To Apply for High Ground for Cancer Patient Funds
In response to the devastating floods and tornadoes that have swept through Iowa, five organizations dedicated to fighting cancer have established High Ground for Cancer Patients —a special initiative to help cancer patients and their loved ones living in any officially declared federal disaster county in Iowa.
The Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control is working with the American Cancer Society, the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Lance Armstrong Foundation to provide housing, transportation and medical assistance to cancer patients currently receiving treatment.
“Having cancer is hard. But having to deal with the devastating and disruptive effects of these natural disasters on top of it is more than cancer patients and their families should be expected to handle alone,” said George Weiner, MD, Chair, Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control and Director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa.
“These organizations expressed a great desire to support cancer patients who have experienced additional hardship inflicted by flood and tornado damage and immediately took action to provide the services they need now more than ever,” said Weiner.
The cancer relief initiative was established for cancer patients currently receiving treatment and living in Iowa counties that have been designated a federal disaster area. Assistance of up to $1,000 is available and is intended to ease the burden of increased transportation, lodging, or other unexpected expenses due to severe storms and flooding.
To Apply for High Ground for Cancer Patient Funds
Eligible cancer patients can apply for High Ground funds by downloading the forms.
Both forms, the Provider Verification Form from your physician, and the Patient Information from you, must be completed and faxed to 319-353-8988 (Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center).
If you have questions about the forms, call 319-353-8620. Please mark ATTENTION: HIGH GROUND FOR CANCER PATIENTS on both forms before faxing them.
For eligibility information or to learn more about the support available through this effort, call the American Cancer Society, 800-227-2345, or visit American Cancer Society. Cancer information specialists are available to answer calls 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
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