February community events at the Cancer Center
The events listed below are community calendar postings offered through the University
of Colorado Cancer Center.
Thurs., Feb. 9: Kidney cancer patient and family
information and support group
Topic: Nutrition and Kidney Cancer
Speaker: Colleen Gill, MS RD
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Place: Room 3052, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion
Who: Patients, family members, caregivers
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center at 720-848-0268
Thurs., Feb. 9: Family night: Coping with cancer
Topic: Educational program for families coping with a cancer diagnosis.
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. (Dinner included)
Place: Anschutz Cancer Pavilion
Who: Families and children coping with a parent’s diagnosis of cancer.
Contact: Lori McKeon at 720-848-0249
Tues., Feb. 14: US TOO! Prostate cancer support group
Time: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Place: Room 3007, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute
Contact: Richard Donlan at 303-794-0891
Thurs., Feb. 23: Support group for families and children:
C.L.I.M.B. [Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery]
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. (Dinner included)
Place: Anschutz Cancer Pavilion
Who: Families coping with a cancer diagnosis
Contact: Lori McKeon at 720-848-0249
Tues., Feb. 28: Nutrition and cancer classes
Topic: Does Sugar Feed the Tumor? Stabilizing blood sugar and insulin levels.
Speaker: Colleen Gill, MS, RD
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Place: Room 3007, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute
Who: Community members, patients, family members
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center at 720-848-0268
Every other Wednesday in February:
Support group for husbands whose wives have cancer
Who: Husbands of women with cancer
Contact: Bennett Leslie, (720) 848-1090
**Please call for specific dates and to register**
For more information on cancer, support, resources, and events, visit the Cancer
Resource Center in Room 2015 or call (720) 848-0268. Also, please visit the calendar
on the Web at www.uccc.info/cancercalendar.
Founder of Rehab Recordings to host
public presentation at CeDAR
WHAT: An educational presentation about the power of music
in making lifestyle choices, specifically when it comes to addiction. The founder
of Rehab Records, Andy Pace, is an addiction counselor and musician whose recordings
tell a story about addiction to drugs and alcohol and recovery. This event is
free and open to the public.
WHO: Andy Pace, addiction counselor, musician and founder
of Rehab Recordings and the University of Colorado Hospital’s Center
for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation (CeDAR)
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 10, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
WHERE: CeDAR is located on the University of Colorado
at Denver and Health Sciences Center’s Fitzsimons campus in
Aurora at the intersection of Quentin Street and East 17th Avenue.
For more information and a detailed map, please visit www.CeDARColorado.org.
CeDAR is the only premier residential addiction treatment facility in the
Rocky Mountain region. It is the only addiction treatment center in the United
States that operates in collaboration with the Betty Ford Center, one of the
most successful and well-known residential treatment facilities in the country.
CeDAR officially opened to patients on Nov. 1.
PARKING: Anyone interested in attending the presentation
may park in the parking lot located across Quentin Street from CeDAR.
Feb. 27: Open forum with President Brown
CU President Hank Brown will be hosting an open forum on the Ninth Avenue
campus, February 27, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. The president will give a state of
the university address, answer questions and concerns and take suggestions
that members of the campus community want to bring forward.
New RTD route connects Boulder to Fitzsimons
The DM bus route offers service from Boulder to the Fitzsimons campus. Stops
include Park-n-Rides at Table Mesa in Boulder, Superior/Louisville, Broomfield
and Westminster.
There are three departure times leaving Boulder in the morning, and three
departure times leaving Fitzsimons in the evening. For route and schedule information,
call 303-299-6000 or go online at RTD-Denver.com.
UCH sponsors Colorado Colfax Marathon: Sign up now!
University of Colorado Hospital is proud to be a presenting sponsor of the inaugural
Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon to be held May 21, 2006.
Through this sponsorship, the hospital will be involved in a variety of aspects
including providing race day medical support and staffing.
The marathon course, which runs the length of Colfax Ave. – beginning in
Aurora and ending in Lakewood – will take a ‘jog’ into the
Fitzsimons campus on Ursula St., around the flagpole in front of historic Building
500, and back out Ursula St. to Colfax Ave.
The marathon, organized by a Colorado non-profit partnership,
has a mission to:
• Contribute to the economic redevelopment of the Colfax Avenue corridor
• Promote awareness of health and fitness among youth and adults
• Benefit local, youth oriented charitable organizations such as Colorado
Kids.
The 26.2 mile race includes a full and half marathon as well
as the following divisions:
• five-person relay teams
• wheelchair division
• open
• masters
• age groups
If you are interested in learning more about the marathon or being a participant,
please visit www.coloradocolfaxmarathon.com.
For those interested in raising extra money and joining a special running team
with extra perks like group training, please visit www.runnersedgeoftherockies.com/home.html.
For more information about participating to benefit local elementary age children
through the Colorado Kids charity, go to www.Coloradocolfaxmarathon.org/teamforkids.cfm
Volunteer Tutors and Mentors Needed for Grade School
Students
Palmer Elementary School, a Denver Public School PreK-5 school, is looking
for active community members to help tutor/mentor second through fifth grade
students in an evening tutoring program. The school is located at 995 Grape
St. in Denver.
Tutors participating in this program will:
Provide consistent
tutorial and personal mentoring during one-on-one sessions for 1-1/2 hours
each Tuesday that school is in session, 6-7:30 p.m.;
Transport student
to and from tutoring site. Students should be picked up around 5:30-5:45
p.m. to ensure being at tutoring on time;
Communicate
needs and updates to the liaison teacher;
Communicate
with student and volunteer coordinator when unable to attend; and to
Enjoy themselves
and have a sense of accomplishment in helping a child succeed!
If you have an interest in volunteering for this program, contact Kate Logan
at (720) 273-5357 or Kate_Logan@dpsk12.org.
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