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<strong>CanCare</strong>, Inc. provides<br />

one-on-one, emotional<br />

support for cancer<br />

patients and their families.<br />

Number Four 2011<br />

Team <strong>CanCare</strong> WanTs You!<br />

Cheer, run or Walk for <strong>CanCare</strong> in the houston Marathon January 15, 2012<br />

Team <strong>CanCare</strong> has an awesome<br />

group of runners and walkers for<br />

the upcoming Chevron Houston<br />

Marathon. Even if you’re not a marathon<br />

runner, you can still join the team and<br />

participate in the 5K, plus you’ll get one of<br />

our free Team <strong>CanCare</strong> t-shirts! Sign up at<br />

www.teamcancare.org.<br />

Cheerleaders and supporters are<br />

welcome on race day at our “Hoopla Site,”<br />

sponsored by Williams. We will have<br />

live music playing while we cheer on the<br />

team as they near the finish line. Email<br />

amyt@cancare.org for a map and directions<br />

to our spot on the race course.<br />

Team <strong>CanCare</strong> has participated as an<br />

official “Run for a Reason” charity in the<br />

<strong>Happy</strong><br />

<strong>Holidays</strong><br />

from the Staff<br />

at <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

Houston Marathon every year since 1996.<br />

Over the years, Team <strong>CanCare</strong>’s<br />

dedicated participants have<br />

raised over $1 million in<br />

support of the organization.<br />

Our team is unique in that it<br />

offers an opportunity for runners<br />

and walkers to dedicate their race<br />

to someone special affected by<br />

cancer, and it is entirely supported by<br />

sponsors and in-kind donors so that<br />

all funds raised go directly to <strong>CanCare</strong>.<br />

Everyone who participates is invited to our<br />

exclusive pasta party before race day and<br />

after party at Cadillac Bar!<br />

Thanks to everyone who attended the<br />

Marathon Kickoff event at Memorial Park!<br />

Front L to R: Tommy Thompson, Nancy Tucker, Amy Tanner, Mark Downs<br />

Back L to R: Pat Weatherspoon-Hall, Anne McCluan, Rachel Gonzales, Kim Akel, Bert Davila, Debbie Edmondson, Nicole Dixon


a Message froM <strong>CanCare</strong> President, nanCy tuCker<br />

The GifT of hope<br />

Over the years, we have depended on the generosity<br />

of those who believe in our mission and have<br />

been willing to support our growth with financial<br />

support. Because of that support, we have experienced<br />

tremendous growth.<br />

In the past two years, our one-on-one matches of volunteers<br />

with new clients have grown 35%. Our hospital visitations<br />

are up 41% over last year. (This year we expect to do over<br />

12,000 hospital visits.) We have expanded our training of<br />

volunteers to other parts of the country and thanks to the<br />

internet we are serving people all over the world.<br />

While we are proud of these accomplishments, we are<br />

reaching only a fraction of those who have heard those three<br />

Colorado Springs Volunteers<br />

words, “you have cancer.”<br />

The need is so great and<br />

we can’t begin to meet the<br />

demands.<br />

In this season of giving,<br />

a gift from you will help<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> volunteers provide<br />

the gift of hope to thousands<br />

of people who are struggling with a diagnosis of cancer. You<br />

can make a difference. As Robert Green Ingersoll said, “We<br />

rise by lifting others.” With your gift you will be helping<br />

people you will never know live better lives that you are not a<br />

part of ….What a gift!<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> WelComes hines as<br />

a CorporaTe parTner<br />

Hines is a large, family-owned, real estate investment, development and<br />

management firm with offices in more than 100 cities on four continents. The<br />

firm’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Stephanie Fore comments,<br />

“Unfortunately, cancer has touched all our lives in some way and will continue to do so.<br />

We are proud to partner with <strong>CanCare</strong> in bringing hope, along with a vast array of resources, to help employees cope with the disease,<br />

whether the diagnosis is personal, or that of a friend or family member.”<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> is excited to announce the formation of two new congregational partners:<br />

