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The Colon Cancer Coalition at grand opening of cancer center

Emily Anleu — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:55:08 +0000

The Colon Cancer Coalition was pleased to be invited to the opening of the new Park Nicollet Frauenshuh Cancer Center in St. Louis Park on August 1st. The Center offers a continuum of care and a variety of services in one place. Meditation areas, educational resources, a chapel and comfortable family rooms are all provided. A healing garden has also been created where patients and families can rest and reenergize.

The Coalition welcomed visitors with our own Get Your Rear in Gear shopping bags, as well as critical information on screening. Adults were asked to test their knowledge with an intriguing Q&A game provided by our colleagues at the University of Minnesota. And we got the kids involved with a “Save a Duck” game; choose a duck from the pond with a spot or “polyp” on them, and save their life.

It was a busy morning and we thank everyone who stopped by to talk with us.

The Colon Cancer Coalition at cancer center grand opening

Philadelphia shares it’s success with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Emily Anleu — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:52:37 +0000

Maria Grasso, Chair of Get Your Rear in Gear Philadelphia, along with Co-Chairs Jenny Ashbrook and Shona Bradley, were pleased to present a check for $40,000 to Tom Lewis, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. This donation represents the proceeds of the inaugural Get Your Rear in Gear 5K event held on March 22, 2009. At a special reception organized by the hospital, the Get Your Rear in Gear committee and Mr. Lewis were joined by leadership from the Departments of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, along with representatives from the Kimmel Cancer Center.

Dr. Scott Goldstein Director Colon & Rectal Surgery and Dr. Edith Mitchell Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Jenny Ashbrook, Maria Grasso and Shona Bradley.

Tom J. Lewis, President & CEO of Jefferson University Hospital

Proceeds from Get Your Rear in Gear Philadelphia will support cutting edge research in colorectal cancer and compassionate care at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

The event committee is already working on next year’s event, scheduled for March 21, 2010. The Colon Cancer Coalition welcomes back sponsor Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and media partner NBC 10 for 2010. Look for more information on the event on Get Your Rear in Gear.com shortly.

Hope Floats: SS Colon Cruiser

Emily Anleu — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:30:40 +0000

Crew of the SS Colon Cancer

To promote colon cancer awareness, the staff and physicians of Regions Hospital Department of Gastroenterology built a boat to compete in this year’s Minneapolis Aquatennial milk carton boat races, held July 19 at Lake Calhoun. The S.S. Colon Cruiser actually did stay afloat, and won in the first heat of the race.

It took GI staff and other volunteers about a week to build the boat in the lobby of the HealthPartners Specialty Center 435, where patients and employees could monitor its progress. To ensure it would float, the boat required 258 empty milk jugs donated by employees from across the organization. This is the first time the gastroenterology department has participated in the milk carton boat races. We would love to do it again next year and race against other GI departments in the area. What better way to get the message out about screening.

The skipper and rowing crew of the S.S. Colon Cruiser (from left):Chris Shepela, MD; Jami Degnan; Sandeep Bahadur, MD; and Clay Ahrens.