Penny’s Pieathlon Beneficiaries

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Adel, Iowa

John Stoddard Cancer Center
www.johnstoddardcancer.org

J. Phil Harrop, Executive Director

The John Stoddard Cancer Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CST), and the number is (515) 241-4141. Click here for additional numbers.

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Mercy Cancer Center
www.mercydesmoines.org/services/cancerCare.asp

Lynne Kinseth, Director

The Mercy Cancer Center is located at 411 Laurel Street, Suite 1380 , Des Moines, Iowa Phone (515) 643-8206 or toll-free 1-888-221-4849 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Ovarian Cancer Research

Pati Berger, RN, BSN, OCN, Coordinator, Phone 515-241-8704

We have a low risk study in conjunction with MDAnderson.   They are both conducted very similarly as the MDAnderson folks used Mass. Generals study as a guideline. 

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Lance Armstrong Foundation
www.livestrong.org
Phone 512-236-8820

The Lance Armstrong Foundation inspires and empowers people affected by cancer. We provide the practical tools and resources survivors need to live life on their own terms. Our goal is to create a fundamental change in the expectations and experience of living with cancer and to lead and sustain a survivorship movement to help eliminate suffering due to cancer. We believe that in the battle with cancer, unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. The LAF was founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and is located in Austin, Texas.

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Raccoon River Valley Trail and Area Businesses

Participation includes a day pass for the RRVT that may encourage people to sign up for the season or enjoy the trail more often. A 33 mile expansion loop is planned and area businesses hope participants become regular visitors.

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The Cancer Center dollars can be used for many good purposes including direct payment to individuals for co-pays for prescriptions, gas money for travel to the hospital, home care expenses, genetic testing or speical equipment.