Grand Lakes Presbyterian Church of Katy and Johns Creek Presbyterian Church of Johns Creek, GA.<br />

Both congregations will be highlighted in our next issue.<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> is proud to welcome 17 new<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> volunteers who completed<br />

training July 29-31 at <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

member congregation, First Presbyterian<br />

Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We<br />

give a special thanks to Rev. Jim Singleton for<br />

graciously allowing the space to host our event,<br />

and Rev. John Goodale, Dr. Matthew Logsdon,<br />

Shirley Wilson-Barnes, Don Pollitt, Rod<br />

and Leslie Bernsen, Ed and Dorothy Abbott,<br />

Phyllis McCoy, Joe Dionisio, Susie Jenkins,<br />

Kathy Nelson, Linda Pung, Sheila Maio and<br />

Kay Dingwell for their help. Our active group<br />

of existing <strong>CanCare</strong> volunteers in Colorado<br />

also completed continuing education classes<br />

during the same weekend.<br />

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Some of <strong>CanCare</strong>’s Colorado-based volunteers: Kathy Nelson, Linda Pung, Susie Jenkins, Bill Monroe,<br />

Leslie Bernsen, Rod Bernsen, Dorothy Abbott, Ed Abbott, Phyllis McCoy


<strong>CanCare</strong> Welcomes Mark<br />

Downs as the New Director<br />

of Congregational and<br />

Corporate Relations<br />

Mark Downs began his career in 1993 as an ordained<br />

Presbyterian minister. In 1997 he was diagnosed with<br />

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and took 18 months off<br />

to fight and survive the cancer. During that time he discovered<br />

and received care from <strong>CanCare</strong>. As a survivor, he went through<br />

the training and became a <strong>CanCare</strong> volunteer. Now he is bringing<br />

his experience as a pastor and as a<br />

cancer survivor to help <strong>CanCare</strong>. Mark<br />

is a graduate of Westminster College<br />

in Fulton, Missouri and Columbia<br />

Theological Seminary in Decatur,<br />

Georgia. He is married to Rev. Becky<br />

Downs, pastor of John Knox Presbyterian<br />

Church and they have two children,<br />

Lizzie a sophomore at Houston Christian<br />

High School (a Silver Spur), and Sam,<br />

a first grader at Holy Spirit Episcopal (a<br />

Lego master builder). In his spare time, Mark likes to mess with<br />

anything that has a motor.<br />

Welcome <strong>CanCare</strong>’s 55th<br />

Class of Volunteers<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> is proud to welcome 23 new <strong>CanCare</strong> volunteers<br />

who completed training October 14-16 at <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

member congregation, Christ Church United Methodist<br />

in The Woodlands. We give a special thanks to Rev. Daniel T.<br />

Hannon, for graciously allowing the space to host our event, and<br />

Rev. Marc Donaldson, Dr. Luis Camacho, Rachel Birney, Sherea<br />

Cary, Teresa Doyle, Pam Salter, Jennifer Kiser, Larry Latimer,<br />

Renee Messina, Tom and Kyle Siefert and of course our lead<br />

trainers Pat Hogan-Korge and Roy Davis, who assisted in making<br />

the training a success. Congratulations to our newest group of<br />

volunteers.<br />

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GifT of hope Cards<br />

This holiday season give a “Gift of Hope.” This<br />

opportunity offered by <strong>CanCare</strong> allows you to give<br />

a gift in someone’s honor or memory and proceeds<br />

will make a difference in the lives of cancer patients and<br />

their families.<br />

To give<br />

a “Gift of<br />

Hope,” make<br />

a donation to<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> for<br />

any amount.<br />

Mark your<br />

check with<br />

“A Gift of<br />

Hope Card,”<br />

and include the recipient’s name and address,<br />

and who the donation is honoring.<br />

Mail to: <strong>CanCare</strong>, Inc. 9575 Katy Freeway, Suite 428,<br />

Houston, TX 77024. Your designated recipient will receive<br />

a special card letting them know of your gift to <strong>CanCare</strong>, in<br />

their honor or in memory of their loved one.<br />

annual ClerGY lunCh<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong>’s Annual Clergy Luncheon was held November<br />

