CENTRAL OREGON WITH
TEMPERATURES TODAY IN THE MID
40'S. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR
FOR MANY OF US AND THAT IS
ESPECIALLY THE CASE FOR THOSE
LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
BUT THE ACCESS TO TREATMENT
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
RIGHT NOW AS WE CONTINUE
TACKLING THIS PANDEMIC SO
JOINING US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT
HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR
NEIGHBORS AND FAMILIES
FIGHTING THIS EVERY DAY IS
SUSAN G KOMEN OF ORGAN AND
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON. THEY ARE HERE
TO HELP TONY MOUNTAIN FORMER
MANAGER OF THE ORGANIZATION
SURVIVOR PROGRAM IS JOINING US
THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING,
TONY.
GOOD MORNING EMILY. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME ABSOLUTELY
SO I KNOW THIS IS THIS IS
REALLY A CRITICAL PERIOD FOR
FOR YOU ALL HERE AS WE CLOSE
MANY STRUGGLES HOW HAS THE HOW
IS THE SITUATION OF ALL FOR
CANCER PATIENTS, WHAT KIND OF
NEED ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW.
WELL SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS
BEGAN THE NEED FOR THAT TONY
PROGRAM HAS DOUBLED SO FROM
APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF
THIS YEAR WE HAD ACTUALLY
SERVED OVER 203 PATIENTS. THE
NEED IS GREATER THAN EVER
BEFORE. THE PROBLEM IS ONCE
YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
BREAST CANCER, MANY PATIENTS
FACE BARRIERS AND SOME OF THE
COME TO MIND OR GEOGRAPHY. SO
MANY THAT THAT RE MAX IS
PROGRAM ACTUALLY SERVES
RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT OREGON
AND SOUTHWEST, WASHINGTON. AND
SO IF YOU HAVE GEOGRAPHY FOR
LIVING DISTANCES AWAY WHICH
ARE COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 200
MILES AWAY LIKE IN COPE. HEAL
AND KUZ COUNTY. THESE ARE
WOMEN AND MEN HAVE TO TRAVEL
DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
AND YOU HAVE CHEMOTHERAPY.
CHEMOTHERAPY IS LIKE EVERY 3
MONTHS BUT RADIATION IS EVERY
DAY. 5 DAYS A WEEK 7 TO 9
WEEKS OF RADIATION. THE OTHER
BARRIER PATIENTS SUFFER OR
LANGUAGE BARRIERS SO IF YOU
HAVE WOMEN WHO DO NOT SPEAK IN
RELATION YOU DO NOT HAVE
TRANSLATORS THAT'S ALSO
DIFFICULT BUT LAST BUT NOT
LEAST IS THE FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES. SO THESE PATIENTS
FORCED WITH THESE BARRIERS.
THEN THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN KEEPING LIGHTS ON IN
THEIR HOUSE AND PUTTING FOOD
ON THEIR TABLE FOR THEIR
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND THERE
ARE TREATMENTS AND AS A RESULT
OF THEIR DEATH RATE IS HIGHER.
YEAH, I WASHED IT IS HARD
MANY OUT THERE TO TO THINK I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN AFFORD
THIS THIS THING THAT CAN SAVE
MY LIFE OR THE CAN HELP ME
FIGHT THIS ARE HAVING TO
CHOOSE AS YOU MENTIONED
BETWEEN PUTTING FOOD ON THE
TABLE TURNING THE LIGHTS ON
AND BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THIS
TREATMENT. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE WAYS THAT THE TREATMENT
BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AND ALL
OF THIS.
YET SO THE BREAST CANCER,
THE TURNING DOWN BREAST CANCER
TREATMENT PROGRAMS HELPS
PROVIDE FOOD. TRANSPORTATION
AND LODGING FOR BREAST CANCER
PATIENTS THROUGHOUT OREGON AND
SOUTHWEST, WASHINGTON AND
THAT'S CLARKE, CAL LET SINCE
KHAMENEI COUNTIES. AND THEY
WORK WITH 2, 1, 1, INFO SO THE
PATIENTS HAVE TO THEY'RE ALL
UNDERSERVED PATIENTS SO THEY
FALL BELOW THE 250% POVERTY
THEY MUST BE GOING THROUGH
TREATMENT AT THE TIME AND THEY
GET A REFERRAL EITHER FROM
THEIR PHYSICIAN OR THE SOCIAL
WORKER OR NURSE NAVIGATOR THAT
THEY'RE WORKING MEN IN THEIR
PARTICULAR MEDICAL FACILITIES
AND HOPEFULLY WE RAISE THE
MONEY WITH WONDERFUL DONORS
LIKE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
WORKS IN CLOSE CONNECTION WITH
2, 1, ONE INFO WHO HELPS
DISTRIBUTE GIFT CARDS. GIFT
CARDS MEANING THAT WILL HELP
THEM WITH GAS MONEY JUST TO
GET UP TO TRAVEL BUT 200 AND
SOME MILES LIKE I WAS SAYING
EARLIER FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN COACH KEIL OREGON. IT'S
REALLY HELPFUL. YEAH, I KNOW
WE'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY
WE HERE AT KOIN HAVE.
WORKED WITH YET SUSAN G
KOMEN AND YOU JUST SEE HERE
FROM THESE PATIENTS THAT THESE
THESE GIFT CARDS ARE THE
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE TREATMENT,
IT MEANS EVERYTHING FOR THEIR
FAMILIES.
AND NOW I KNOW YOU HAVE A
GOAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
$40,000 OF DONATIONS TO TO
HELP PATIENTS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE
WATCHING AT HOME TO KNOW ABOUT
THEIR DONATION THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU
CAN DONATE EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS
AND WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO IS A QUOTE FROM MY PATIENTS
WHO HAS SERVED BY THIS PROGRAM
IF I MAY ALWAYS DO. YES. THIS
HAS BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL
UNFORESEEN GIFT WITH ALL THE
MEDICAL BILLS NOT COVERED BY
MY INSURANCE. THIS IS HELPED
ME TREMENDOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU DO COME IN AND
CONTINUE DOING FOR BREAST
CANCER PATIENTS AND THIS
PARTICULAR PATIENT DOES LIVE
IN COACH KEIL OREGON, WHICH IS
240 MILES. SO ROUND TRIP
THAT'S OVER 500 SOME MILES THE
2 COMES TO MEDICAL FACILITY
HERE IN PORTLAND. SO MY HEART
GOES OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE THEY
HAVE TO TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY
DURING CHEMO WHEN YOU'RE NOT
FEELING. WELL, SO EVERY DOLLAR
TO THIS FUND REALLY GREATLY
APPRECIATES ALL THE PATIENTS
SO. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU WE
CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT WONDERFUL
DONORS LIKE YOU THIS PROGRAM
WOULD NOT EXIST SO THANK YOU
THANK YOU. TONY, WE
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING. WE CERTAINLY HOPE
THAT EVERYONE OUT THERE IF
THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE WILL DO
SO TO HELP OTHER FAMILIES HERE
HAVE SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THANKS
FOR BEING HERE AND HAPPY
HOLIDAYS.
WE NEED TO THANK YOU SO
MUCH, AND OF COURSE TO HELP
SUSAN G KOMEN ORG AND
SOUTHWEST, WASHINGTON RAISE
THOSE FUNDS THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON. $40,000 WE CAN DO IT
TO HELP CANCER SURVIVORS AND
PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION