Posted on Fri, Apr 30, 2010
Contribution marks more than $1 million since 2004
Pictured in front of the mobile mammography coach with the check (l-r): Rob Backus, Susan Ruddy, Wanda Katinszky, Glenn Peterson and Al Parrish.
Carrs Safeway presented the Cancer Center with a check for $301,866 this past Monday at Providence. The funds were donated by Carrs Safeway, its employees and its customers during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 2009. Since 2004, Carrs Safeway has contributed more than $1 million toward a mobile mammography motor coach, breast cancer screenings and research at Providence.
Monday also kicked-off free breast cancer screenings at Providence for women who are 40 and older and have financial need for a free mammogram. The screening took place April 26-29 at Providence Imaging Center by appointment. In 2009, these free screenings served 202 women. The mobile coach provided screenings to 1,364 women throughout southcentral Alaska. These breast cancer screenings were made possible by the generous support of Carrs Safeway.
Present at Monday's event were Al Parrish, chief executive of Providence Health & Services Alaska; Bruce Lamoureux, chief operating officer of Providence Health & Services Alaska; Wanda Katinszky, director of the Cancer Center; Paulette Compton, manager of Providence Imaging Center; Susan Ruddy, president of Providence Alaska Foundation; Glenn Peterson, manager of the Safeway Alaska district; and Rob Backus, district manager Denali Division. Speakers discussed how this funding and the partnership between Carrs Safeway and Providence help fight breast cancer in Alaska.
For more information on Safeway Foundation: http://www.safewayfoundation.org/
For more information on Providence Alaska Foundation: www.providence.org/alaska/foundation
Posted on Tue, Apr 27, 2010
Once again, we greet the long-awaited Alaska Spring with light hearts and visions of fun activities in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, we are often greeted in return with streets and neighborhoods that have unsightly amounts of trash, collected in ruts and corners, after a long winter. Please join us and many others like us in helping clean up a corner in your community. May 1-8, 2010 is the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Citywide Clean Up event. Pick up some bright orange bags at a Burger King or Red Robin in Anchorage, and plan on a fun pick up event with your friends and neighbors. It's a fun way to get kids outside as well, and you can have fun explaining the emerging flora and fauna around you.
If you're interested in learning more, just go to anchoragechamber.org You can register there online to let them know where you'll be cleaning up, and you can even upload fun photos to adn.com to let others know of your exploits. One fun idea is to get your orange bags, and put one on the back of your office chair to highlight your participation in this year's event; thanks to Ginger in Providence Alaska Medical Center's Communication and Marketing Department for this!
If you'd like to join a fun crew that is planning to venture out in the vicinity of Providence Hospital and Goose Lake/UAA, we'd love to have you. This will be our fourth annual effort since we began in 2007. Our plan is to meet outside Providence Imaging Center's Anchorage location, at 3340 Providence Drive, at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 6. Simply give Nathan a call at 212-6032 if you'd like to find out more. We'll supply the bags and snacks if you supply the muscles; all ages are welcome. Additionally, there will be a group heading out at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 5, at Annex Building 7 (just follow the signs near Providence Hospital), organized by Kathleen Barrows. Call her at 212-4944 to sign up there.
Good to know per Kathleen (and I agree!): May 1,2 and 8 are Free Dump Days at the Anchorage Regional Landfill, Anchorage Central Transfer Station and Girdwood Transfer Station; fees are waived for trash disposal for all residents. If you participate in a clean up event, remember to wear jeans and sturdy shoes or boots. Local hardware stores also sell some "grabbers", as I call them, which make you feel like a pro, and save your back.
Have fun, and maybe we'll see you out there somewhere!
Posted on Fri, Apr 16, 2010
Our bodies depend on us - and sometimes we need a reminder to take care of them before something goes wrong. Women who are age 40 and older and have financial need are eligible for a free mammogram at the Providence breast cancer screening.
Take time to schedule your mammogram today and pass this message along to your friends and family. Your body will thank you for it!
Dates: April 26-29, 2010
Time: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Providence Imaging Center, 3340 Providence Drive, Anchorage (in the A Building, on the first floor, on the east end of the Providence Hospital campus, entrance 4) By appointment only
Eligibility:
- Women who do not have insurance
- Women who have insurance that doesn't cover a mammogram
- Women who have a high insurance deductible
Space is limited. Call us today at 212-7966
The Providence Cancer Center is a network member of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, which includes three of the top cancer centers in the world, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine, and Seattle Children's.