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When: 9am-12pm and 4pm-6pm
Where: Christiansburg Recreation Center
Purpose: COE will provide cancer-related education and materials.
Working together to reach 80% screening rates for colorectal cancer in every community!
Join the Virginia Colorectal Cancer Roundtable and Ballad Health for a day of collaboration and action planning to address colorectal cancer in our region.
Learn how colorectal cancer is impacting the region
Hear the latest efforts around colorectal cancer screening from the region and the state
Collectively develop a regional plan to address the colorectal cancer burden
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When (Time): 12:30 pm
Where (Location): Christiansburg Town Hall
Why (Purpose of Event and of COE attendance): Educate and raise awareness of Lung Cancer Screenings for town employees
Hosted/Presented by: Town of Christiansburg Dept of Human Resources
More details to come
Providing cancer screening navigation services with a monthly educational focus on certain cancer types and/or cancer prevention information. A COE Navigation Team member will be present to provide cancer-related navigation services.
Where: Blue Ridge Medical Center
When: 11/21 from 8am-4:30pm
Who: Lauren Carbo from UVA’s Lung Cancer Screening Program
Description: OCOE and the UVA Lung Cancer Screening Program will be at Blue Ridge Medical Center (BRMC) to discuss lung cancer screenings with BRMC patients. Patients will be able to walk through a pair of inflatable lung that show the impacts on lung cancer on the body, and will receive both lung cancer screening information and navigation services.
When: noon-2pm
Where: 186 Boxwood Lane
Purpose: Offer free BP Checks and health info
Hosted by: Carilion Clinic Community Health and Outreach
Providing cancer screening navigation services with a monthly educational focus on certain cancer types and/or cancer prevention information. A COE Navigation Team member will be present to provide cancer-related navigation services.
Community outreach event providing cancer screening navigation services and spreading general cancer screening awareness.
Event info (from UVA School of Med website): The purpose of these bi-weekly (every two weeks) events is to advance community engagement and health equity for all. At Fifeville Health Station, residents can receive free blood-pressure and blood-sugar checkups, get help accessing their cancer screenings, as well as take home fresh produce via a pay-what-you-can farm stand.
Location: 782 Prospect Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA