Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care awarded Colon Cancer Coalition grant

FALL RIVER – Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, part of Southcoast Health, recently received a $6,000 grant by the Colon Cancer Coalition for colon cancer prevention, education and screening programs to the area’s underserved populations. The Colon Cancer Coalition is a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis dedicated to raising awareness and encouraging screening for colon cancer. Funds were raised during Get Your Rear in Gear Boston, held this past September.

This grant will help Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care purchase and process fecal immunochemical test kits to be distributed throughout the community, hold an educational lecture for local community health workers and host a colon cancer support group survivor breakfast.

“We are very proud to have been approved for this grant from Colon Cancer Coalition,” Kathy Tsonis, oncology outreach coordinator for the Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, said in a statement. “This grant will allow us to continue building our relationship with local community health workers who have been producing successful outcomes with our colon cancer initiative by overcoming some of the unique barriers identified with our diverse population. We greatly appreciate their support.”

Registration is now open for the sixth Annual Get Your Rear in Gear Boston on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Carson Beach in Boston. For more information or to register, visit ColonCancerCoalition.org/Boston.

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