You can help raise funds to support these free, vital services for kids and families by participating in CancerCare’s Cupcakes for a Cause^® fundraiser. Here’s how:

• During Cupcakes for a Cause Week, September 20-26,visit one of  over 700 participating bakeries across the U.S. and purchase a cupcake (or two!). Participating bakeries will donate a portion of the proceeds from cupcake sales to CancerCare. Find a bakery near you.
• Show your creativity by creating a free e-Cupcake to send to a loved one.  Our sponsor, göt2b, will donate $1 for every e-Cupcake sent in September, up to $10,000. Send one now!
• Host your own bake sale and donate the proceeds to CancerCare for Kids.  It’s easy—simply download a free toolkit, sponsored by göt2b, that provides tips on how to coordinate and promote your bake sale, along with ready-made flyers and signs. 

To learn more, visit www.cupcakesforacause.org

Celebrities dropping in at the SLS Hotel’s swag lounge shared their “personal acts of caring” on the program’s Facebook page.  For each act posted, Tic Tac brand will donate $5* to CancerCare’s free, professional support services for people facing cancer.

CancerCare got a mention in a recent Los Angeles Times article (8/26) examining how swag lounges for Hollywood celebrities are increasingly emphasizing their charitable tie-in’s and forgoing the traditional high-end loot offered in previous years.

Check out the celebrity shout-outs on Shake, Share & Care’s Facebook page, and post your own personal act of caring to support CancerCare.

*(up to $100,000).

Donna’s Dance Center offers hip hop, jazz, tap, ballet and many other dance classes for all ages.  Please call the center at 631-399-7033 to register for classes and to learn more about the programs they offer.

We encourage you to visit their Facebook page and become a fan!

CancerCare of Long Island was founded to ensure that Long Island residents had full access to all of CancerCare’s free support services including counseling, education and financial assistance.

Fighting Cancer inspires patients to feel in control at a time when they may feel powerless. The many topics the book discusses include:

• What cancer is and how it spreads

• How to reconcile emotional needs alongside medical treatment

• Why particular treatment strategies are chosen and how they work

• How patients can visualize treatments at work in the body and why this is helpful

You can order a copy of the book here, or through Amazon.com.

We also encourage you to visit Dr. Frank’s Fighting Cancer blog.

CancerCare’s ASCO-Sponsored Patient Advocacy Booth allowed our representatives to interact with health care professionals from across the country — and around the world — to promote our free support services for anyone affected by cancer.

ASCO President Douglas W. Blaney, MD, with CancerCare’s Monica Cavazos Mendez

Complete ASCO Annual Meeting coverage, including research summaries, podcasts, and video can be found on ASCO’s website.

CancerCare’s publication, Your Guide to the Latest Research and Treatments: Highlights from ASCO 2010, will be available soon.  Please stay posted for updates!

Select wineries, inns and restaurants across Long Island wine country are offering special promotions all month long benefitting CancerCare. They will provide exceptional rosé wines for sampling, and one dollar from every bottle sold will be contributed to our organization’s free cancer support services.    

Don’t miss your chance to experience exclusive tours, fun events, and special offers on food and wine, all for a great cause. Visit the Long Island Wine Country website, www.liwines.com, for a complete listing of participating restaurants and wineries, as well as information about transportation and accommodations.

On Monday, April 12, CancerCare Director of Education and Training Carolyn Messner will join host Victoria Bond and composers Harold Meltzer, Sebastian Currier, Laurie San Martin, Sean Shepherd, Kristin Kuster, Jeremy Thurlow and Anna Weesner in a discussion about the therapeutic value of music during treatment.

The event, held at Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater (Broadway at 95^th St.) begins at 6:30 p.m. with the panel discussion, followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m.

“As a recent breast cancer survivor, I learned from a fellow patient the benefit of having music played when undergoing radiation treatments,” says Messner.  “I requested my favorite classical music to be played. It was transformative for me, the time went quickly and the music enabled me to tolerate the treatments.”

“Many people find music to be a fabulous distraction from what is happening around them during treatment,” adds Messner, noting that most treatment centers offer patients the option of listening to music during treatment. “Patients can certainly find it soothing and relaxing, and some even prefer to dial the volume as loud as it can go in order to feel energized.  Having the ability to select what they listen to and how loud they listen to it  brings a sense of control, and really can completely change a person’s mood.”

Tickets are $20 ($18 for Symphony Space members); students and seniors,  $15.  Purchase tickets online at www.symphonyspace.org.

The CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation provides up to $10,000 per year in co-payment assistance to eligible individuals facing renal cell carcinoma or colorectal cancer.

CancerCare has also responded to the needs of people facing kidney cancer by hosting Connect Education Workshops that offer information about research and treatment in kidney cancer and offering informative kidney cancer publications in our ever-expanding online reading room.

To learn about treatment updates for colorectal cancer, listen to our most recent Connect Education Workshop, Emerging Treatments for Colorectal Cancer: What’s New? Other Connect Education Workshops have explored colorectal cancer topics such as improved treatment options through clinical trials and updates on genetic testing for recurrence.

Additionally, this month’s Ask CancerCare column gives you an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about coping with colorectal cancer.

For more resources on these cancers, visit the diagnoses pages on our website. 

Support CancerCare by attending the 2nd Annual Sweet Charity: Candy for a Cause event, hosted by CancerCare’s Junior Committee.
Join us for an evening of hors d’oeuvres, drinks, cupcakes, candy and psychic readings at Dylan’s Candy Bar, with proceeds to benefit CancerCare.

Date & Time:
Thursday, February 11, 2010
7:00 – 10:00 PM

Tickets:
$50 per person (advance purchase)
$60 (at the door)
 
Location:
Dylan’s Candy Bar
1011 Third Avenue (3rd Ave & 60th St)
New York, NY

Directions:
Subway: N, R, W, 4, 5, 6 to Lexington Avenue/59th Street

Tickets may be purchased online by visiting:
http://www.cancercare.org/sweetcharity

For more information, contact Bertie Downs, Special Events Coordinator, at 212-712-8337 or bdowns@cancercare.org

Get answers to these and other questions in 100 Questions & Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer (2nd Ed., 2009). The book offers practical guidance for caregivers, family members and friends on how to deal with common concerns arising from a cancer diagnosis.

Co-authored by Richard T. Hara, Ph.D., MSSW, CancerCare’s director of online services, and Susannah L. Rose, MS, MSSW, the book is available from Barnes & Noble, which will donate a portion of the book sale to CancerCare when you link from our website and purchase it online.