Gloria Gemma RV to Bring Hope to South Providence

August 16, 2011 [Pawtucket] The Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation will offer its special outreach program to individuals in South Providence:

WHO: Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation
WHAT: Hope Bus at John Hope Settlement House
WHEN: Thursday, August 18 at 4:00PM – 7:00PM
WHERE: John Hope Settlement House, 7 Thomas P. Whitten Way in Providence

Free and open to the public. A representative will enroll individuals into the Women’s Cancer Screening Program, which offers free mammograms and Pap tests to women most at risk of developing cancer. Activities will include basket weaving with Rena Bidney. Norma Charest, a breast cancer survivor, will be joining us as our Spanish translator.

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The Hope Bus is a 38-foot, residential-style recreation vehicle (RV) converted into a breast health and wellness resource delivery unit. The Hope Bus, as part of The Gloria Gemma Foundation’s Mobile Resource and Wellness Initiative, enables the organization to deliver its support services, education programs, resources, and tools directly to individuals in Rhode Island’s 39 cities and towns.

“Our residential-style recreation vehicle provides services to the community in the most direct and intimate way possible: face-to-face, helping one person at a time,” said Maria Gemma, Executive Director of The Gloria Gemma Foundation.

The Hope Bus is made possible by a grant from The Halkyard Foundation. The Mobile Resource and Wellness Initiative is supported by The Rhode Island Foundation.