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Slaughter Neck Community Action Honors Volunteer for Cancer Screening Promotion

10/27/08

Slaughter Neck Community Action has honored local volunteer Mary Parker for promoting cancer screening in the surrounding community by getting the most people screened during the past quarter. Mrs. Parker received her recognition at a recent Appreciation Banquet.

Slaughter Neck Community Action is in partnership with Beebe Medical Center to promote screenings for colon, cervical, breast and prostate cancers. For more information, contact Solomon Jefferson at (302) 249-3567, or Cathy Ward, RN, Beebe Medical Center Cancer Screening Nurse Navigator, at (302) 645-3169.

Caption: Pictured at the Appreciation Banquet are, from left to right, Cassie Young, president of Slaughter Neck Community Action; Roslyn Harris, secretary; Grace Young, assistant treasurer; Mary Parker, honoree; Cathy Ward, RN, Beebe Medical Center Cancer Screening Nurse Navigator; Solomon Jefferson, Slaughter Neck Community Action Cancer Coordinator; and Roy Hazzard, First State Community Action Cancer Coordinator.

Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a charitable mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at www.beebemed.org