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With almost 100% participation, employees and volunteers at all Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center (MBP) locations generously donated over $34,000 during the Center's 2009 Rays of Healing Campaign, setting a new record for employee and volunteer giving.

The campaign took place during May and was conducted by a committee of MBP employees. Leading the committee were co-chairs Brent Parker, Ph.D., one of MBP's academic medical physicists, and Crissy Michel, a computed tomography (CT) technologist. "What the Center does is important and giving back to Mary Bird Perkins is a way to show that to others," said Dr. Parker. "This campaign gives MBP employees a chance to show that we truly care about our patients and, hopefully, the chance to make the treatment experience a little easier on them and their families." Michel stated that, "Mary Bird Perkins is important to Louisiana's health care. The Rays of Healing campaign gives us an opportunity to help our patients even more during their fight against cancer."

Just as donors are able to designate what their donations support, Rays of Healing participants were given this same option. Gifts could be made to either the Center's Fight Against Cancer or the Patient Services Fund, or both. The campaign raised $17,000 to support the Center's Fight Against Cancer. These gifts will help fund MBP's medical physics academic research program, and the CARE Network's awareness and education efforts, as well as its outreach programs which include free cancer screenings throughout communities in southeast Louisiana. Another $17,000 was raised to support the Patient Services Fund which helps patients in need receive treatment and removes barriers that might prevent these patients from keeping their appointments.

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for over 35 years with locations in Baton Rouge, Covington, Hammond, Houma and Gonzales. It has comprehensive cancer programs with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. These programs are accredited by the American College of Surgeons - the gold standard for community-based cancer care. For more information visit www.marybird.org.

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