We have a number of programs that fall under our cancer Patient Assistance umbrella and others that are geared toward the Outreach and Education for the entire community of Northwest Arkansas. In the first six months of this year, we have been doing great things to support the needs of cancer patients and others in our community... take a look...
Since January:
We have provided $99,385 in prescription and emergency assistance to 373 patients.
We have given 169 patients over $16,000 in gasoline cards to help them with transportation for themselves and their caregivers.
The amount of support we have been able to acquire for patients from pharmaceutical companies with prescription assistance programs totals $86,513.
Psychosocial assistance has been provided to individuals by our licensed social workers at a value of just over $71,000.
301 hours of Spanish interpretation have been provided by our staff to those requesting this service.
89 patients have been transported 64,390 miles to and from their appointments by our drivers.
Paid for cancer screenings through our Save-a-Live program for people who were either uninsured or under-insured - for a total of $55,679.
Provided over 2,400 people with cancer education through sessions facilitated by Hope Cancer Resources staff.
Registered 944 new cases in the Northwest Arkansas Cancer Registry.
The total value of all of the services we have provided to Northwest Arkansas for the first half of 2010 is
$369,569.02.
We hope you'll join us tomorrow at Fish City Grill in Rogers to support all this amazing work by eating a meal, and maybe bringing a friend or five along. It's First Tuesday at FCG, and they will be donating 15% of the day's sales to us. It's an easy way to make a big difference in the daily lives of people living with, battling, preventing and surviving cancer in our community.
See you there!
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