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Cancer-Fighting Funds
The mission of the Harold & Carole Pump Foundation is to raise funds for the treatment and cure of cancer. By engaging the community, sports leaders, and those touched by this disease, financial support is given to procure cancer-fighting technology and develop cancer treatments, programs and services.
• Free Cancer Screenings: Thanks to the generosity of the Harold & Carole Pump Foundation, the hospital hosted 12 FREE “Reaching Out” health fairs where free breast screening exams were provided to 615 people who are uninsured or under-insured.
• Education: The Outreach Program’s staff attended 74 community events and educated 8,655 people on cancer awareness in English and Spanish.
• Family Plan Fund: This plan assists patients and their families with payment for services, equipment needs, home health care, and transportation to and from the Leavey Cancer Center. In FY19, this
program provided over 206 hours of in-home care for patients.
In addition, a $10,000 grant from the Pfizer Healthcare Foundation
provided rides for nearly 500 patients, many of whom are seniors who no longer drive and are exhausted after treatment.
Pump Foundation Celebrity Dinner
The 18th Annual Harold & Carole Pump Foundation Celebrity Dinner raised $500,000 for Northridge Hospital’s Carole Pump Women’s Center, Harold
& Carole Pump Department of Radiation Oncology and the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Cancer Center. Honorees included Rod Carew, Reggie Jackson,
Bill Walton & Mark Kerner, MD, F.A.C.S.
The Harold and Carole Pump Celebrity Dinner honored Rod Carew with the 2018 Lifetime of Achievement Award. From left to right: Dave Winfield, Al Downing, Dana Pump, Rod Carew, Bo Jackson, Scott Erikson and
David Pump.
BATTLING CANCER
“I would like to express my sincere gratefulness for this wonderful service. To be able to have my mammogram in this facility and at no cost is a blessing. When you have a family history of breast cancer having a mammogram is stressful, but knowing that I have a place to be taken care of brings relief ”
– Garcia S., Grateful Patient
“As an elderly cancer patient being treated here, I am forever indebted. And I am certain that many other patients share my gratitude.” – Elizabeth, Grateful Patient
GRANT PREVENTION FORWARD PROGRAM
The California Department of Public Health Provides $61,680 Grant for the Prevention Forward Program
The Center for Healthier Communities and the hospital’s Chronic Disease Transitional Care Program are partnering on the Prevention Forward Program which helps people with pre-diabetes, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke. The program supports positive patient outcomes through self-management strategies including tracking blood pressure and glucose, participation in Nationally Accredited Lifestyle Change Classes, and Comprehensive Medication Management. Northridge Hospital offers Activate Your Heart, an eight-week program, and the six week Diabetes Empowerment Education Program. Both programs offer cooking demonstrations, stress management techniques, grocery store tours, group exercise, and health screenings to help participants enjoy the benefits of
a healthier, more energetic lifestyle. This grant was for the initial phase of the program and the California Department of Public Health will continue funding in FY 2020.