Mid-Year Update!

It's easy to make goals for the coming year and start plugging away at our to-do lists and find, rather suddenly, that we're half-way through the year. For the staff of Hope Cancer Resources, the mid-year report is a good reminder of the impact that our programs are having on our friends and neighbors in Northwest Arkansas. These numbers remind us of the importance of our mission, and keep us fired up to do what we are lucky enough to do every day.

Take a look at what we've been up to since January...

• provided over $20,000.00 in direct prescription assistance and helped patients receive over $79,000.00 in assistance from pharmaceutical companies;
• provided $85,651.00 of financial assistance with a 13-month average of over $14,000.00 a month;
• distributed over $24,000.00 in gasoline cards to patients who need help with transportation costs for travel to treatment;
• assessed the needs of 749 newly-diagnosed cancer patients;
• provided $70,500.00 worth of emotional support through various forms of  counseling and support groups;
• provided 256 hours of Spanish interpretation;
• facilitated over 2,200 volunteer hours in local oncology clinics and at supporting events.

 Last week, a new Highlands Oncology Group clinic was opened in Rogers. It's a beautiful building with additional exam rooms, an amazing chemotherapy suite, and other perks like a big resource room that will be maintained by our volunteers. Until now, we have only been able to meet one-on-one with new patients who were being treated at the Fayetteville facility, so we're excited to see what this new space will mean for our ability to reach more people who need us. We believe it will reinforce what we have known all along - we will be providing compassionate, professional cancer support and education in the Northwest Arkansas region today and tomorrow.