2, 2011 at member congregation, Chapelwood United<br />

Methodist Church. Guest keynote speaker, Virgil Fry,<br />

D.Min., Executive Director, Lifeline Chaplaincy, lead the topic<br />

“Difficult Journeys: Companionship, Hope and Renewal.” A very<br />

special thanks to HBL Architects and JD Miner Systems for their<br />

long time commitment of once again underwriting the event,<br />

and to new <strong>CanCare</strong> Director of Congregational and Corporate<br />

Relations, Mark Downs, for sharing his personal story as a cancer<br />

survivor, <strong>CanCare</strong> client and now <strong>CanCare</strong> volunteer.<br />

Tommy Thompson, Virgil Fry, Mark Downs<br />

713.461.0028


2nd annual <strong>CanCare</strong> ConvenTion<br />

Congratulations to <strong>CanCare</strong>’s<br />

outstanding award recipients<br />

at the 2nd Annual <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

Convention:<br />

• Big Heart Award<br />

Gladys Williams<br />

• Volunteer Team of the Year<br />

Bill and Sarah McCall<br />

• Spirit of Volunteerism<br />

Carol Lewis, RN and Oncology Nurse<br />

Navigator at Memorial Hermann The<br />

Woodlands Hospital<br />

• Hospital Volunteer of the Year<br />

Chris Tinsley, Hospital Volunteer at<br />

The Methodist Hospital<br />

• Volunteer of the Year<br />

Dianne Stewart<br />

James and Dianne Stewart<br />

Pam Blacklock, Estelle and Duane Gilbert,<br />

Teresa and Bruce Triplett<br />

Chris Tinsley<br />

Members of the Board served as hosts for<br />

the “<strong>CanCare</strong> Event Exhibit” and guests<br />

were entertained by comedian and worldrenowned<br />

juggler Scott Burton during<br />

dinner.<br />

Day 2 of the Convention offered Pilates<br />

by Sandy Castillo, followed by volunteer<br />

continuing education and fellowship, with<br />

the following breakout sessions:<br />

• Palliative Care: What is it? by Dr. Don<br />

Dumlao with PCS<br />

• Spirituality and Cancer by Sue Teall,<br />

author of “Why Me? Oh God,<br />

Why Not Me?”<br />

• Dealing with Cancer in the Workplace<br />

by Joe Bontke, EEOC<br />

Wanda Johnson and Jan Tobias<br />

Dr. Mauro Ferrari , Kim Akel, Bill Hall<br />

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The luncheon keynote concluded our day<br />

with his touching presentation on “The<br />

Future of Nanomedicine and Treating<br />

Cancer” by Dr. Mauro Ferrari, President<br />

and CEO of The Methodist Hospital<br />

Research Institute. The audience gave him<br />

a standing ovation for the work he has<br />

contributed to the future of treating cancer.<br />

Heartfelt thanks to the Volunteer<br />

Programs Committee who planned<br />

the event, as well as all of the speakers,<br />

volunteers and guests who participated in<br />

the <strong>CanCare</strong> Convention. For more photos<br />

of this year’s <strong>CanCare</strong> Convention, go to<br />

https://www.facebook.com/<strong>CanCare</strong>Inc.<br />

It was a wonderful success and plans are<br />

already underway for the 2012 <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

