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Baxter Regional Medical Center

  

Project #1 Name: "Mobile Mammography Unit Outreach"

Type of Grant: Screening 

Grant Amount:  $88,950

Project Director:  Bonnie Fischer

Address:
624 Hospital Drive
Mountain Home, AR 72653

Phone: (870) 425-2666

Email: bfischer@baxterregional.org

Target Population:  Rural, underserved & underprivileged women

Counties Served:  Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Sharp, Stone

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


Project #2 Name: "Lymphedema Outreach VII"

Type of Grant:  Treatment Support  

Grant Amount:  $1,920

Project Director: Renee Barnes

Address:
624 Hospital Drive
Mountain Home, AR 72653

Phone: (870) 508-1556

Email: crochetrenee@yahoo.com

Target Population: Uninsured & Underinsured Breast Cancer Survivors

Counties Served:  Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Sharp, Stone

LYMPHEDEMA OUTREACH VII IS AN ONGOING PROJECT TO PROVIDE LYMPHEDEMA COMPRESSION GARMENTS TO UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS. MANY CLIENTS IN BRMC’S SERVICE AREA DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE OR THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE SUCH GARMENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL DISPENSE LYMPHEDEMA SLEEVES, GLOVES AND GAUNTLETS. WE ARE ALSO SEEKING FUNDING THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE AN EXERCISE CLASS, "HEALTHY STEPS", TO SURVIVORS AT BRMC’S PIETZ CANCER SUPPORT HOUSE. "HEALTHY STEPS" WAS DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS. THE MOVES MIMIC MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE, THEREBY EMPOWERING SURVIVORS TO HAVE ONE MORE TOOL TO CONTROL LYMPHEDEMA AS WELL AS HELPING TO REGAIN LOST SHOULDER RANGE OF MOTION AFTER A MASTECTOMY. IN ADDITION, WE ARE SEEKING FUNDING TO PURCHASE KOMEN PUBLICATIONS REGARDING LYMPHEDEMA TO GIVE TO BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS THROUGH BRMC PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT’S LYMPHEDEMA PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE PIETZ CANCER SUPPORT HOUSE.


Project #3 Name: "Tell Your Mom, Save a Life"

Type of Grant:  Education

Grant Amount:  $3,270

Project Director: Sharon Miller

Address:
624 Hospital Drive
Mountain Home, AR 72653

Phone: (870) 508-2340

Email: smiller@baxterregional.org

Target Population: High school seniors, their moms, school teachers and staff

Counties Served:  Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Sharp, Stone

BAXTER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WILL PROVIDE NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS SCHOOLS WITH A SCHEDULED, "TELL YOUR MOM, SAVE A LIFE" OUTREACH PROGRAM. BRMC EMPLOYEES WILL PRESENT THE PROGRAMS AND DISTRIBUTE BROCHURES AND PRINTED INFORMATION DURING THE LATE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS. FOLLOWING EACH SCHOOL PROGRAM, THE TARGET AND CENTRAL FOCUS WILL BE TO HELP ALL SENIOR FEMALE STUDENTS AND FEMALE FACULTY BECOME FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FOR GOOD HEALTH AND THE THREE IMPORTANT STEPS FOR BREAST CARE. IN THE SCHOOL CULTURE, TEACHERS CAN HAVE THE STRONGEST LEADERSHIP ROLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROGRAM AND SUPPORT OF THE MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, THE SENIOR STUDENTS WILL TRANSITION INTO ADULT LIFE WITH RAISED AWARENESS FOR THEIR OWN BREAST HEALTH AND CANCER SCREENINGS AS THEY BECOME FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.