September 2024

LINK TO HOPE NEWSLETTER

A message from the Executive Director - Melissa Karrer

Hi Friends,

Hello September! I'll admit, we are heading into my favorite season of all. One of my best friends holds on to summer with both hands, but I am hands free and ready for crisp mornings and cool evenings, Fall colors, and a cozy sweatshirt. Lots of change coming in the next few weeks.

Something that never changes here, however, is the commitment to compassion and support for cancer patients in Kentucky as we continue to break down barriers to care with hope and understanding. Whether it is helping find the perfect wig, providing a gas card that helps get to treatment, or connecting to a lifesaving cancer screening, we are thankful to be able to help and could not do the work without your continued support of our mission.

We love to share inspiring stories of resilience from patients we’ve worked with through heartfelt testimonials like the one you'll see in our most recent Link to Hope story, in partnership with WKYT. This month's segment highlights a brave woman for whom we were able to provide a beautiful wig that helped her to feel whole again.

We encourage you to stay engaged with us—whether by participating in our upcoming events, contributing to our mission, or just following our social media posts.

Thank you for reading and your consideration to walk alongside our mission to be a link to hope for Kentuckians.

Cheers,

Melissa

WKYT - Link to Hope

Each month on WKYT, a Link to Hope story is featured with Amber Philpott.

Our most recent story features Michelle Jones, recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and the message she shares in hopes to encourage other women, especially women of color, to make screenings a priority.

Click here to view segments!

THANK YOU to WKYT for your partnership!

Grateful Patient

Virtual Tour!

Click here for a virtual tour of our KCL office!

Out and About

Melanie attended the Cancer Support Community's survivorship event on Aug. 10th at St. Elizabeth Edgewood Cancer Center in Northern KY. We love sharing our mission and hope with others.

Melanie attended Clark Material Handling Company's employee health fair on Aug.13th in Lexington. We're grateful for their continued support of our mission.

Maria & Ginger attended El Centro de San Juan Diego Health & Wellness Resource Fair on Aug. 25th in Lexington. This is a wonderful event that provides outreach to the Hispanic community in the Lexington area.

Melanie attended the Nicholas County Cancer Prevention & Care Seminar on Aug. 27th at the Nicholas County Livestock Barn in Carlisle to educate community members on KCL programs and services available to those affected by a cancer diagnosis and cancer screening programs available to underinsured and uninsured Kentuckians.

Meet Our Intern

Emily Lambert

Where are you from? I am from Mount Washington, Kentucky! It is a semi-small town, that is constantly growing, about 20 minutes south of Louisville. I have lived there my whole life and love my little “small” town.

What is your major? I am going to be graduating school with a Bachelor of Health Sciences, pursuing a career in Clinical Leadership and Management.

What are your plans after graduation? After graduation, my plans are not fully intact yet. However, I know that I would like to go home and spend time with my family and friends. With that, I plan on getting my master's degree and looking for a long-term career job down the line.

What do you hope to learn from your internship at KCL? There are many things that I am hoping to take away from this job. I know that with this amazing opportunity I am going to have the chance to learn many amazing things and I am so grateful to even get the chance to be a part of the team. I want to learn everything that is going to be taught to me, and I cannot wait to see where it takes me.

What is your favorite part of Kentucky? I love the state of Kentucky as a whole. The beauty and nature of the state is enough to say on its own. I have been to many beautiful places within this state and have been blessed to see so many of the wonderful creations. My favorite place to travel to would have to be Cumberland Falls located in Corbin, Kentucky. The calmness and beauty of the State Park is something that will always be breathtaking to me.

Upcoming Event

THANK YOU to our Links to Hope sponsors for our

10th Annual Links to Hope Golf Scramble coming up on September 16th!

Ways to GIVE BACK!

Kroger Community Rewards

Support Kentucky CancerLink’s mission at your local grocery store! We are pleased to be a part of the Kroger Community Rewards program.

It’s easy!! Just go to: https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards to register your Kroger card. The ID#

for Kentucky CancerLink is TG249.

Share your ideas and resources! Do you know of something that might be useful to the cancer community? Let us know, and we may share it in future publications.

Email Melanie Hunter at melanieh@kycancerlink.org

Delicious Ideas

Apple Pie Overnight Oats

Overnight oats are one of my favorite ways to break my fast. With a couple of minutes of prep time the night before, you'll wake up to a delicious healthy way to fuel your body and start your day off right.

I like to warm them for a few seconds in the microwave first, but they are delicious either way.

Click here for recipe

Apple Nachos

This is a fun way to get your fruit serving in and a dollop of any type of nut butter provides some protein that will help keep you full.

You can add toppings if you want like coconut, chocolate chips, or cinnamon. Pro tip-warming the nut butter first for a few seconds is a game changer.

Click here for recipe

Apple Pie Muffins

This recipe is gluten, dairy, and refined sugar free and full of flavor.

These muffins are moist & sweet and have a crunchy topping with lots of apple chunks.

These are perfect to throw in in a lunchbox or enjoy as a snack.

Click here for recipe

Link to Hope Podcast

Kentuckians need hope today. Link 2 Hope is a monthly podcast featuring community partners discussing ways to remove barriers for Kentuckians in need of screening, diagnosis and treatment for cancer.

New episodes available! Click HERE.

Is there a topic that you would like to hear about? Contact Melanie Hunter at melanieh@kycancerlink.org to share your ideas!

Thank you to our partner, RunSwitch PR!

Available on whichever platform you listen to your podcasts. Subscribe to be informed when new episodes are added!

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Thank you for being a link to hope!

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