Convention!<br />

John and Jill Pavlas,<br />

Beverly and Warren Bright<br />

Elizabeth Tate-Davis & Sandy Castillo


Volunteer Spotlight:<br />

Jan dennard: 40-Year survivor<br />

and 20-Year <strong>CanCare</strong> volunTeer!<br />

Reverend Janet Dennard has been<br />

helping others for most of her 86<br />

years. Born in Chicago and raised<br />

in Cleveland, she attended the College<br />

of Human Ecology at Cornell University<br />

and earned a Bachelor of Science degree<br />

in Nutrition / Institutional<br />

Management.<br />

In 1971, Jan was diagnosed<br />

with breast cancer. She shares,<br />

“I was under the care of a<br />

surgeon for my cancer, not<br />

an oncologist.” A few years<br />

later, she started her career at<br />

M.D. Anderson and worked<br />

there from 1978 – 1995 as a<br />

patient care coordinator. After<br />

becoming a trained <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

volunteer in 1990, she was able<br />

to use her <strong>CanCare</strong> training to<br />

help others she met through<br />

MDA.<br />

In 1990, she learned about<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> from friends who<br />

attended Memorial Drive<br />

Presbyterian Church. They told<br />

her about a new ministry that<br />

was started by Anne and Mac<br />

Turnage. After talking with<br />

Anne, she decided this was a<br />

great organization to join and<br />

was trained in <strong>CanCare</strong>’s 2nd<br />

training class. Jan was a oneon-one<br />

support volunteer for<br />

many years and still uses her<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> training at Eagles Jan Dennard<br />

Trace, a retirement community,<br />

to help others who are battling cancer.<br />

“I’m a trouble-shooter by nature and<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> taught me how to be a good<br />

listener. I learned that I can be there for<br />

someone without always having to solve the<br />

problem. Between my work with <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

and being a volunteer for Community of<br />

Hope, I continue to be there for people<br />

who need support. We call it our ‘Hallway<br />

Ministry’ and we pay attention to what is<br />

going on with other residents around us. If<br />

we notice that someone could use a friend<br />

to talk to, we respond by letting them know<br />

they are not alone.”<br />

As a commissioned pastoral care<br />

minister with Christian Church (Disciples<br />

of Christ,) Jan helps lead the Sunday<br />

services at Eagles Trace and finds guest<br />

clergy to lead the monthly community<br />

worship services. “My dad was a minister<br />

so I’m very comfortable with all religious<br />

denominations. It is important to us that<br />

everyone feels welcome, regardless of their<br />

choice of faith.”<br />

In the early days of <strong>CanCare</strong>, Jan was<br />

one of the planners who helped open doors<br />

for others to get support, regardless of their<br />

beliefs. <strong>CanCare</strong> was founded in Memorial<br />

5<br />

Drive Presbyterian Church. She shares,<br />

“We knew we had something special. Back<br />

then, people were less open to talking<br />

about cancer. We were doing something<br />

innovative and wanted to share it with<br />

others… we wanted to be there for anyone<br />

who wanted support, regardless of<br />

religious affiliation.” Jan has also<br />

served for many years as a <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

Board of Representatives member,<br />

representing Bethany Christian<br />

Church and Eagles Trace.<br />

She was married to Walter<br />

Holmes, also known as “Big Red”<br />

for 48 years. After his long and<br />

traveled career with Shell Oil, they<br />

settled in Houston in 1970. Jan<br />

married her second husband, Roy<br />

Dennard, in 1997 and they were<br />

married for four years.<br />

As one of seven women in her<br />

family who have experienced breast<br />

cancer, she hopes that it stops with<br />

her. In addition to her involvement<br />

with support organizations<br />

like <strong>CanCare</strong>, she has been a<br />

dedicated member of Philanthropic<br />

Education Organization, an<br />

organization with the mission<br />

of promoting educational<br />

opportunities for women, for<br />

65 years. Although passionate<br />

about all of the organizations she<br />

supports, the most important<br />

role she plays is being the mother<br />

of three, grandmother of six and<br />

soon-to-be great-grandmother in<br />

November. Jan also enjoys reading, music,<br />

singing in the choir and traveling when she<br />

has the opportunity.<br />

When asked about her years of service<br />

caring and supporting others, and 40 years<br />

as a cancer survivor, she smiles and says,<br />

“God isn’t finished with me yet. He has<br />

always had plans for me, and still keeps<br />

coming up with new plans for me. I have a<br />

lot of gratitude that I am still able to serve<br />

God each and every day of my life.”<br />

713.461.0028


19Th annual<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> Golf ClassiC<br />

