Nonprofit Looking For Big Hearts To Expand Mission. SACRAMENTO – Snowline, an area leader in hospice and palliative care for the past 35 years, is expanding its active Volunteer Service Department in Sacramento. To provide information to big-hearted individuals who would like to learn more about hospice and volunteering, Snowline is hosting an open house. WHEN: Thursday, April 9 WHERE: Snowline… Continue reading Hospice Care Provider Snowline Needs Volunteers
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106-Year-Old Volunteer Honored as California Salute to Senior Service Winner
A 106-year-old Santa Barbara woman has been honored as the California winner of the Home Instead Senior Care® network’s Salute to Senior Service® award. Edythe Kirchmaier is being recognized for her dedicated community service, including more than 40 years of work at Direct Relief, a humanitarian medical aid organization. After retiring from her career as… Continue reading 106-Year-Old Volunteer Honored as California Salute to Senior Service Winner
Cancer, Art, Family And A Duck Inspire Holiday Cheer
(NAPSI)—In 2009, at the tender age of 14, Monica Sandoval was diagnosed with leukemia. You might think that enduring chemotherapy, radiation, two bone marrow transplants and hair loss would have gotten her down. But you couldn’t be more wrong. Cancer has given Monica and her family a new mission—to teach people about the importance of… Continue reading Cancer, Art, Family And A Duck Inspire Holiday Cheer
Major Discovery: How Carcinogens Cause Cancer
(PRWEB) The current belief in medical research holds that most cancers are caused by exposure to carcinogens, and that carcinogens cause cancer by damaging DNA. However, the huge effort and billions of dollars invested by the NIH, private foundations, and pharmaceutical companies in searching for damaged DNA in cancer has produced few discoveries and little… Continue reading Major Discovery: How Carcinogens Cause Cancer
Genetic Information to Stop Breast and Ovarian Cancer Launches Two Websites
Boca Raton, Florida (PRWEB) A young woman in the prime of her life who developed breast cancer due to a genetic predisposition to cancer desires to break the cycle of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer by raising one’s awareness of the benefits of genetic testing. While there are a multitude of web sites dedicated to educating… Continue reading Genetic Information to Stop Breast and Ovarian Cancer Launches Two Websites