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Volunteer Services and Auxiliary

Major Contributions to the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
from the Cancer Institute Auxiliary
1997 – Early 2008
  • $740,000 in direct grants to Cancer Institute physicians, cancer programs in Arkansas and the Cancer Institute Foundation
  • $485,500 to the UAMS Family Home and Cancer Institute Auxiliary Cancer Support Center
    (The auxiliary is the largest monetary donor to the Family Home.)
  • $200,000 pledge over 4 years (the first three payments totaling $150,000 were made in 2006, 2007 and early 2008) for a new digital mammogram machine already in use
  • $25,000 for the bone marrow transplant waiting room in Ward Tower
  • $25,000 sponsor of the 1999 Charles William Rasco, III Endowed Symposium on Oncology
  • $22,000 to Dr. Steve Harms Breast Imaging Project
  • $30,254 from Miracle Star projects to the patient support fund

The total donated for this period of time is $1,477,754

2007 Cancer Institute Auxiliary Grants & Donations
(given in March 2008)
  • UAMS Family Home and Cancer Institute Cancer Support Center
  • HOPE, Inc. (Helping Oncology Patient’s Excel) in Northwest Arkansas for Emergency Assistance Program
  • Clinic visits and associated diagnostics for uninsured and underinsured women who present with breast abnormalities identified by the Modular Mammography Program
  • Patient education/screening/navigation for prostate cancer patients
  • Post-mastectomy bras and pads
  • Free wigs for each new female patient who is losing her hair
  • Blanket warmers for CARTI/UAMS
  • Weight control program for breast cancer patients
  • Prosthesis and Wig Boutique for Cancer Support Home in Northwest Arkansas
  • Housing assistance for multiple myeloma patients
  • Be a Survivor books that physicians give to patients and use to explain breast cancer treatment options
  • Underwriting for the free prostate screening program
  • Underwriting for free head and neck screening program
  • Knitting needles and yarn for the Knit-and-Chat support group at the UAMS Family Home
  • Waiting room supplies for the myeloma and all other waiting rooms in the Cancer Institute

 


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