Dream Night at the Zoo 2011

For the 6^th year, Cancer Services took our children’s programs to Dream Night at the Zoo at BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Part of our National Cancer Survivor’s Day weekend celebration, we brought 43 families free of charge and the zoo’s wonderful staff made it possible for everyone to enjoy the animals and activities all to themselves. Highlights were feeding the giraffes, face painting and completing the zoo’s special scavenger hunt.

Our Children’s Programs consist of Candlelighters, children with cancer and their siblings, and KidsKare, children whose parent or guardian is living with cancer. For more information, call 225-927-2273, visit our website or check out our Facebook.



Sewing for Cancer?

The sewing and cooking camp at St. Joseph’s Academy fulfilled a little known need of clients at Cancer Services by sewing and donating over 30 “port pillows” for the agency to distribute. Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy can choose to have a port inserted into their chest to make receiving treatments easier. Though ports streamline their hospital visits they can become bothersome, especially while driving when a seatbelt aggravates it. These pretty little pillows the girls sewed from scraps can be worn under the seatbelt, hopefully making a life with cancer a bit more comfortable. THANKS GIRLS!