UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 15

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NEWS & EVENTS

The UAB Comprehensive Cancer
Center recently received a $10,000
donation from the Hoover Public Safety
Charity Foundation for prostate cancer
research. The money was raised at the
3rd Annual “A Night of Laughter” and
presented at the Hoover Fire Department
Promotion and Awards Ceremony on
March 9.
Pictured (L to R): Hoover Mayor Gary
Ivey, Cancer Center Development Director
Chris Thomason, Chief JC Wingate and
UAB urologic oncologist Jeffrey Nix, M.D.

A Special Donation from a
Special Girl

Blazer Bolt
Representatives from the Blazer Bolt 5K recently visited
the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center to present a
donation from this year’s event, which was held in October
in downtown Homewood. This year’s race raised $34,000,
which will go toward brain tumor research at the Cancer
Center and Children’s of Alabama. Pictured, L to R: Dr.
Rhodemarie Maron, Shirley Gibbs, Dr. Alyssa Reddy, Jerri
Haslem and Dr. Burt Nabors

Elizabeth Barrineau, a resident of Santa Rosa Beach,
Florida, recently visited the UAB Comprehensive Cancer
Center to make a special donation. Elizabeth sold
Christmas ornaments made out of peppermint candy to
raise money in honor of her father who passed away from
oral cancer. Thanks to her efforts, she raised $600 for the
Cancer Center’s Bobby Jack Armstrong Fund.

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NEW LIGHT

Cancer Center Offers Survivors a FreshStart!

Hoover Fire Department
Makes Donation

C A N C E R

C E N T E R

For triple negative breast cancer
patients

[phone]

The UAB
Comprehensive Cancer
Center recently finished its
first FreshStart! program,
a free eight-week series of
classes geared to help cancer
survivors adopt healthier
lifestyle behaviors.
With the help of
supporters Cooking Light
magazine and the Norma
Livingston Ovarian Cancer
Foundation, the program
helped cancer survivors
make healthy diet and
exercise choices and better
manage stress.
Cancer survivors now
make up 4 percent of the
population in the United
States and are more likely
to have health issues
like obesity, diabetes,
osteoporosis, lung disease
and cardiovascular disease
after a cancer diagnosis.
Topics during the classes
included basic nutrition and
meal planning, super foods
and supplements, physical
activity, relaxation and
stress relief.
“FreshStart! is designed to support positive behavior change that is so important
for healthy outcomes and survival,” says Teri Hoenemeyer, director of Education and
Support Services at the Cancer Center. “Research indicates that survivors are more
willing to consider behavior changes following a cancer diagnosis. However, in many
communities, they lack the support and resources needed to do this. We are very
fortunate to have UAB in our own community and, with that, the research, resources
and expertise it offers to survivors. And, programs like FreshStart! help connect survivors
to support and services needed for a permanent shift toward a healthier lifestyle.”

# K N O W U A B C C C

C ANCER CENTER
SUPPORT GROUPS

BR AIN BUDDIES
For patients with malignant brain
tumors and their families

Cathie Robinson [phone]
NEW BEGINNINGS
For newly diagnosed breast cancer
patients

[phone] or 1 [phone]
C ANSURVIVE GYN C ANCER
SUPPORT GROUP
For ovarian, cervical and
endometrial cancer patients

[phone]
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA
SOCIET Y PATIENT AND
FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP
[phone]
SPIRITUALIT Y GROUP
[phone]
LOOK GOOD FEEL BET TER
[phone]
YOUNG BREA ST C ANCER
SURVIVORS SUPPORT
GROUP
For those diagnosed before the
age of 45

[phone]
VISIT UAB.EDU/C ANCER
FOR A COMPLETE LISTING

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