What an enormous success! The<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> Golf Classic banquet<br />

and auction were bigger and<br />

better than ever. Special thanks to Paige<br />

Helms, who shared her personal journey as<br />

a caregiver to her daughter, Jacqueline.<br />

The golf tournament and the traditional<br />

party holes were fun and festive once again<br />

this year. Congratulations to Tim Conklin,<br />

lucky winner of the helicopter golf ball<br />

drop for the extraordinary wine raffle.<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> is grateful to all of the volunteers<br />

who helped make the event a success, and<br />

a special thanks to Lakeside Country Club,<br />

the <strong>CanCare</strong> Golf Committee and Golf<br />

Committee Chair, Rick Kruger.<br />

Big thanks to the Friends of <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

Board, Friends Advisory Board and Young<br />

Friends of <strong>CanCare</strong> Board, whose members<br />

spent months planning for this event. We’d<br />

like to send a personal thank you to our<br />

super star volunteer, Emily Prus, who went<br />

above and beyond the call of duty once<br />

again! And a special thanks to Warren<br />

Bright for his amazing photography.<br />

1st Place Gross: Hayes/Irwin/Irwin/Newton –63<br />

1st Place Net: Bonora/Crittenden/Jacks/Dougherty–52<br />

Putting Contest winner: Robert Mann<br />

Chipping Contest winner: Sis Singletary<br />

Longest Drive Men Hole #13:<br />

Hdcp. 0-8 Vann Vandervoort<br />

Hdcp. 9-16 Don Childress<br />

Hdcp. 17 & Over Doug Fehr<br />

Longest Drive Ladies Hole #13:<br />

Hdcp. 13 & Over Iva Ann King<br />

Paige Helms, Rick Kruger, Jacqueline Helms<br />

Donna Lewis, Emily Prus, Anita Bullers<br />

19th<br />

Annual<br />

Nancy Tucker soaring high for the<br />

Helicopter Ball Drop Wine Raffle<br />

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Paige Helms, Robert Mann<br />

Nan McCreary, Betty Griffin<br />

Sonya Villamagna, Lauren Disler, Lindsay Scovil<br />

Nancy Tucker, Beverly Bright<br />

Is it the Rockettes or the Fishettes!<br />

Amy Tanner, Heather Davis<br />

John Jacks, Steve Crittenden, Pete Bonora


<strong>CanCare</strong> Board MeMBer sPotlight:<br />

sonYa villamaGna<br />

“I always understood why God chose to put cancer in my life. Not only did I get to learn at a<br />

very young age what living is all about, which I feel is a gift, but I feel extremely blessed to have<br />

the opportunity to help others. I feel like my cancer diagnosis taught me to fight hard, love hard,<br />

live hard and give hard!” – Sonya Villamagna.<br />

In December 2005, Sonya noticed a<br />

small bump at the base of her neck.<br />

It tested positive for cancer, and she<br />

was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin’s<br />

lymphoma. Less than a month later, she<br />

began five months of chemotherapy and<br />

radiation.<br />

Sonya was forced to change her life around,<br />

even quitting dance. “This was the hardest<br />

part for me,” recalls Sonya, “because dancing<br />

is my passion…it’s how I express myself.” She<br />

was a Houston Rockets Power Dancer for<br />

two years before her diagnosis, and when her<br />

cancer treatments were over, she joined the<br />

Houston Texans Cheerleaders.<br />

She danced with them for<br />

three years. “I wouldn’t change<br />

the way things happened for<br />

the world,” says Sonya. “It<br />

was hell, but it opened up my<br />

world in so many ways: how<br />

to live life, the value of others,<br />

relationships.”<br />

Sonya has been a <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

volunteer since 2006, served on<br />

the Young Friends of <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

for six years and is the current<br />

Sonya Villamagna<br />

chair of that board. Sonya<br />

was introduced to <strong>CanCare</strong> through her<br />

church. When she initially called to become<br />

a volunteer, she was not far enough out of<br />

treatments. About six months later, <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

