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November 18, 2008

Free legal and financial help for Cancer patients

LINC, the Legal Information Network for Cancer, is a Richmond-based nonprofit that has been in existence for 12 years.   LINC matches patients with volunteer attorneys and certified financial planners to help solve their problems.  Our experts have been able to forestall evictions, appeal treatment denials, work with creditors in addition to various other issues.  LINC also works with various community programs in order to secure help for transportation or prescription copays.  
This service is entirely FREE!  Please visit our website at www.cancerlinc.org for more information or call 804.378.5462 to talk to a social worker.

November 17, 2008

5k adds $575k against breast cancer

7,500 people 'made strides against breast cancer' in Richmond.

7,500 people 'made strides against breast cancer' in Richmond.

By Kathleen Whitlow

Taking patients to and from breast cancer treatment. Providing lodging close to treatment centers when patients must travel long distances. Raising the confidence of women through beauty and makeup lessons.

Those are just some of the services provided by the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer program, a nationwide series of fundraising walks held by the American Cancer Society.

The society held a 5-kilometer Making Strides walk on Oct. 19 in downtown Richmond. It raised nearly $575,000 to help in the fight against breast cancer.

“This was my first year participating in the event, and I had a great time helping to raise money for the women suffering from this disease,” said Walker Linette Laso, one of the 7,500 walkers in Richmond.

“Knowing the programs that Making Strides has for breast cancer patients and survivors makes me want to give as much as I can.”

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November 16, 2007

Mess o’ Greens in Fulton

Do you need some collard greens for your table? Some gentlemen from North Carolina are selling greens from atop their pickup truck at the bottom of Powhatan Hill. Apparently $10 will buy you a HUGE bag of greens. I’ve already unloaded some on our dear postman but I’ve got more to share. Seriously!

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October 17, 2007

Recreation Sports Assist in the Childhood Obesity Epidemic

While the term epidemic has been used to label everything from the gay pride epidemic, to the fashion epidemic of the 1980s, the word regains its meaning when in reference to childhood obesity. The prevalence of overweight among children aged 6 to 11 more than doubled in the past 20 years, going from 7% in 1980 to 18.8% in 2004 and an estimated 61% of overweight young people have at least one additional risk factor for heart disease, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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