Programs

For more information about any of the following free programs, please contact our office at (615) 467-1936 or toll-free (877) 467-1936.

Resource Center & Oncology Social Work Services

The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation’s Resource Center offers a treasure of cancer-related materials. Our lending library is stocked with an updated selection of educational and inspirational books, magazines, pamphlets, and audiovisual materials as well as computer access to bookmarked Internet cancer sites for research on up-to-date cancer information. Our oncology social workers are on staff each day to address concerns and to answer questions about cancer and its prevention, detection, and screening recommendations. Come by for a visit or contact them by phone or e-mail. As always, our services and programs are free of charge.

Nutritional Consultations & Recommendations

Scientists estimate that 30%-40% of all cancers could be prevented by eating a healthy diet, getting regular physical activity, and maintaining a healthy weight. Our Registered Dietitian is available daily for nutritional consultations to discuss the relevance of diet and cancer prevention. Believing “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything,” Kimberly Petersen, R.D., is dedicated to wellness and good nutrition. Come by for a visit or call or e-mail her to talk about the latest in nutritional findings as they relate to cancer prevention.

Click here to see the current nutrition/wellness guidelines to help you make choices that will significantly lower your cancer risk.  At the same time, you’ll be lowering your risk for a variety of other chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and adult-onset diabetes, while improving your overall health.more information about any of the following free programs, please contact our office at (615) 467-1936 or toll-free (877) 467-1936.

The MPCF offers transportation assistance to those breast cancer patients in Tennessee whose travel for treatment poses financial hardship. This transportation assistance is available through generous funding from the Greater Nashville Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and from the Tennessee Breast Cancer Control Coalition.

Join us for quarterly lunch and learn programs that address timely topics (such as nutrition, physical activity, emotional health, and well-being) related to cancer survivorship.  We offer these programs free of charge at our Resource Center, regardless of a participant’s treatment facility, and make them available to cancer survivors in or out of treatment, as well as family members, friends, caregivers, oncology professionals and anyone impacted by a cancer diagnosis. Click here for information about our upcoming Minnie Series.

The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation continues to offer free screening and diagnostic mammograms to women who are underinsured or uninsured through the Kroger “Giving Hope A Hand” Pink Tag campaign. This program has provided critical, life-saving screening for women who would otherwise be unable to receive mammography services. Contact a member of our Cancer Supportive Services staff for more information.

This DVD is an educational tool for those who want to better understand the implications of a cancer diagnosis in the workplace and to offer workplace support to employees during cancer treatment. Click here to learn more.

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