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2008 Education & Patient Support Grant Awards
| December 2008 Amount Awarded | Grant Awarded To |
| $7,000 | Cancer Care Center of York County, Sanford To continue to offer a nutrition support program that guides patients to maintain or improve their nutritional status. |
| $6,839 | Maine Center for Cancer Medicine, Scarborough To conduct a Colon Cancer Screening Project for uninsured and underinsured patients accessing care at Portland Free Clinic. |
| $5,000 | Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer, statewide To present regional leadership training to help meet the need for additional support groups statewide. |
| $10,000 | Maine General Medical Center, Augusta To implement the “No Polyp, No Cancer” Campaign, engaging primary care practices and employers in education and awareness; to utilize the “buddy-to-buddy” concept to encourage screening among those 50-70. |
| $2,500 | Beth Wright Cancer Resource Center, Ellsworth To establish an ongoing local committee to address cancer issues in Washington County, which has one of the highest cancer rates in Maine. |
| $2,500 | Deer Isle Cancer Support Group, Deer Isle To enable cancer patients in this area to attend a local support group rather than travel. |
| $10,000 | Healthy Community Coalition, Franklin Community Health Network, Franklin Co. To increase education and awareness of skin, lung, colorectal and prostate cancer targeting children, adults and seniors as appropriate. |
| $10,000 | Regional Medical Center at Lubec To present a region-wide conference for patients, survivors, providers and the community. |
| $10,000 | Connecting to Cancer Care, York County Community Action To meet the transportation needs of patients throughout York County. |
| $5,000 | Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington To present a regional conference for cancer patients, survivors, and providers. |
| $5,000 | Cancer Community Center, South Portland For patient and family support programs. |
| $5,000 | Cary Medical Center, Caribou To support a community wide prostate cancer awareness initiative. |
| $3,140 | SMCC Radiation Therapy Program, South Portland To provide advanced education for RT students. |
| $1,650 | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, state-wide To provide telephone support services to patients. |
| $1,500 | Camp Sunshine, Casco To provide a week at camp for one family affected by cancer. |
| $1,200 | Maine Breast Nurse Network, state-wide To support conference planning and education for this start-up professional organization. |
Program Expenses
In addition, the Foundation underwrote the expense of Discovery Weekend whose final weekend was September ‘08; distributed Portraits of Courage books to patients, especially those newly diagnosed; in partnership with Maine Breast Health Cooperative supported the Blaine House Tea and Leadership Award; in partnership with Maine Cancer Consortium supported exploring palliative care needs in Maine’s immigrant communities.
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Maine Cancer Foundation
PO Box 553
970 Baxter Blvd., Suite 204
Portland, Maine 04112
Phone: (207) 773-2533
Fax: (207) 773-2386
Email: info@mainecancer.org