Mary Bird Perkins’ CARE Network Wins Radiance Award
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(Baton Rouge, LA) – Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge, a nonprofit organization providing a variety of services for families, has presented Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s CARE Network with a Radiance Award.
The award was presented at Family Road’s 1st Annual Solaris Awards Ceremony held at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on May 1, 2008.
The Radiance Award is presented to a program that has demonstrated excellence in the development and implementation of a health care services program. Some of the factors taken into consideration for the award included how a program identified and met a need in the community; how it met its goals and objectives; its demonstration of positive outcomes and impact; and the number of people reached in the past year.
The CARE Network was nominated for its Early Detection Program. Since its inception in 2002, along with its community partners, the Early Detection Program has provided free screenings for breast, prostate, skin and colorectal cancer for over 21,000 people.
“We are honored to receive the Radiance Award and be recognized along with so many other dedicated nonprofits in the community,” said Renea A. Duffin, executive director, Mary Bird Perkins’ CARE Network. “Our goal is make a difference in the fight against cancer by spreading the message that early cancer detection can save lives.”
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About Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center:
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for over 35 years. It is the only nonprofit cancer treatment, education and research facility in Louisiana providing state-of-the-art radiation therapy to all community residents regardless of ability to pay. Mary Bird Perkins has integrated cancer programs with Our Lady of the Lake Cancer 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. The Center also enjoys a long-standing relationship with North Oaks Hospital in Hammond.
About the CARE Network:
The mission of the CARE Network (Cancer Support Services, Awareness and Education, Research and Early Detection) is to lessen the burden of cancer in the community. Established in 2002, it is funded by gifts from the community and provides hundreds of programs and services, including free cancer screenings, to thousands of people every year. The research and academic medical physics partnership with MBP and Louisiana State University is also funded in part by the CARE Network. The Center has locations in Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond.
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Pictured (l to r) are Emcee Whitney Vann, WBRZ; Renea A. Duffin, Mary Bird Perkins; Dena Morrison, Family Road, president/CEO.