Cancer
society seeking bilingual group leader
The American Cancer Society is seeking
a bilingual volunteer for its Spanish support group for cancer survivors.
The volunteer must be a female nurse or social worker and attend training
Nov. 7-8 in Dallas.
The support group for survivors meets at the Northside
American Cancer Society office in the LINC building at 1500 Circle Park
Blvd in Fort Worth. For more information, contact Robin Perez at the
American Cancer Society, 817-737-9990.
Services offered at the ACS Northside office include bilingual
cancer education literature, a bilingual cancer support group, access
to patient services such as wigs, prostheses, rides to cancer treatments
and Internet access. Office hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
For more information, call 817-625-9247.
The June 2002 opening of the American Cancer Society Northside
office was part of an ongoing effort to serve the community. Additional
resources for Hispanics include bilingual cancer information specialists
at 1-800-ACS-2345 to help answer questions and guide callers to local
resources.
Help is available on-line at the American Cancer Society
Web site, www.cancer.org, that includes a resource section in Spanish
and the Spanish section of the Cancer Survivors Network at www.acscsn.com.