Annual Calendar Sale Supports Comfort Fund
The WVU Cancer Institute is selling 12-month, 2024 calendars that feature photos taken by WVU Cancer Institute staff.
Calendars are available in wall or desk format:
- An 8-inch by 11-inch wall calendar is $25 for one or $20 each for two or more
- An 8.25-inch by 3.75-inch desk calendar is $10
Proceeds from the calendar sale will support the Michael Craig Comfort Fund.
The calendars make great holiday gifts. Contact Mary Anne at ext. 74549 or Melanie at ext. 76799 to place an order (cash sales only).
Absolute Air Hosts Fundraiser to Benefit Bonnie’s Bus Mobile Mammography Unit
Absolute Air LLC, WV Air Conditioning Service; held a successful coupon based fundraiser in October to raise and donate $2250 to benefit Bonnie’s Bus, part of the WVU Cancer Insitiute Mobile Screening Program.
“We wanted to support a project that is making a tangible difference in our area,” says Brian Jackson the Managing Director of Absolute Air, “Bonnie’s Bus is a new and innovative way to bring care to people in rural areas that meet their needs. Being from Preston County I appreciate how valuable that can be.”
Bonnie’s Bus is a mobile mammography unit that provides breast cancer screening throughout West Virginia, especially in rural parts of the state with limited or where there is no access to screening mammography.
The Bus provides mammograms to individuals who fall within screening guidelines in a comfortable, convenient environment. Screening is provided for women, men, transgender, and gender-diverse people with private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, or those who qualify for the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Uninsured patients living in West Virginia who are age 40 and older can receive a screening mammogram on the Bus through the generosity of grant funding and donations.
Since 2009, Bonnie’s Bus has:
- Provided more than 30,000 screening mammograms
- Detected more than 170 cases of breast cancer
- Traveled more than 225,000 miles
- Completed more than 1,000 screening days so far in 2023
- Funded at least 2,300 mammograms through grant funding and donations
Absolute Air’s gift was made through the WVU Foundation, the nonprofit organization that receives and administers private donations on behalf of the University.
 The Absolute Air team presents a check to members of the Bonnie’s Bus care team. Pictured are Abby Starkey, Program Manager of WVU Cancer Institute Mobile Cancer Screening Program, Brian Jackson, Managing Director of Absolute Air ,and Megan Suter, Director of Imaging Services, and Leslie Newman, Supervisor of Betty Puskar Breast Care Center, and Bonnie’s Bus.
"3-Guys Before the Game" Podcast Creates The Hope Program to Support WVU Cancer Institute with T-shirt Sales
“3 Guys Before The Game" is the most listened to podcast covering West Virginia University football and basketball. Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval and Tony Caridi talk all things Mountaineers. The Hope Program t-shirt link.
If you need a directory photo please contact Marissa Wilson for the details on remaining slots on 12/13/2023. A few times remain from 8-9 a.m. Directory sessions will take place quarterly. The next will be in March 2024.
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