boards in our shop. Davis Goodman, photographer and owner of Forever and 3 Days Photography, was kind enough to assist us by photographing 4 of our clients. The clients were then kind enough to write some words about how Cancer Services has helped them. The results. . . incredible!! We send special thank yous to Trevolia Hill, Larry Murriel, Leigh Andra Short, and Diane Waggoner for sharing their faces and stories! Thank you also to Davis Goodman and ImageMark for making this happen! To contact Davis for your photography needs, you may call (704/349-8191) or email (davisgoodman3@gmail.com).  Also, please visit his website: www.foreverand3days.com

Thanks to all of you who made our event, Lollapa Leprechaun, a success! We are so proud of all of our volunteers who helped us with this event. Our raffle ticket sellers sold more raffle tickets than ever before. Those who attended our event had the opportunity to meet with Muhsin Muhammad of the Carolina Panthers and Perry Tuttle who played for the Clemson Tigers. The night was a success! Thank you to all!

Pictures from this event will be posted soon.