Breast And Gyn Health Project

Health-General and Rehabilitative: Community education and outreach program - Although BGHP is best known for our direct services to people with cancer, we also provide high quality community health education. BGHP tables at a diverse variety of health/wellness events. We conducted presentations to a variety of audiences throughout the year. Our twice annual newsletter has educational content and copies were mailed to supporters, mailed to healthcare offices throughout the region. Copies of all newsletters are on our website, www.bghp.org.

Health-General and Rehabilitative: Volunteer Program - Volunteers have inspired hope and healthy cancer survivorship throughout BGHPs 28 years. Volunteers help ensure that local people facing cancer can have access to the best outcome possible with compassionate, healing support. 173 volunteers contributed over 3,348 hours of time. They led support groups, maintained the library, knitted chemo-hats, warmline volunteers checked-in via weekly calls to clients, others put together chemokits, and medical record binders to help clients newly diagnosed and in treatment. Volunteers also helped with multitude of fundraising activities.