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LIFELINE
               Volume 1 – Issue #11                                                                       JUNE 2019

            WHAT WE DO…

            Where the Money Goes                   Fiscal Year 2019/ June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019
            Christmas food boxes for cancer patients                                        $  3,671
            Gas cards for transportation                                                    $ 5,225
            Food Cards for groceries                                                        $ 7,100
            Financial aid (rent, utilities, misc.)                                         $17,505
                                                Total                                      $33,501

              For fiscal year 2019 (June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019) volunteers at the DCCS office have given 150
          hats/turbans and/or scarves; 176 wigs; 42 breast prosthesis and/or bras. Our volunteers also assisted
          1,250 visitors and answered 650 telephone calls.  During this time, our volunteers have logged 2,373.67
          hours.
              During this time period, Douglas County cancer patients came to us with many different types of
          cancer including brain, breast, bladder, bone, lymph node, bowel, stomach, cervical, colon,
          esophageal, genetic hemochromatosis glioblastoma, leukemia, large cell lymphoma, liver, lung,
          macroglobulinemia, malignant neoplasm of cloacogenic zone, myeloma, oral, ovarian, tongue,
          pancreatic, peritoneal, prostrate, rectal, shunt, thyroid, tonsil and lymphnode, uterine and
          waldenstroms macroglobulinoma cancers.
              It is an honor to assist cancer patients, ease their burden and allow for them to focus on healing.
              The DCCS Board of Directors constantly strive to provide support and services to cancer patients. If
          you or anyone you know is in need of the support and services DCCS provides, please contact us or go to
          our website at http://www.dccancerservices.com/programs.html. The need for continued funding is
          ongoing. Please support our fundraising events.
                We thank you for your support!


          We enjoyed the evening at the Josh Bidwell Foundation dinner and our picture with Josh Bidwell! Left
          to right, Candy Shipley Board of Directors Secretary; Jackie Barnett Board of Directors Chair; Sharon
          Carlson Board of Directors Vice Chair; Josh Bidwell; Karen Bartley Board of Directors Finance
          Manager; Karen Prowell Board of Directors Volunteer Coordinator and Linda Guadan Volunteer
          Extraordinaire!  We also provided wigs for the golfers the next day at the Josh Bidwell Golf
          Tournament.  That was fun!!
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