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LIFELINE
Volume 2 – Issue #1 March 2020

CANCER AWARENESS MONTHS…

March April May

Colorectal Cancer Testicular Cancer Brain Cancer

Multiple Myeloma Esophageal Cancer Melanoma & Skin Cancer
Kidney Cancer Head and Neck Cancer Bladder Cancer

WHAT WE DO…

Where the Money Goes / Fiscal Year 2020- June 1, 2019 to February 29,2020
Christmas Dinners for cancer patients $ 4,159
Gas cards for transportation $ 3,625
Food Cards for groceries $ 6,900
Financial aid (rent, utilities, misc.) $21,171
Total $35,855

For fiscal year 2020 (June 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020) volunteers at the DCCS office
have given 110 hats/turbans and/or scarves; 87 wigs and 38 breast prosthesis and/or bras.
Our volunteers also assisted 1017 visitors and answered 429 telephone calls. Our
volunteers logged 1,029.50 hours.
During this time period, Douglas County cancer patients came to us with many
different types of cancer including breast, brain, bladder, cervical, colon, endometrial,

esophageal, follicular lymphoma, leukemia, lymphoma, liver, lung, larynx, mal
neoplasm, mesothelioma, multiple myeloma, neck, ovarian, non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma, pancreatic, prostrate, rectal, stomach, uterine and waldenstroms
macroglobulinemia.
It is an honor to assist cancer patients, help to 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!
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