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Breast Cancer Survivor
If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer and reside in Licking County, enrollment is SASS offers you the following:
Financial Support: including reimbursement for outpatient and inpatient services, along with assistance with expenses related to mammography, hair replacement, prosthetics and other cosmetic care.
Educational Support: including information and referral on mammography, self exams, and educational programs for young women on prevention and the benefits of early diagnosis. The program also sponsors and promotes fundraising in Licking County focused on breast cancer awareness and prevention.
Personal Support: including connection women diagnosed with breast cancer to services needed such as cosmetic care, prosthetics, lymphedema care, child care options and transportation issues.
Social Support: including assess to events such as dinners, informative workshops, and support groups held locally. Also available are mentor relationships and access to a SASS participant internet bulletin board and email group for sharing and support with other breast cancer survivors in the county.
For information contact SASS program coordinators Medha Sutliff or Mary Richardson at (740) 349-6535
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