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In 1999, a small group of community members, hospital employees and Hudner patients joined forces to do something about cancer. They chose to "get moving." These individuals planted the seed for what has become one of Saint Anne's Hospital's most anticipated community events: a 3.5 mile walk that raises funds for the Hudner Oncology Center at Saint Anne's Hospital.

Although the event has grown dramatically on every level, its success remains the dedication and effort of the community members, employees, and patients who bring the walk to life. These volunteers work tirelessly throughout the year securing sponsors, recruiting walkers, and attending to the smallest event details. Each year they keep one vision in mind when planning the walk: making a difference for the patients of the Hudner Oncology Center.

Together with hundreds of walkers, sponsors, and donors, the Saint Anne's Hospital Get Moving Walk has made a difference to cancer patients in the Greater Fall River area. In the event's history, the walkers, donors, and sponsors of the walk, have raised over $650,000, net of expenses, for cancer patients.

These funds helped to establish the creation of the FIRSTFED Center for Breast Care at Saint Anne's Hospital and made possible the 7,000-sq. ft. expansion of the Hudner Oncology Center. Proceeds have also helped Hudner acquire advanced radiation treatment technology. This technology includes the area's first CT-based, three-dimensional radiation treatment planning facility and a state-of-the-art Linear Accelerator with intensive modulated radiation therapy which more precisely treats tumors while minimizing exposure to healthy tissue.

Now, in its tenth year, Get Moving is showing signs of realizing its largest fundraising goal yet...$150,000, net of expenses! It's a very big goal, but we have very big hearts, including three local businesses whose major support has helped the walk committee get a jump-start towards reaching this milestone.

Rockland Trust has signed on as the event's title sponsor with an investment of $10,000! Anthony F. Cordeiro Insurance Agency, and New England Gas return as $5,000 Presenting Sponsors.  These sponsorships, combined with others received, will allow all walker contributions to be designated to the support of radiation therapy equipment used to deliver more than 55,000 treatments every year.

We invite you to join the Rockland Trust Get Moving Walk to benefit the Hudner Oncology Center. Make a donation, make a commitment, make a difference! Join us...just get moving! Click here to learn more about how you can become involved.

About The Hudner Oncology Center
We know that a diagnosis of cancer affects not just the body, but also the mind and soul. Since Saint Anne's Hospital cancer care program was founded in 1976 as a medical oncology outpatient clinic of Boston University, our Hudner Oncology Center has grown to provide the region's most comprehensive, hospital-based oncology services to more than 10,000 patients by offering the expertise of university cancer centers with the care and convenience of a community setting...and a host of complementary services to help patients and their loved ones make the cancer journey with care and concern.

The Hudner Oncology Center at Saint Anne's provides inpatient and outpatient medical and radiation oncology services (including intensity-modulated radiation therapy and radioactive prostate seed implant therapy); participation in national clinical trials; and a full range of patient and family education and support services. Hudner also provides radiation oncology services at The Oncology Center in Dartmouth, MA (a joint service of Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast Hospitals Group and the Longwood Radiation Oncology Center/Harvard Medical School) and consultation services in Newport, RI.

 

About Saint Anne's Hospital  A Member of Caritas Christi Health Care A not-for-profit, community hospital, and the only Catholic care provider in the area, Saint Anne's Hospital maintains a firm commitment to the uninsured and underinsured. It serves the community's multicultural needs through 24-hour translation services and a multicultural health committee comprised of community and hospital members who work together to meet the health-care needs of its community. Through these and other activities, the hospital continually strives to fulfill its mission and core values of charity, compassion, Catholic, culturally diverse, and community. To learn more visit us atwww.saintanneshospital.org.

About Caritas Christi Health Care
Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England, is a comprehensive, integrated Catholic health care delivery network providing community-based medicine and tertiary care in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

The hub of the System's six hospitals is Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, a tertiary academic teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts School of Medicine. In addition to Saint Anne's Hospital, acute care hospitals in the system include Caritas Carney Hospital, Dorchester; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton; Caritas Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, Methuen; Caritas Norwood Hospital.

Other entities include the Caritas Clinic, a 400-physician group practice; and non-acute facilities Caritas Home Care; Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice; Labouré College; Por Cristo; St Joseph Nursing Care Center; and Caritas St. Mary's Women and Children's Center.

To learn more about Caritas Christi visit www.caritaschristi.org

 

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