BUDDY BEARS
FOR CANCER
Updated 03-04-2009
BUDDY BEARS DONATED
79
To the only independent web page
dedicated to this Buddy Bear for Cancer Drive...
Dialup
This drive has ended
but I will be keeping the WEB PAGE up.
There are a lot of good links available to those
who wish to contact various organizations.
A woman named Priscilla Andreason, a Buddy Check survivor,
has given bears to chemo patients for years.
We call her The Bear Lady. Since 1979 she's donated more than 6,000 bears here on the First Coast
and around the world. She even ships the bears to Poland and Iceland free of charge.
During the holidays, Priscilla's home in Riverside burned and her husband was laid off from work.
She's always just scraped together funds to buy bears. The fire, though, really set her back.
Priscilla wrote a poem which comes with each bear.
One line says, "If you need to cry, don't be afraid to cry on me. I'll dry."
Cancer patients love the bears.
Please remember the bears must be new because cancer patients can't risk getting germs from well-used bears.
First Coast News.
1070 E. Adams.)
My email is jblaylock@firstcoastnews.com.
If you will send me the names of yourself, family and friends
who have either "Survived" to be PRAISED or those who didn't so they can be honored, I will list them on this page...
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Since |
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Russell Jacobs |
2006 |
Lung |
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1996 |
Breast |
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2006 |
Colon |
Bill Rodgers |
2004 |
Colon |
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John Gardner Tillotson |
1996 |
Lung |
Jim Todd |
2002 |
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Cora Lee Smith Bryant |
1947 |
Sarcoma & Melanoma |
Vera Bryant Holland
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2004 |
Breast |
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Timothy Pizzi |
1996 |
Brain |
Jeff Bryant |
2006 |
Throat |
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1999 |
Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma |
Janet Tillotson Munchak |
1985 |
Breast |
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Grady Nickles |
1994 |
Lung |
Janice Helton |
1996 |
Multiple Myeloma |
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Claire Starr |
2006 |
Pancreatic |
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2006 |
Kidney |
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Ernest Henry Stewart, Jr. |
2001 |
Lung |
Mary Lou Zimmerman |
2006 |
Kidney |
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Alma E. Tillotson |
1997 |
Lung |
Gloria M. |
2005 |
Kidney |
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Cornelia “ |
1998 |
Lung |
Jack R. |
2006 |
Kidney |
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Louie Bryant |
2006 |
Liver |
Van V. |
- |
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Dock Smith |
1936 |
Stomach |
Hugh E. |
- |
Prostate |
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Frances C. |
1989 |
Ovarian |
David B. |
- |
Prostate |
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Madonna K. |
2004 |
Lymphoma |
Dr. V. |
2006 |
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Robert J. |
2006 |
Lung |
Teresa B. |
- |
Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma |
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Becky B. |
2004 |
Lung & Brain |
Josephine Warner |
1995 |
Breast |
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Callie B. |
1961 |
Uterine |
Joseph T. Waligore |
2006 |
Prostate |
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Charles K. |
1994 |
Kidney |
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Buddy P. |
2000 |
Lung |
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Ron L. |
2000 |
Pancreatic |
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Libby H. |
1989 |
Lung & Brain |
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Jack Sheldrake |
1997 |
Lung |
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Wendy Mahoney |
2002 |
Ovarian |
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2007 |
Lung |
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Louise Erde Tillotson |
2007 |
Breast |
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Andrew Bonazzoli |
2006 |
Intestinal |
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William Robin Lee Rodgers |
2009 |
Liver |
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and a Breast Cancer survivor.
It helped her through the rough times following her diagnosis
and through her treatment
and she asked if it could be placed on the page to help others inflicted with Cancer.
Cancer Support Groups or How to find one...
The Virtual Wellness Community
Association of Cancer Online Resources
How to Find the Right Cancer Support Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources
Welcome to The Cancer Information Network
American Cancer Society -How to Find Online Support Groups
RedToeNail.org -Online community for people with Cancer
Florida Hospital Support Groups
Here is a list of web sites that donate a portion of their proceeds to Cancer Research:
The Breast Cancer Site Store
The Awareness Depot
The Pink Ribbon Shop
Susan G. Komen Marketplace
Cancer Survivor Designs on T-Shirts and Gifts
Choose Hope, Inc
Here is a list of a few more web sites of interest:
My Pink Ribbon Page
Lifetime TV Petition
Donna Hicken Foundation
Needy Meds
Make The Connection
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Multiple Myeloma |
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Brain Cancer |
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Prostate Cancer |
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Childhood Cancers |
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General cancer Awareness |
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Lymphoma |
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Uterine Cancer |
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Kidney cancer |
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Sarcoma/Bone Cancer |
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Bladder Cancer |
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Cervical Cancer |
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Head and Neck Cancer |
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Liver Cancer |
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Esophageal Cancer |
“Calendar of
Cancer Awareness”
2007
January
National Cervical Health
Awareness Month
February
National Cancer Prevention
Month
March
National Colorectal Cancer
Awareness Month
April
Cancer Control Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness
Week ‘April 1-7’
National Oral, Head, and Neck
Awareness Week ‘April 16-22’
May
Melanoma Skin Cancer
Detection and Prevention Month
Brain Tumor Action Week
‘April 29-May 5’
June
National Cancer Survivors Day
‘Jun 3’
Sarcoma Awareness Week (?)
September
Childhood Cancer Awareness
Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness
Month
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Awareness Month
National Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness
Month
October
National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month
November
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
National Marrow Awareness
Month
National Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness Month
Choose Hope, Inc
For More Information and links to various pages...
"Cancer Ribbon Chart"
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Yellow: |
(particularly bladder cancer and testicular cancer), liver disease and liver cancer |
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Black: |
in memoriam / mourning |
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Dark Blue: |
colon cancer |
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Light Blue: |
prostate cancer |
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Brown: |
colorectal cancer |
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Gold: |
childhood cancer |
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Gray: |
brain cancer / brain tumors |
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Green: |
prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer / kidney disease |
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Lavender: |
all cancers (general cancer awareness |
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Peach: |
endometrial cancer, uterine cancer |
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lung cancer and lung disease |
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Periwinkle: |
stomach cancer |
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Pink: |
breast cancer |
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Purple: |
pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, cancer survivor |
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Sheer/Gold: |
lung cancer |
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Teal: |
ovarian, cervical, uterine, and allother gynecological cancers |
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White: |
lung cancer |
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Clear: |
lung cancer and lung disease |
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Red / white: |
head and neck cancer |
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Light pink / light blue: |
male breast cancer |
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Teal / pink: |
hereditary breast cancer, gynecological and breast cancers |
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Black/ white (stripes): |
carcinoid syndrome cancer |
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Ivory/burgundy/ivory (three stripes): |
oral, head, and neck cancer |
an 11 year Breast Cancer Survivor,
for all her help in getting this page together...
Thank you Debbie!!!
Email if you would like more information or leave a comment...
GravyDave News
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Ribbon Graphic was used with permission from:
Choose Hope, Inc.
Page was CREATED 1-22-2007
By
GravyDave
"The Internet Poet"