Local Cancer Survivors Invited to Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day

Contact: Patty Thelen or Jose Figueroa (513) 585-7200
Date: 05/05/2005

Cincinnati - Tristate cancer survivors are invited to celebrate their survivorship of cancer on Sunday, June 5, aboard a BB Riverboat Cruise as part of National Cancer Survivors Day. The event, presented by The University Hospital, The Jewish Hospital and the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center, will be held aboard the Belle of Cincinnati. Boarding starts at noon and ends at 12:30 p.m. The Riverboat will set sail from Covington Landing at 1 p.m. and will dock at 3:30 p.m. This will be the fourteenth annual Greater Cincinnati Cancer Survivors Day celebration. Reporter Bill Price of WCPO-TV will serve as emcee for the event. The event also includes a catered lunch, entertainment on all three levels and prizes. Registration is required and costs $10 per participant. Child survivors can be registered free of charge. The registration deadline is Friday, May 20. Space is limited so it is strongly recommended that those who are interested in attending register for the event soon. "National Cancer Survivors Day celebrates survivorship throughout the country on the first Sunday in June. This is the fourteenth year that the Greater Cincinnati Coalition has sponsored a "Celebration of Life" for cancer survivors," says Pat Schoenung, director of administration at Jewish. "This event gives all of us the opportunity to celebrate with old friends and make new acquaintances. We want the community to know that cancer is a survivable disease." Other supporters of the event include the American Cancer Society, Cancer Family Care, The Christ Hospital, Dearborn County Hospital, The Fort Hamilton Hospital, The Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, Mercy Hospital Anderson, The St. Luke Hospitals, The Wellness Community and VITAS. For more information regarding the event, please call 513-686-5555 or log onto www.CancerSurvivorsDay.org. The University Hospital and The Jewish Hospital are part of the Health Alliance, an integrated health care delivery system that also includes The Christ Hospital, The St. Luke Hospitals, The Fort Hamilton Hospital and the physicians of Alliance Primary Care. To view other Health Alliance news releases, go to www.health-alliance.com/pressroom.