contacted her about going through volunteer<br />

training. “For some reason, I was very<br />

apprehensive about re-living my cancer past<br />

and almost did not go through with training”<br />

she says. “With encouragement from my<br />

boyfriend, Grant, I decided to go for it and<br />

not only did I become a trained <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

volunteer, I was a member of the <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

staff for several years too.”<br />

Reflecting back Sonya remembers, “I wish<br />

I had another young person to talk to while<br />

I was going through treatment. As I sat in<br />

the waiting room and the treatment areas<br />

in my oncologist’s office, I saw no one even<br />

remotely close to my age there to whom<br />

I could relate. I didn’t feel like there was<br />

anyone that I knew who could understand<br />

what I was going through. That is why<br />

I believe in <strong>CanCare</strong>! I wish my family<br />

and I could have spoken to someone who<br />

understood exactly what we were all going<br />

through.”<br />

“My cancer diagnosis taught me how<br />

strong my family is and that they will always<br />

be there to support me. They are my world!<br />

There were days when I didn’t<br />

want to speak to anyone but<br />

my mom, dad, sisters and<br />

brother-in-law patiently stayed<br />

by my side.”<br />

The day before she started<br />

chemotherapy, she read a book<br />

about what to expect. At the<br />

end of each chapter was a<br />

quote, and one of them really<br />

struck her: “The journey is the<br />

reward” (Tao Proverb). She<br />

thought to herself, “This is<br />

going to make me a stronger<br />

person.” She typed up the quote and put it in<br />

a picture frame so she could look at it every<br />

day.<br />

Sonya’s story of triumph and survival<br />

is certainly one to cheer about. Now, she<br />

enjoys spending time with her boyfriend<br />

and two dogs. “I love learning new things<br />

and pushing my body to its limits,” she says.<br />

She stays busy with activities such as boxing,<br />

yoga, competitive salsa dancing, volunteering<br />

for the Houston SPCA and training for<br />

the El Paso 5K with Team <strong>CanCare</strong> which<br />

is January 15, 2012. Anyone interested in<br />

running or walking with <strong>CanCare</strong> can call<br />

713-461-0028 for info on how to sign up!<br />

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u P C o M i n g e v e n t s<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> holiday open house<br />

Tuesday, December 6<br />

team <strong>CanCare</strong> in the Chevron<br />

houston Marathon, Aramco<br />

houston half Marathon & the el<br />

paso 5k<br />

Sunday, January 15<br />

team <strong>CanCare</strong> Victory party<br />

Monday, January 30<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> Support Volunteer<br />

training<br />

February 17-19<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> and Memorial<br />

hermann “Back to the Future:<br />

living With and Beyond Cancer”<br />

Saturday, February 18<br />

hospital Volunteer & Support<br />

Volunteer Continuing education<br />

Saturday, April 14<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> Support Volunteer<br />

training in Atlanta, gA<br />

Weekend of April 20-22<br />

Young Friends Crawfish Boil<br />

Saturday, April 28<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong>’s 18th Annual national<br />

Cancer Survivors Day luncheon<br />

Tuesday, May 22<br />

2011<br />

2012<br />

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713.461.0028


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Please remember these people in your prayers:<br />

