Made possible by charitable contributions from Astellas / Pfizer  , Bayer   and Cyberknife/Accuray .
Thank You!

Greetings!

As we send you the December 2017 issue of the Us TOO Hot SHEET newsletter, we hope that you’re doing well and that you enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Us TOO Holiday Hope fundraising campaign was launched yesterday on Giving Tuesday. We thank everyone who has already sent a donation to help support the work that we do at Us TOO providing educational resources and support services to the prostate cancer community at no charge. Please CLICK HERE to donate and read quotes of holiday hope. Special thanks to Dave Treat for sharing his story and photo as featured on the Holiday Hope digital materials and printed holiday greeting cards.

While doing your online holiday shopping please remember to shop Amazon Smile to help support Us TOO. It provides all of the same merchandise that’s on Amazon at the same price but designates a portion of your transaction to benefit Us TOO at no additional cost to you. Simply select Us TOO International as your charity of choice and 0.5 percent of the value of all purchases will be donated to Us TOO. There’s no limit to the amount Amazon Smile will donate. Please CLICK HERE for all of the details.

On November 6, we were in San Antonio, TX, for the  Us TOO Panel Discussion & Webcast on Advanced Prostate Cancer hosted by the Us TOO San Antonio support groups. We’d like to thank support group leader Johnny Staha, everyone who attended in person and online, event moderator Dr. Juan A. Reyna, his wife, Joni Reyna, physician panelist presenters Dr. Eddie Morales, Dr. Vijay Gunuganti, Dr. Michael Liss, presenting sponsor Bayer, event sponsors Dendreon and Janssen Oncology, and in-kind sponsor Los Padres.  CLICK HERE to watch the video of the event.

We were also in Englewood, NJ, on November 11 for the  Us TOO Community Conversation on Prostate Cancer hosted by Us TOO International and Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, in collaboration with Us TOO support groups in Hackensack, Monmouth and NYC, and Cancer Care . We extend our thanks to local support group leaders Jack David Marcus and Joe Cavalli, everyone who attended the event, presenters Andrew Chesler from Cancer Care , physician presenters Dr. Eric Margolis and Dr. Maxwell Janosky, presenting sponsor Bayer, event sponsors Astellas/Pfizer, Genomic Health, and Janssen Oncology, and in-kind sponsor Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

The event featured demonstrations for chair yoga, acupuncture and meditation as management techniques for anxiety and depression. Thank you to presenters Linda Davida, Carleen Implicito and Mark Van Buren from The Graf Center for Integrative Medicine. Watch for video footage of the event coming soon!

Benefit from connecting with others who can provide information and perspective on their personal experience with prostate cancer. This can be especially helpful for making informed decisions about prostate cancer detection, treatment options and management of related side effects.
  • CLICK HERE to locate an Us TOO prostate cancer support group.
  • CLICK HERE for the Inspire online support community with posts specific to 14 prostate cancer topics.
  • CLICK HERE to participate in a support group conference call in collaboration with Answer Cancer Foundation.

When ordering products from https://urologyhealthstore.com enter promo code: USTOO and receive a 10% discount and free shipping on purchases of $50 or more. Your transaction will also generate a donation for Us TOO paid by Urology Health Store. 

Take care and let us know how we can help you with prostate cancer educational resources and support services.

Happy holidays!



Chuck Strand, Chief Executive Officer
Jackie Konieczka, Office Manager
Terri Likowski, Program Director - Support Group Services
Tim Mix, Communications Manager
Amy Woods, Director of Development