Fast Food Savvy

Moving at a fast pace and all you have time for is the drive thru?

Join our special guest dietician, Jamila Adams, from the UF Extension of Orange County to learn how to make quicker choices that will be better for your body!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

UF Health Cancer Center – Orlando Health

4th Floor Classrooms LP 1 & 2

To RSVP, call 321.841.5056

or email CancerSupportCommunity@OrlandoHealth.com

Be a part of promoting health in our community! Join HealthStreet tomorrow for our 352Creates event!

Join HealthStreet in 352Creates, a community-wide initiative to promote health and community engagement in Alachua County on February 26, 2016. HealthStreet is a proud event site and offering plenty of fun art-making opportunities for families in the community.

Friday, February 26, 2016

3 to 5 pm

UF HealthStreet, 2401 SW Archer Rd.

Gainesville, FL

For more information, please call 352-294-4880

"Teal" Thursdays Free Education Series

FREE Educational Seminars

Join us Thursday March 24th in the Gynecologic Cancer Center for a discussion

with one of our oncology experts.

Refreshments and light appetizers will be served.

These events are open to our community and team members!

“Acupressure for the Oncology Patient”

Presented by: Kimberly Morrison ARNP, AOCN, AP

UF Health Cancer Center Orlando Health

Thursday, March 24, 2016

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

105 W. Miller Street

Orlando, FL 32806

For more information or to register contact, 321.841.8393 option 2 or email

cancersupportcommunity@orlandohealth.com

INVITE: Someone You Love - The HPV Epidemic - FREE Event @ Valencia CC West 03.31.16

Please join the Cancer Support Community – Orlando Health for the screening of an award winning documentary to raise awareness about HPV and cervical cancer. 

Narrated by Vanessa Williams, this film provides views an in-depth look into the lives of 5 women who have been affected by cervical cancer. 

A panel discussion will follow the screening to answer audience questions.

 

“Someone You Love – The HPV Epidemic” is Thursday, March 31, 2016 from 1 – 4 PM at Valencia College West Campus, 1800 S Kirkman Road, Building 3, Room 116, Orlando, FL 32811. 

Please RSVP your attendance by March 29, 2016 to klenehan@mail.valenciacollege.edu.

 

This FREE event is being provided through the collaboration between Cancer Support Community – Orlando Health, UF Health Cancer Center – Orlando and the American Cancer Society.  

For more information about HPV and Cancer visit the American Cancer Society website: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/infectiousagents/hpv/hpv-and-cancer-info

Cancer Educational Series

All medical professionals and patients are welcome to dine and partake in these exciting and empowering exchanges. This series is a platform to inform providers of the services available for their patients while bringing knowledge to our cancer-fighting community. There will be an opportunity to mingle as both patients and professionals beat the odds together. Join us and be one for the cause of kicking cancer and staying healthy!

 

This series is brought to you by Cancer Alliance of Marion County, a HUGs program.

 

 

Thank you to our 2016 Signature Sponsor: Robert Boissoneault Oncology Institute

 

 

 

Mar. 9

 

Where to Turn: Financial help, emotional

support, community resources and information

Jolene Hetsler, RN, Ocala Health Cancer Patient Navigator

Amy K. Roberts, LCSW, RBOI Social Worker and Counselor

 

 

 

June 8

 

 

Medical Insight: Managing side effects, cancer, nutrition, and quality of life

Renee Genther, ARNP, Florida Cancer Affiliates Nurse Practitioner

Amy Freeman, RDN, LDN, CDE, Ocala Health Dietitian

Julie Arcaro, ARNP, RBOI Nurse Practitioner

 

 

Sept. 7

 

 

Coping throughout the years: Survivorship from

diagnosis to living to the fullest while managing cancer

Renee Genther, ARNP, Florida Cancer Affiliates Nurse Practitioner

Donna Shaffer, BS, RHIT, Hospice of Marion County Transitions Program

 

 

 

Wednesdays from 5:30-7pm

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to 352-401-1534 or 352-732-0277.

West Marion Medical Plaza

4600 SW 46th Court, Suite 240, Ocala, FL 34474

One mile west of I-75, turn right next to Rasmussen College and then

take a left into the medical plaza parking area

 

 This series is brought to you by Cancer Alliance of Marion County, a HUGs program.

 

 Thank you to our 2016 Signature Sponsor: Robert Boissoneault Oncology Institute

Cancer Connections on Feb. 24th!

Mark your calendars to join us at HealthStreet on Wednesday, February 24th, at NOON, for a presentation by Dr. Charles Perkins, radiation oncologist at NFRMC.

Dr. Perkins will speak about the genetics of breast cancer.

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PLEASE NOTE!!!  Your RSVP is needed by Monday February 22nd to include you in the lunch count ($4 donation requested).  A healthful side dish to be shared is welcome in lieu of the donation!  If you are unable to RSVP by Monday, we ask that you bring you own lunch so that there will be plenty for those who RSVPd.

 

Please plan to arrive by 11:50 to help yourself to lunch and find a seat.

The presentation will start promptly at 12:10.

 

directions to HealthStreet (2401 "old" Archer road)

http://healthstreet.program.ufl.edu/directions-to-healthstreet-2/directions-by-car/

 

Call Erick at HealthStreet at 294-4871 no later than Tuesday February 23rd, if you would like the take the free shuttle to and from the meeting.

The shuttle picks up at the WEST end of Davis Cancer Center, in front of radiation oncology, and at the V.A., and at the UF Health cancer hospital.  The shuttle vehicle is a white van labeled HealthStreet.

 

Be sure to ask Erick for clarification on the time and exact location of where you will be picked up.  The shuttle also picks up at the ACS building and at the UF cancer hospital, upon request.

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ON ANOTHER NOTE!

I am very pleased to say that the success of the Pink Pumpkin Pedal-Off fundraising cycling event held last October allowed the non-profit Power of 2

to present Dr. Jon Licht and the U.F. cancer center with a check for

$20,000 in December.  These funds will go to the researchers, to help find more effective treatments for triple negative breast cancer.  This year's event will be on October 1st, and we are always looking for committed volunteers and sponsors.

 

Feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested in joining us, but we need RSVPs by Monday February 22nd, to include those attending in the lunch count ($4 donation requested). 

 

2016 schedule of meetings

March 23

April 27  

May 25

June 22

July 27

Aug. 24

Sept. 21

Oct. 19

Nov.  date not set

Dec. 14

 

Hope to see you on the 24th for a great presentation!

Webinar Info: CancerCare Free ConnectEd Workshops

Dear Facilitators and Co-Facilitators, 

CancerCare is once again hosting the following FREE ConnectEd Workshop that may be of interest to you, and your SPOHNC Chapter attendees. Please feel free to share.  

Progress in the Treatment of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer will be presented on Wednesday, March 9th from 1:30 to 2:30PM EST. Some of the topics to be discussed are Overview of Head and Neck Cancer, Key Questions in Making Treatment Decisions and The Role of Clinical Trials. 

To register, please go to www.cancercare.org/connect, or call 1-800-813-4673. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact CancerCare directly at 1-800-813-4673. 

Thank you for all that you do for those who are affected by oral, head and neck cancer.