UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary Presents Grants to Two Northwest Arkansas Organizations

LITTLE ROCK – Two northwest Arkansas organizations were presented grants totaling $26,000 from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

HOPE Inc. (Helping Oncology Patients Excel) in Fayetteville was granted $20,000 for its patient emergency assistance program, and $6,000 was presented to the Cancer Support Home in Fayetteville and Bentonville for its prosthesis and wig boutique.

The grants are made available, in part, with proceeds from the Auxiliary’s Partners Card fundraising project. This year’s Partners Card week will be Oct. 30-Nov. 8.

Partners Card has been offered for three years in northwest Arkansas and five years in central Arkansas. For nine days, shoppers who purchase the $50 cards will receive a 20 percent discount at dozens of area stores. All proceeds from the sale of the Partners Cards go to the Cancer Institute Auxiliary to fund projects that directly benefit cancer patients.

Partners Card has raised $76,000 during its first three years in northwest Arkansas, which was returned to the community as grants for direct cancer patient care. Lighting Emporium in Springdale has been the top card seller in northwest Arkansas for the past three years.

The Cancer Institute Auxiliary has about 600 members. About 100 members provide day-to-day patient support services such as greeting guests and working in the gift shop. About 400 additional auxiliary members participate in fundraising events throughout the year.

UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a new 540,000-square-foot hospital, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,652 students and 733 medical
residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or www.uamshealth.com
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