Maryland’s Health Matters - Upper Chesapeake - Fall 2016 - 16

FOCUS ON PHILANTHROPY The Ties That Bind T lies, located at the Kaufman Cancer Center at University of is to honor, memorialize and Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. The services are celebrate neighbors and loved offered to residents of Harford and Cecil counties, regardless ones in the fight against cancer, of where individuals receive cancer treatment, and include to celebrate the power of com- nurse navigators, volunteer navigators, oncology social work- munity, and to raise funds for ers, support groups, specialized classes including yoga and Cancer LifeNet. Nearly 2,000 healthy cooking, and group programs for children who have a participants walked the "Ripken parent or loved one with cancer. Mile" on April 30 at Leidos Field his year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of Cancer LifeNet, a free-of-charge program of supportive care services for cancer patients and their fami- Annually, an estimated raising more than $125,000 to munity benefit from Can- date for Cancer LifeNet. a cost of nearly $1 million per year. Funding comes We asked some of these top teams why they get involved. Event chairman Tejan Hichkad and oldest son, Grayson, honor Amanda's legacy at the third annual Celebration Walk, founded in Amanda's name in 2014. solely through philanthropic Cathy Hemmings is an Abingdon resident who gifts made to The Upper organized a team called 'Mitch's Peeps,' named in memory Chesapeake Health Founda- of her late husband, Mitch Hemmings, who died in November tion. Every dollar donated from colon cancer. More than 75 people from five states or fundraised through the "I learned even more about how much Mitch meant to others." events makes a difference and directly impacts the lives of neighbors and friends. The third annual Amanda Hichkad CCA Celebration Walk was organized by The Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation and its Chesapeake Cancer Alliance fundraising volunteers. The purpose of the walk 16 at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, 1,500 residents of the comcer LifeNet offerings, at Nearly 2,000 participants walked the "Ripken Mile" for the Hichkad Celebration walk at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. Together, 71 team captains raised more than $65,000 through online and individual fundraising in support of Cancer LifeNet. MARYLAND'S HEALTH MATTERS -Cathy Hemmings joined 'Mitch's Peeps' as they raised more than $3,000 for Cancer LifeNet. "I wasn't sure if I was up to the challenge so soon after Mitch's passing. However, in organizing the team I learned even more about how much he meant to

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