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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Shelly Pauling, Education & Communications Manager RE: RAH Celebrates National Denim Day DATE: October 8, 2008 October 3, 2008 wasn’t any ordinary casual Friday at the Redwood Area Hospital. Hospital employees that chose to participate were able to wear denim not only for comfort, but to make a powerful statement for an important cause. As Lee National Denim Day moves into its second decade, Redwood Area Hospital participated for their second time in the grassroots program which has raised more than $61 million for breast cancer research. Employees were encouraged to wear denim in exchange for a $5 donation to the Women’s Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF). Funds will be used to support a groundbreaking scientific project to detect breast cancer in its earliest stage. They will also help accelerate treatment research and increase patient access to some of the most significant clinical trials in the nation. “Lee National Denim Day is extremely important to our employees and the communities we serve, as many of them have been personally touched by the disease. This is a way we may each take a moment to donate and remember to care for ourselves,” said Cindy Moldan, Cancer Care Coordinator. Through EIF’s National Women’s Cancer Research Alliance and support alliances, EIF funds some of the most promising research being conducted today to develop new and more effective approaches to the treatment of women’s cancers. EIF grants have helped accelerate research that has contributed to the development of a breakthrough gene treatment called Herceptin, the first successful drug that seeks out a particular gene found in one of three cases of the most aggressive form of breast cancer. “At the Redwood Area Hospital, we know first hand how effective some of those breakthrough treatments with drugs like Herceptin, Avastin, and others are because we use them to treat patients in our Cancer Center. We know the importance of finding new aggressive types of treatments early to help increase the chance of cancer survival,” states Moldan. If you would like more information about the Redwood Area Hospital Cancer Care Center, please call Cindy Moldan at 507-637-4512. |
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