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New Cancer Corner Opens in Scottsburg, Indiana Scottsburg, IN, 29 July 2011. Residents of southeast Indiana can now visit the states first Hope Light Cancer Corner in Scottsburg. The Cancer Corner is hosted by Scott Memorial Hospital in partnership with The Hope Light Foundation. It is located in the Hospital facility at 1451 North Gardner St. in Scottsburg.
Scott Memorial Hospital Cancer Corner
The Cancer Corner contains information on all cancers in the form of booklets, pamphlets, brochures, CDs and DVDs that visitors can obtain to take with them at no cost. The topics of information includes cancer specific signs and symptoms, cancer prevention, how to cope with cancer, how to support people with cancer, how to manage pain, how to manage chemotherapy side effects, healthy eating, finding help for financial matters, clinical trials and many more. The Scott Memorial Hospital Cancer Corner is the twelfth to be established in the Midwest. ### New Hope Light Cancer Corner Open in Ironton, Missouri Ironton, MO, 18 April 2011. The first Hope Light Cancer Corner in Missouri has been opened in Ironton. The Cancer Corner is being hosted by the Iron County Health Department in partnership with The Hope Light Foundation. It is located in the Health Department facility at 606 West Russell in Ironton.
Pictured L-R: Kim Browers, Office Support Assistant; Heidi Wharton, Administrator; Jamie Colyott, RN Iron County Health Department Cancer Corner
The Ironton Cancer Corner is the eleventh to be established in the Midwest with others being located in:
The Ironton Cancer Corner contains over 3,500 items of all-cancers material that is available to the visitors at no cost. All Cancer Corner display racks, cancer materials, signs, banners and other related expenses are funded by The Hope Light Foundation thanks to a grant from the George A. Bates Memorial Foundation.
The materials in each Cancer Corner are obtained from nationally known and well respected cancer organizations, such as, the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, National Childrens Cancer Society, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Patient Resource Publishing, Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, Lance Armstrong Foundation, St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
The Hope Light Foundation's strategy is to make all-cancers information available in rural communities where the people live, work and learn with the hope of increasing early cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment. If cancer is detected early while in the organ of origin before it spreads to adjacent tissue, lymph nodes and other organs, the better the chances are for survivorship and a cure. ###
Donation Helps University Fight Cancer Carbondale, IL, 14 February, 2011 – The George A. Bates Memorial Foundation presented The Hope Light Foundation a check for $10,000 to use in communicating cancer awareness information including funding two Hope Light Cancer Corners that will soon open at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). The donation will also be used by The Hope Light Foundation to continue funding an SIUC Health Education Graduate Student to help the Foundation and the Illinois Cancer Partnership to develop cancer intervention programs. The Bates Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the areas of family and human services, hospitals, medical care and rehabilitation and gives primarily in Illinois and Kentucky.
The Hope Light Foundation also provided $500 checks to Eta Sigma Gamma and Tau Kappa Epsilon on-campus organizations for their use in the fight against cancer. The Foundation is partnering with the two organizations to sponsor and maintain the two Cancer Corner displays that will be located in the Student Center and the Student Health Center. This marks the first time that Cancer Corners will be located in a university. Previously, Cancer Corners have been located in seven Public Libraries and a County Health Department. The Cancer Corner concept was originated by The Hope Light Foundation to provide a conveniently accessible place where people can visit to obtain information on all-cancers to include prevention, screening, recognizing signs and symptoms, treatment options, financial resources and survivorship. Each Cancer Corner display will initially contain over 3,000 pieces of cancer-related material as a free resource to help students, faculty, staff and local residents learn about critical cancer topics to promote early detection and reduce the burden of cancer. All materials, including brochures, pamphlets, booklets and DVDs/CDs, are provided by The Hope Light Foundation at no cost to the university and to the visitors. The materials are obtained from nationally known and respected cancer publication sources including the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Lance Armstrong Foundation and many more. ###
Metropolis Hope Light Concept Gets Makeover Metropolis, IL, September 14, 2010. The Metropolis Hope Light Project Committee welcomes the Ohio River Scenic Byway as our new Project partner. We will be working together in design development and in fundraising for the Metropolis Hope Light.
The Metropolis Project Committee reviewed and approved a new concept developed by Eggemeyer Associates Architects in our meeting on 14 September 2010. The Metropolis Hope Light site will serve as an Ohio River Transportation Interpretive Center with local transportation history photographs and narrative display boards on the observation deck and surrounding walkways.
The new concept, as depicted below, embraces tourism in both the lighthouse and surrounding area designs. Although focusing on tourism, the new concept remains consistent with the original Hope Light Project purpose to bring attention to the fight against all cancers.
