News and Events

September 2009

Cancer Care Connection will by holding a raffle for a free ride in a racing jet with Curt Brown.
  • First 50 tickets sold each day will get a free Viper or Pipsqueak T-Shirt. Click here for more information.

November 2008

St. Francis Hospital to host Prostate Cancer lecture and support group in November.

  • Click here for more details.

October 2008

United Electric Supply named winner of the first annual Wendi Fox Pedicone Award
  • The Advocates of Hope Statewide Planning Committee announced that United Electric Supply Company, a member of Cancer Care Connection's Employee Resource Program, has won the first ever Wendi Fox Pedicone Award for their implementation of best practices in cancer awareness in the workplace.  Click here for more information.

September 2008

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
  • Click here for information from the Delaware Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition on 2008 events.

May 2008

LIVESTRONG DAY - Come out to Delaware's Livestrong Day in Rodney Square in Wilmington on May 13th.
  • Click here to view a presentation with more information.
  • Click here to view the press release.

April 2008

The Delaware Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition is holding it's 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk to Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer on Sunday, May 4th on the Riverfront in Wilmington.

  • Click here to view more details and to register.


"GetYourHeadInTheGame" Awareness Walk, the first ever brain tumor awareness walk in Delaware, to be held on Saturday, May 3rd  on the Riverfront in Wilmington.

  • Click here to view more information on the walk from the Kelly Heinz Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation.
  • Click here to view the Get Your Head in the Game YouTube video.

February 2008

University of Delaware English Language Institute students raise money to support Cancer Care Connection.

  • Click here to view the student's video.

The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition to hold it's 11th Annual "Breast Cancer Update" event on March 8th in Dover.

  • Click here to learn more or to register.

November 2007

Arthur G. Connolly Jr. receives the Honorable Roxanna Cannon Arsht Award


  • Click here to read more.

September 2007

Vince Papale coming back to Delaware for the 3rd event in the Advocates of Hope Lecture Series

  • Former Philadelphia Eagle,Vince Papale, will be speaking at the Avocates of Hope lecture series in Dover on October 31.  Click here to register.

August 2007

Cancer Care Connection August newsletter

  • Click here to view CCC's latest newsletter.
March 2007

Cancer Care Connection electronic newsletter

February 2007

Cancer Care Connection featured in Philly Fit Magazine

  • Click here to read the article. [PDF]

Want to run a race to benefit local non-profit organizations?

  • Marathon Sports Event Management is in the business of helping non-profit organizations raise money through promoting running, walking, and multi sport events in Delaware, southern New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania, and eastern Maryland. Click here to see what races are coming up.

Herman's Quality Meat Shoppe cookbook on sale

  • The sale of Herman�s cookbook has already raised $3,000 for Cancer Care Connection. Click here for more information or to find out how to purchase the cookbook.

January 2007

Infusion Care Specialists offer Cancer Care Connection's Employee Resource Program to their employees and families.

  • Click here for more information.

November 2006

CCC Board Member, Robin Sarratt-Cohen, wins the Association of Fundraising Professionals "Rising Star Award"

  • Click here to learn more.

CCC's Janet Tiexiera to speak at the annual Delaware SHRM conference

  • Join Janet Tiexiera, Co-Executive Director of Cancer Care Connection, and a panel of William W. Bowser, Esq., Carol Tavella, and Jill Roysten of AstraZenca as they discuss "Cancer in the Workplace" - how to position yourself and your organization to address the increasing number of employees working and living with cancer. Join us on November 15th at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE. For more information or to register, click here (6 HRCI Credits)

October 2006

Helen F. Graham Cancer Center Care Management Team awarded

  • Cancer Care Connection presented the Honorable Roxana Cannon Arsht "You Are Not Alone" Award to Patricia Stusowski and the Care Management Team from Helen F. Graham Cancer Center. Click here to view the full article. [PDF]

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Caner Care Connection on the radio

  • To hear audio of one of Cancer Care Connection's radio commercials, click here. [MP3]

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