Barbara Bahrt, Nancy Bennett, Peggy Countryman, Kay Dingwell,<br />

Becky Dyke-Duran, Mavis Feldman, Karen Fentress, Beth Fish,<br />

Family of Devon Floyd, Karen Gentry, Charlotte Gorelick, Bill Henriksen,<br />

Howard Honaker, Alex Imlay, Cynthia Johnson, Liza Kutner, Ann Liggio,<br />

Felicia Mapp, Frank Mohler, Milton Oglesby, Marcia Powell,<br />

Doris Praino, Claudette Rogers, Alan Steiner, Dianne and James Stewart,<br />

Kim Thibodeaux, Maria Tramontin, Family of June Votaw, Richard Wheatley,<br />

Thomas Whitworth, Beverly Willis<br />

CAnCAre iS noW on FACeBook AnD tWitter. FolloW<br />

uS For the lAteSt neWS<br />

AnD eVent photoS.<br />

We thank ConocoPhillips for their 2011 pledge of printing<br />

to <strong>CanCare</strong>, Inc. This generous donation enables us to share<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong>’s message of Hope through this publication, About Life.<br />

We appreciate the continued support of ConocoPhillips and<br />

its employees.<br />

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<strong>CanCare</strong> Staff<br />

Nancy Tucker, President and CEO<br />

Tommy Thompson, COO and EVP<br />

Kim Akel, Director of Program Services<br />

Nicole Dixon, Director of Communications<br />

Mark Downs, Director of Congregational and<br />

Corporate Relations<br />

Amy M. Tanner, Director of Development<br />

Anne McCluan, Assistant to the President<br />

Debbie Edmondson, Business Manager<br />

Pat Weatherspoon-Hall, Volunteer and Client<br />

Services Coordinator<br />

Rachel Gonzales, Development and<br />

Communications Assistant<br />

Bert Davila, Administrative Assistant<br />

Editor: Nicole Dixon, nicoled@cancare.org. Graphic design production: Hanagriff<br />

King Design, Inc. Contributing writers: Kim Akel, Nicole Dixon, Rachel Gonzales,<br />

Anne McCluan, Nancy Tucker. Contributing photographers: Warren Bright, Nicole<br />

Dixon, Gladys Williams. About Life is published quarterly by <strong>CanCare</strong>, Inc., a volunteer<br />

ministry for and by cancer patients and survivors and their families.<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization located at 9575 Katy Freeway,<br />

Suite 428, Houston, Texas 77024. Phone: 713.461.0028 or 1.888.461.0028 Fax:<br />

713.461.0704, www.cancare.org.<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> Board of Directors<br />

T. Jay Collins, Chair<br />

Richard A. Hollar, Treasurer<br />

Hal B. Sharp, AIA, LEED<br />

AP, Secretary<br />

Jill Pavlas, Legal Counsel<br />

Patricia Hogan-Korge, M.A.,<br />

Lifetime Director<br />

Richard A. Lindermanis,<br />

Lifetime Director<br />

F. Max Schuette, Lifetime<br />

Director<br />

Warren E. Bright<br />

Tim D. Conklin<br />

Bernard M. Fields<br />

Michael S. Gallagher<br />

Harvey G. Garza<br />

William W. Hall, Jr.<br />

Titus H. Harris III<br />

B. Cory Hawryluk<br />

John A. Holland<br />

Liza Kutner<br />

David L. Solomon<br />

Carol Surles<br />

Sonya R. Villamagna<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> Medical Advisory<br />

