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TeamWalk for CancerCare
Save-the-date: May 20, 2012 for our 13th Annual Event!
Click here for more information on the event and all other TeamWalk related activities.
The region's largest fundraiser helps cancer patients here and now
In an extraordinary show of support for friends, family members and neighbors who are living with cancer, more than 5,000 walkers from throughout the Merrimack Valley came together on Sunday, May 15, 2011 to raise funds, lend courage and inspire hope through TeamWalk for CancerCare. This remarkable fundraising event – the largest of its kind in the region – has raised more than $5 million to provide services and assistance to more than 15,000 people of all ages facing cancer.
What makes TeamWalk so exceptional is that, unlike other walks that benefit cancer research efforts, our event helps cancer patients and their families when and where they need it most – here and now. And it isn’t about finding a cure, but about finding hope, courage and strength to live as fully as possible.
For example, while insurance covers many costs of cancer care, it doesn’t extend to such necessities as food and shelter – basics that can be threatened when someone is receiving cancer treatment and unable to work. TeamWalk funds also help pay for medication, nutritional supplements, wigs and prostheses, transportation to and from treatment, skilled nursing visits, and supportive services to patients with all types of cancer. Plus, every dollar raised stays right here in Greater Lowell.
Barbara of Dracut remembers how grateful she was for TeamWalk’s tangible assistance. A part-time job gave Barbara the income she needed to maintain her condominium after retirement. But when she couldn’t work for four months while undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma, she worried about how she’d pay her condo fees. A TeamWalk grant enabled her to meet the last two months of fees that she was stretching to cover.
Esther of Tewksbury was being treated for brain cancer when she reached the Medicare donut hole – the coverage gap during which Medicare temporarily stops paying for prescriptions and the patient must pay the entire cost. Esther needed to come up with $4,550 to continue receiving the medications she needed before Medicare would resume her prescription coverage. Retired and on a fixed income, she couldn’t raise that amount of money. But TeamWalk stepped in, providing a grant to help her pay her drug costs until she was eligible for Medicare coverage again.
For further information on TeamWalk assistance please email the Director of Oncology Social Work or call 978-937-6142.
Read some inspirational TeamWalk Stories
See beautiful artwork donated to the Cancer Center by the Campbell family, TeamWalk participants.
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