Click on above rendering for more images.
The Project will be located on the bank of the Ohio River bank at the west entrance to Dorothy Miller Park in Metropolis, Illinois. Major features of the site include:
The site will adjoin Dorothy Miller Park's winding walkways, pavilion with restrooms and picnic areas nestled among the many large trees. The site will provide a garden environment for visitors to rest, relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery while watching river traffic and nearby working tugboats.
The Projects will be a tribute to Ohio River transportation history and a "Beacon of Hope" for cancer patients, cancer survivors and their family and friends. ### Kentucky's First Cancer Corner Opened in Whitley City Public LibraryWhitley City, Kentucky, Thursday April 8, 2010 - The McCreary County Public Library is the first public library in Kentucky to host a Cancer Corner, provided by the "Hope Light Foundation", a non-profit public charity founded in 2005. The Foundation is dedicated to communicating cancer awareness information to impact cancer prevention and increase early detection, survivorship and lives saved. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky has the nation's highest all cancers death rate. |
Hope Light 'Cancer Corner' Open in Cairo Cairo, IL, Thursday June 18, 2009 - Residents of Alexander and surrounding counties in Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky can now go to The Hope Light Foundations ‘Cancer Corner’ in the historic Cairo, Illinois Public Library to obtain all-cancers information. All Cancer Corner materials and services are free to visitors. The library is located at 1609 Washington Ave and can be reached at (618) 734-1840 for more information. Library hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.
L-R: Monica Smith, Director-Cairo Public Library; Chad Hoosier, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Marla Groaning, Southern Seven Health Department; Marc Lodyga, Graduate Assistant-Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Beverly Bess, Co-Founder-The Hope Light Foundation; Marsha Davis, Cairo Public Library; Rudy Bess, Co-Founder-The Hope Light Foundation; Mike Murray, Trustee-George A. Bates Memorial Foundation; Sarita Sawyer, University of Illinois Extension.
The Cairo 'Cancer Corner' is conveniently accessible to the general public during normal library hours. The Cairo Cancer Corner is the third of several planned for locating in southern Illinois public libraries with previous ones opened in Metropolis and Mounds, Illinois.
The Cancer Corner contains cancer related brochures, booklets, DVDs/CDs on all-cancers topics to include; prevention, signs and symptoms, healthy eating, screening tests, self-exams, clinical trials, treatments and coping with cancer. Nutrition information is provided by the University of Illinois Extension.
Cancer Corner materials are published by well-known and respected national cancer related organizations to include; National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Prostate Cancer Foundation, National Children’s Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Visitors have the opportunity to review cancer related material in a quiet and comfortable library setting and selecting publications that provide the best information on topics of personal interest. Additionally, personal computers are located adjacent to the Cancer Corner that can be used to access cancer information web sites and for on-line chats with National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Specialists Monday thru Friday.
The Foundation's strategy is to bring cancer awareness information closer to rural community residents by locating it in public libraries that are well known and respected and provide a conveniently accessible, safe and comfortable environment for learning. With this approach, residents will have an opportunity to become knowledgeable of life-saving cancer awareness information that could lead to early detection of this deadly disease. If detected early while cancer is in the organ of origin, before it spreads to lymph nodes and other organs, there is a greater chance for survivorship and a cure.
The Hope Light Foundation works in partnership with the Southern Illinois Cancer Partnership (SICP) consisting of; University of Illinois Extension, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Southern Seven Health Department, National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Service, Shawnee Library System, Shawnee Community College, Susan G. Komen for the Cure-Evansville and SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University.
The Hope Light Foundation believes that “fight against cancer begins with knowledge” and knowledge is the power that can result in early cancer detection and save lives. ###
First Hope Light 'Cancer Information Corner' is Open for Visitors in Metropolis, IL Metropolis, IL, Friday, March 28, 2009 - People wanting information on cancer can now go to the Metropolis Public Library in Metropolis, Illinois. The Hope Light Cancer Information Corner is located in the library's lower level and is open to the public seven days a week during normal library hours. All materials in the 'Cancer Corner are free to the general public. The library is located at 317 Metropolis Street and can be reached at 618-524-4312 for more information.
The Cancer Corner contains cancer related brochures, booklets, DVDs/CDs on all-cancers topics. The material is published by well-known and respected national cancer related organizations to include; National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, Prostate Cancer Foundation and Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Metropolis Public Library Cancer Corner L-R: Karen Laird, Metropolis Public Library; Deena Harris, Metropolis Hope Light Committee-CIEC Co-Chair; Sally West, Metropolis Hope Light Committee-CIEC Co-Chair (Hope Light Foundation Photo)
The Cancer Corner will be expanded in the future to become a part of a Hope Light Cancer Information and Education Center (CIEC). Both the Cancer Corner and the CIEC are sponsored by The Hope Light Foundation working in partnership with southern Illinois libraries and local health departments. The Foundation's strategy is to bring cancer awareness information closer to the public in a well known place in rural areas with convenient access, such as, public libraries.