Board<br />

Robert A. Behar, M.D.<br />

Garth A. Beinart, M.D.,<br />

F.A.C.P.<br />

E. Brian Butler, M.D.<br />

Luis H. Camacho, M.D.,<br />

M.P.H.<br />

Jorge G. Darcourt, M.D.<br />

Bonnie S. Glisson, M.D.<br />

Daniel E. Lehane, M.D.<br />

Janet E. Macheledt, M.D.,<br />

M.S., M.P.H.<br />

Rick Q. Ngo, M.D., F.A.C.S.<br />

Lois M. Ramondetta, M.D.<br />

Manoj A. Reddy, M.D.<br />

<strong>CanCare</strong> Board of<br />

representatives<br />

Liza Kutner, Chair<br />

Dorothy Abbott<br />

Darlene Alexander<br />

Dianne Gautier Anderson<br />

Marcia Barham<br />

Gloria Barnes<br />

Philip David Belanger<br />

Rachel G. Birney<br />

Marty R. Buck<br />

Charlotte Y. Burns<br />

Bitsy Cleveland<br />

Bernard “Sonny” Conner<br />

Sharon D. Cooper, R.N.<br />

Florida Cornelius-Cooper<br />

Ruth M. Davies<br />

The Rev. Mrs. Janet C.<br />

Dennard<br />

Nancy D. Devlin<br />

Helen Duesing<br />

Nila Fenton<br />

Donna Q. Fong<br />

Connie Marie Fowler<br />

Roberta D. Ganek<br />

Jill Gentsch<br />

Rabbi Dan M. Gordon<br />

David Harris<br />

Schottsie Hill<br />

Trixie Jobe<br />

David Johnson<br />

Lisa Johnson<br />

The Rev. Dr. Robert Joiner,<br />

Jr.<br />

Elizabeth Kabat<br />

Leah Katz<br />

Frances S. Kittrell<br />

Cindi D. Kuykendall<br />

Gary P. Lamb<br />

Larry Latimer<br />

Jim LeBlanc<br />

Sarah C. McCall<br />

The Rev. Ms. Kim Meyers<br />

Nancy B. Morgan<br />

Marian A. Murphree<br />

John W. Overton<br />

Michael L. Parker<br />

Sally Peterson<br />

Emily Prus<br />

Sherry C. Ritcheson<br />

Virginia Rogers<br />

Betsy Schauer<br />

Roger Schuelke<br />

Lynn H. Schulenberg<br />

Russell K. Schulze II<br />

The Rev. Mrs. Lillie Seals<br />

Joann Seuser<br />

Andrew E. Smith<br />

Mikki Wunderle<br />

Friends of <strong>CanCare</strong> Board of<br />

Directors<br />

Carol Surles, President<br />

Beth Black<br />

Cynthia Bryant<br />

Pat Hogan-Korge<br />

Nan McCreary<br />

Gretchen Odum<br />

Emily Prus<br />

Nancy Radecki<br />

Mary Jane Roeder<br />

Connie Schneider<br />

Fran Story<br />

Melanie Turzillo<br />

Dixie Ward<br />

Bonnie Whitten<br />

Friends of <strong>CanCare</strong> Advisory<br />

Board<br />

Kerry McKay, Chair<br />

Ginger Blanton<br />

Jason Cain<br />

Mary Chavanne-Martin<br />

Jennifer Cunningham<br />

Marilyn Drane<br />

Damien Garza<br />

Jessica Wilt-Garza<br />

Kathy Garza<br />

Lynn Adams Hancock<br />

Alicia Jansen<br />

Dwight Keys<br />

Linnea Kob<br />

Renee Renfroe<br />

Doug Reuschel<br />

Suzanne Thomas Fleckman<br />

Jennifer Tweeton<br />

Michael D. Westmoreland,<br />

Pharm.D., BCOP<br />

Nancy Wilfong<br />

Young Friends of <strong>CanCare</strong><br />

Board of Directors<br />

Sonya Villamagna, Chair<br />

Kendall Buckalew<br />

Kyle Callender<br />

Brianna Davis<br />

Nicholas Dickerson<br />

Philip Dunlap<br />

Taylor Edwards<br />

Will Hedges<br />

William Jochetz<br />

Lisa Kollenberg<br />

Chris Lewis<br />

Chad Lyons<br />

Sergio Marazita<br />

Rosie Murphy<br />

Catherine Najvar<br />

Rebecca Putterman<br />

Whitney Rape<br />

Ryan Russell<br />

Lindsay Scovil<br />

Michael Sieger<br />

Molly Vitela<br />

Mary Catherine White

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