The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation is proud to announce a $25,000 grant from the Kroger “Giving Hope A Hand” Pink Tag campaign fund. Melissa Eads, Kroger community relations manager, officially presented the award Tuesday, January 29. Click here to read more.
One of only 20 community nonprofit organizations across the country - and the only one in Tennessee - The Foundation was recently awarded a generous grant from The Lance Armstrong Foundation to launch Life Coaching for Living Beyond Cancer. This program empowers survivors with self-advocacy skills as they redirect their life priorities following a cancer diagnosis. Call (615) 467-1936 for more information.
Stay tuned for more information about our 6th annual Young Adult Cancer Survivor Retreat to be held in spring 2009. Plans are underway now for another magical weekend of fun, laughter, camaraderie, and priceless survivorship information-sharing sessions...details to be announced soon!
Each year at our annual Young Adult Cancer Survivor Retreat, participants wow us with their artistic skills during art sessions held throughout the weekend retreat. To honor their work and to share their paintings from the heart, we are making note card sets of survivor art now available for purchase (12 note cards per box - $15). Click the left picture to enlarge.
The 2008 Pearl Ball, presented by StoneCrest Medical Center and benefiting The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation, will be held Saturday, October 18th at The Sam Davis Home in Smyrna, Tennessee. Dollars raised at the Pearl Ball are earmarked for cancer research and education in Rutherford County. 
Keys for a Cause Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 7:00pm – 11:00pm at the Nashville City Center Benefiting the Young Adults Cancer Survivor Retreat. Click here to visit the website for additional info, tickets, silent auction and more.
October 18 & 19 at Nashville SuperSpeedway
Fall Festival focusing on Breast Cancer
Silent auctions 6-8p.m. FridayMySpace Profile
FOR TRAVEL ASSISTANCEThe grant was awarded by the Greater Nashville Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The funds are being used to provide financial assistance to breast cancer patients whose travel from rural areas to Metropolitan Nashville area hospitals for treatment poses financial hardship.
Cancer In The Workplace, developed by The Foundation, is an educational resource for companies that want to better understand the implications of a cancer diagnosis among their employees, as well as to offer better workplace support to employees during cancer treatment. Click here to read more.
“Freedom from Smoking” A group meets every Tuesday from 6 – 7 p.m. at the Patient Resource Center. This group is free of charge. Please call (615) 467-1936 for more details.