The CIEC will be staffed by trained Cancer Resource Navigator volunteers to provide a wide range of cancer information and education services for the public to include:
All CIEC services will be provided to the public at no cost. The Hope Light Foundation believes that "the fight against cancer begins with knowledge" and with this knowledge, we can reduce the burden of cancer and save lives. ###
Hope Light Foundation Receives $10,000 Donation
St. Louis, MO, Sunday, December 7, 2008 - The George A. Bates Memorial Foundation donated $10,000 to The Hope Light Foundation for use in communicating cancer awareness information and helping people in Illinois fight cancer. The Bates Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the areas of family and human services, hospitals, medical care and rehabilitation and gives primarily in Illinois and Kentucky.
The Hope Light Foundation was founded by Rudy and Beverly Bess of Hazelwood, Missouri for the purpose of communicating cancer awareness information to increase survivorship, reduce the burden of cancer and save lives. The Foundation is dedicated to promoting early awareness of cancer signs and symptoms and communicating the importance of cancer screening tests, self-exams and prevention programs with a focus on residents in Southern Illinois.
Recent data released by the National Cancer Institute and the Center for Disease Control shows that 50% of the Top 20 counties in Illinois with the highest all-cancers death rates are in the Southern Region and that lung and bronchus cancer is Illinois most deadliest cancer. This alarming fact is The Hope Light Foundations’ major reason for taking the fight against cancer to Illinois’s southern 34 counties.
Earlier this year, the first Hope Light Project was successfully launched in Metropolis, Illinois. The Project consists of designing, constructing and sustaining a Hope Light consisting of a 35' tall operating lighthouse with an attached Cancer Information Center (CIC) at the entrance to the beautiful and peaceful Dorothy Miller Park in Metropolis on the bank of the Ohio River. Design of the Hope Light is being accomplished by Eggemeyer Associates Architects of Carbondale, Illinois at no cost to the Project. Construction of the facility is planned to begin in 2009. This will be the first operational lighthouse on the Ohio River requiring approval by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Project is establishing an Interim CIC in the Metropolis Public Library for use until the Hope Light CIC can be completed. The Interim CIC will include a display of NCI publications and will have trained volunteers to help individuals access on-line resources and provide one-on-one support. All services will be provided at no cost. ###
The Hope Light Project Visits Metropolis Friday, January 27, 2006The Hope Light Project Founder, Rudy Bess, and Co-Founder, Beverly Bess, visited Metropolis, Illinois today to discuss design and construction of the Hope Light Cancer Information Center. The group met with Mayor, Billy McDaniels, Director of Parks and Recreation, Bill Carrell, and Hope Light architect, Andrew Eggemeyer of Eggemeyer Associates Architects, Inc. Following the meeting, they visited the construction site of the Hope Light which is located at the west entrance to Dorothy Miller Park overlooking the Ohio River. Project design is currently underway with construction scheduled for later this year. ###
L-R: Andrew Eggemeyer, Bill Carrell, Beverly Bess, Rudy Bess Project Team on the future site of the Hope Light Cancer Information Center in Metropolis
Hope Light Cancer Information Center Architect Selected Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Eggemeyer Associates Architects, Inc. of Carbondale, Illinois has been selected to design the Hope Light Cancer Information Center. The firm has been responsible for the design of building projects in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Florida during its more than forty-year existence. Projects, encompassing both new construction and renovation/restoration work, including schools, libraries, correctional facilities, residences, nursing homes, hospitals, office buildings, laboratories, dormitories, supermarkets, stores, shopping centers, churches, jails, courthouses, multi-family Housing units, financial institutions, fire and police stations, industrial plants and warehouses, restaurants and college and university buildings. Clients have included individuals, local, state and federal governmental agencies and institutions as well as private industrial and commercial interests. ###
First Hope Light Cancer Information Center Site Selected Tuesday, October 11, 2005 The Metropolis, Illinois City Council unanimously passed a resolution on 10 October 2005 that paved the way for construction of the first Hope Light Cancer Information Center on city property overlooking the Ohio River. Thanks to the City, the site selected for the Cancer Information Center is at the entrance to the beautiful and peaceful Dorothy Miller Park. ###
Site of the first Hope Light Cancer Information Center in Metropolis, Illinois |
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