July Cancer Center events
Please see the events listed below for community calendar postings offered
through the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
Wednesday, July 5: Brain Tumor Support Group
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Place: Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, Room 2005
Who: Patients, family members, caregivers
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center, 720-848-0268 for more information
Thursday, July 6: Stage 4 Cancer Support Group
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, Room 3052
Who: patients, family members, caregivers
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center, 720-848-0268
Thursday, July 6: Lung Cancer Support Group
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Place: Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, Room 3052
Who: Patients, family members, caregivers
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center, 720-848-0268
Thursday, July 13: Kidney Cancer Patient and Family Information and
Support Group
Topic: Clinical Updates and Kidney Cancer
Speaker: Harry Drabkin, MD
Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Place: Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, Room 3052
Who: Patients, family members, caregivers
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center, 720-848-0268
Wednesday, July 19: Couples Support Group for Women with Cancer and
their Partners.
Time: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Place: Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, Room 3052
Who: Women with cancer and their partners
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center, 720-848-0268
Thursday, July 20: Lung Cancer Support Group
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Place: Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, 3052
Who: Patients, family members, caregivers
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center, 720-848-0268
Friday, July 21: Dealing with Breast Cancer Together Group
Let a nurse, physical therapist, Reach to Recovery volunteer and social
worker help guide and support you during your breast cancer treatment
and recovery
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Place: Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, Room 3326
Who: Women with breast cancer and their supporters.
Contact: The Cancer Resource Center, 720-848-0268
For more information on cancer, support, resources, and events please visit
the Cancer Resource Center in Room 2015 at the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion or
call (720)
848-0268.
Also, please visit the calendar on the Web at www.uccc.info/cancercalendar.
Volunteers needed for KidSpree
Volunteers are needed for Aurora’s annual KidSpree, July 15-16. Colorado’s
largest outdoor festival for kids features a weekend of free activities
and entertainment at Bicentennial Park at Alameda and Potomac, just west
of I-225.
Volunteers are needed to help with more than 60 interactive activities,
from creating enormous party hats and designing paperclip jewelry to guidance
along life-size board games and through a giant maze. Morning and afternoon
shifts are available, and all volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and
lunch.
To volunteer or for more information, visit www.auroragov.org/volunteer,
or call Susan Everett at 303/326-8618 or severett@auroragov.org.
Annual Donor
Dash set for July 16
The annual Donor Dash, a 5K run/walk, begun in 2000 to raise awareness
for the tremendous need for organ and tissue donation in Colorado and
Wyoming, will be held July 16 at Washington Park in Denver.
This event celebrates
the gift of life – honoring those who were organ and tissue donors
and those who have received transplants. The Donor Dash also recognizes
those who are still waiting for a life-saving or life-enhancing transplant.
The “University of Colorado Transplant” team has been established
and everyone is invited to join (employees, patients, friends of the Transplant
Program). The largest team that registers will be entered into a drawing
for a chance to win top prizes, so encourage your friends and family to
register as team members.
To register, visit www.active.com before noon on July 15. (Please indicate
the Team name). No team registration after the deadline or on race day.Summer
blood donations
Blood donations nationwide decrease during the summer months but overall
usage remains the same. Give the gift of life and support the patients
of the University of Colorado Hospital.
When you donate this summer you will receive a t-shirt and, of course,
that good feeling of helping save one of our patients’ lives. The
blood donor centers are accepting both platelet and whole blood donations.
The platelet donation takes about 1 – 1 1⁄2 hours and can
save up to four lives and the whole blood donation takes about 30 minutes
and saves two lives.
To donate, please contact one of the blood donor centers:
•
9th and Colorado – basement of Critical Care Tower, room CC027,
open Monday – Thursday, 303-372-0494
•
Fitzsimons – Cancer Pavilion, 2nd floor, room 2005, open Monday – Thursday,
720-848-1230
Contact via email at donorcenter@uch.edu
Lori Wolf House at CeDAR dedicated
The Lori Wolf House, a new resource center whose core mission is to support
patients recovering from alcohol and drug dependencies, was dedicated
June 16 at University of Colorado Hospital’s Center for Dependency,
Addiction and Rehabilitation (CeDAR).
The Wolf family, friends, donors and hospital staff gathered for a private
ceremony at CeDAR, located on the Fitzsimons campus.
Named after a young woman who struggled with a dependency herself, the
Lori Wolf House is a Victorian-style home that dates back several decades
on the Fitzsimons site. Formerly called the Commander’s House, it
recently was renovated thanks to a $500,000 gift from Elaine Wolf, mother
of the late Lori Wolf.
Doctors and staff believe the house will be a centerpiece for patients
at CeDAR, a state-of-the-art treatment facility that opened in November.
The Lori Wolf House stands in a shaded area on the west side of the campus,
next to new residential buildings that were built in a redwood, alpine-style
reminiscent of Colorado’s mountain resort hotels.
“
The Lori Wolf House will offer our patients a safe, caring place to hold
alumni gatherings, peer-to-peer programs, meetings and other events, but
it will be so much more than that. More than a support facility, the house
will be a home and a beacon of hope for those committed to overcoming alcohol
and drug dependencies,” said CeDAR Executive Director Franklin Lisnow.
CeDAR is unique to the Rocky Mountain region and serves as University
of Colorado Hospital’s main dependency treatment center. It features
secluded courtyards, ponds, paths and trails for exercise and meditation.
For more information, visit www.cedarcolorado.org
Volunteers needed for
student research on employee wellness programs
Are you interested in participating in a student research study about
employee wellness programs?
If so, please complete the attached
survey and return (as an attachment) to:
Kim.gall@uchsc.edu.
If you have any questions, please contact Kim Gall at 303-724-3153. If you
have already filled out this survey, you don’t need to complete another
one.
Please note that e-mail addresses will only be kept until data collection
is complete to ensure no duplicate surveys are received. Once data collection
is complete, the e-mail addresses will be permanently deleted. Your e-mail
address will not be shared with anyone. Only the survey results will
be used in the analysis.
Magazines
needed
Last year the volunteers at University of Colorado Hospital distributed
more than 16,000 donated magazines throughout the hospital and clinics
for patients and visitors to read. Because of the ongoing demand,
there is a
constant need of magazines that are less than six months old.
Please drop off your donations of magazines to the University of
Colorado Hospital, 12605 E. 16th Ave. If you have any questions,
please contact
the Volunteer Services CARE Team at 303-372-8448 or volunteer@uch.edu.
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