I am chairing Team Robbie this year for the Amanda Hichcad Cancer Walk. The team is named in memory of a dear friend and avid participant in the Chesapeake Cancer Alliance who bravely battled pancreatic cancer.  Unfortunately she lost that battle in 2018 and we continue to channel her strength by supporting the Cancer Lifenet program at UMUC cancer center. She is one of many family and friends who are either battling cancer now, have battled and survived or battled and lost. Everyone of us has  been touched by Cancer in some way or another and have benefited from the support of Doctors, fellow patients, support groups, friends and family.  The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation provides this support for cancer patients and their families in Harford and Cecil Counties no matter where the patient was treated.

In these trying times, I know that the health of our families is first and foremost. This is especially true of our family and friends with cancer. We must be abundantly aware of their contact with others and their continued treatments. In light of this, the Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation is working even more diligently to provide continued safe services to its patients.  In order to maintain safe distancing and insure the safety of all participants, this year will be a virtual walk. (online only)  

 Your contribution may help to provide counseling, support groups, patient education, programs for children, referral information, and access to an extensive network of professionals to guide and advocate for patients during their treatment and recovery; all coordinated by the Cancer Lifenet program at Upper Chesapeake Health. 

Consider supporting their efforts as I walk in honor of and in memory of the many friends and family who have completed treatment, are now in treatment or who have left us too soon.