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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 UAMS Family Home.)
- $200,000 pledge over four years (the first three payments totaling $150,000 were made in 2006, 2007 and early 2008) for a new digital mammogram machine
- $25,000 for the bone marrow transplant waiting room in UAMS Medical Center's E Wing
- $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.
2008 Cancer Institute Auxiliary Grants & Donations
(given in April 2009)
- HOPE, Inc. (Helping Oncology Patients 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 Cancer Institute female patient who is losing her hair
- Patient Information and Education Kiosk at CARTI/UAMS
- Prosthesis and Wig Boutique for Cancer Support Home in Northwest Arkansas
- Chemotherapy Start-up/Safety Kits for Multiple Myeloma Patients
- Breast Cancer Education Material
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