April 05, 2004
By: Jerry Gerber
Website: http://www.1st-in-wellness.com
Lance Armstrong Foundation partners with local non-profit to promote cancer survivor wellness
The Lance Armstrong Foundation recently partnered
with the Health Care Foundation of Northern Mississippi for its 2003 Community
Program. The non-profit fundraising organization, which serves the Alabama/Mississippi area,
will receive a grant from the LAF to help further its work to promote wellness for those living
with, through and beyond cancer.
The HCF operates five wellness centers in rural counties in northeastern Mississippi and
northwestern Alabama. The project, which builds on a successful wellness pilot project
conducted in 2002, aims to promote physical activity and its related benefits among cancer
patients and survivors.
To promote patient participation, a portion of grant funds will be used for
physician education and specialized training in cancer wellness for health instructors.
A lack comprehensive cancer centers often prevents cancer survivors in rural areas from
receiving the kind of care they need to return to a high quality of life after cancer. Through our
partnership with the LAF, we will continue to break down this barrier to care for cancer
survivors in Mississippi and Alabama.
We’ve placed special importance on these physical
activity and wellness programs, which have proven to be essential elements of survivorship,
said Dean Hancock, president of the Health Care Foundation of Northern Mississippi.
As part of its 2003 Community Program, the LAF partnered with a variety of
organizations that provide programs that are positively impacting the quality of life today for
those living with, through and beyond cancer. The LAF awarded more than $605,000 in grants to
43 community non-profit organizations across the country, representing 22 states and
Washington, D.C.
The LAF seeks to fund innovative projects, such as these, that promote the
optimal physical, psychological, and social recovery and care of cancer survivors and their loved
ones.
Through their unique work these organizations address the following survivorship issues:
adolescent/young issues, physical activity and survivorship education.
About
The Author:
Jerry Gerber is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.1st-in-wellness.com.
Obtaining and keeping good health through healthy living, natural healing, great mental health and healthy finances.
