Giving Tuesday 2023 Update

Cancer Center staff

#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving, created with one simple idea in mind: to encourage people to do good things. It has since grown into a movement that has inspired hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. By supporting organizations and causes that are important to us, communities are transformed.

We are thrilled to announce, thanks to your help, that we have exceeded our expanded match! This record-breaking #GivingTuesday, raising more than $90,000, enables our Cancer Center team to offer Oncology Support Services for our Cancer Center patients and their caregivers.

One hundred percent of every donation designated to Oncology Support Services goes toward a whole-person approach to cancer care, and provides services such as individual counseling, massage therapy, acupuncture, and biofeedback - to mention just a few! We are proud to partner with our community to be able to ensure every cancer patient and their caregivers have access to these supportive services during an extremely challenging time.

"When patients realize they can receive counseling, massage, acupuncture, biofeedback, and exercise classes for no cost, they are surprised by the level of care they are receiving, but ... there is part of me that believes they intuitively know that those services should be available for anyone going through cancer treatment. Patients and the Cancer Center staff recognize that if you are going through cancer, you deserve more than just chemotherapy or radiation. People being treated for cancer deserve whole-body care." - Kirk Ditterich, MSW, PsyD.