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Longaberger Event Benefits Beebe's Tunnell Cancer Center

11/23/05

A group of Longaberger representatives have come together for a second time to support patient care services at Beebe Medical Center's Tunnell Cancer Center.

Members of the Two By Two group of Longaberger representatives sponsored what has now becoming an annual event to raise funds to help support the ongoing work of the Tunnell Cancer Center.

Three years ago we chose to benefit the Tunnell Center because so many lives have been touched by this dreaded disease and we wanted to do something to help, said Pat West, one of the organizers.
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It was decided to use the Longaberger Horizon of Hope Basket that is released each July/August as a fundraiser to benefit Beebe's Tunnell Cancer Center. Much time and energy was expended on structuring the event to make sure it was both successful and respectful for those who hoped to benefit, said Pam Webb, Longaberger Advisor to the Two By Two group.

The end result of our efforts surprised even us. We were able to raise through the contribution of our commissions and other gifts $2,308.70, Webb said.


Cherrie Rich, Beebe Medical Center Director of the Oncology Service Line, said that the group's support of the Tunnell Cancer Center is welcomed.

With the instance of cancer increasing, there is greater and greater need for early detection and treatment, Rich said. I am pleased to say the Tunnell Cancer Center is in the forefront of these efforts here in southern Delaware.

Longaberger Horizon of Hope Campaign is in its eleventh year of marketing special baskets to benefit breast cancer research. To date, the campaign has raised more than $4.3 million for American Cancer Society (ACS) breast cancer research and education efforts and has brought the number of women reached with early detection efforts to more than 8.5 million, according to the American Cancer Society website.

The Longaberger Company, based in Dresden, Ohio, markets hand-woven baskets and other home products through a network of more than 50,000 independent consultants across the country.



Caption: Pictured in front of the Survivor's Quilt at the Tunnell Cancer Center are, from left to right, Gladys Mixon, Pam Webb, Cherrie Rich, Pat West and Marjorie Miller. Not pictured by also involved in this fundraiser were Sherry Cook, Debbie Benson, Suzanne Hickey and Vicky Evans.