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Hi! My name is Emily Lederer, MS, RN, OCN, and I'm fundraising for the 2023 Amanda Hichkad CCA Celebration Walk. I started working as an RN at the Kaufman Infusion Center in November 2021 after working for 10 years at Hopkins and UMMC in their cancer centers. I love working in my own community and seeing the impact that we can make on local oncology patients.
Event Information For the 2023
Amanda Hichkad CCA Celebration Walk:
WHERE: The John Carroll School
WHY?
Through the efforts of our volunteers, friends, family and local community, Cancer LifeNet at UM Upper Chesapeake Health's Patricia D. & M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center, a program funded entirely through philanthropic dollars and donations, offers free-of-charge supportive care services to all residents of Harford and Cecil County, Maryland facing the battle of a cancer diagnosis, regardless of where he/she/they are receiving his/her/their cancer treatments.
Offering navigation and support, Cancer LifeNet helps these individuals and their loved ones cope with the physical, financial, psychological and emotional aspects of having cancer. Nurse navigators, social workers and other specialists work alongside individuals diagnosed with cancer to create a safe and nurturing environment and help them cope with each stage of their cancer journey.
This event is named after a beloved Bel Air resident, wife, and mother of three, Amanda Hichkad, who received treatment at the Patricia D. & M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center at UM Upper Chesapeake Health in Bel Air, Maryland. She was also a utilizer and advocate for Cancer LifeNet and believed in the impact that Cancer LifeNet and its variety of free of charge services can have on someone going through the battle of a cancer diagnosis.
She wanted to ensure that her legacy was creating a way to help fundraise for Cancer LifeNet so that its staff could continue having a tremendous impact on the lives of her friends and neighbors in the Harford and Cecil County, Maryland communities who rely on the services of Cancer LifeNet, just like she did. Thus, the Amanda Hichkad CCA Celebration Walk was born in 2014. All of the proceeds from the Amanda Hichkad CCA Celebration Walk go back to supporting Cancer LifeNet and its nearly 300 unique programs and services that have helped impact the lives of over 15,000 of our friends and neighbors, just like Amanda.
With your help, we will create a movement leading up to and on Walk Day, by celebrating and honoring our loved ones who have faced the battle of a cancer diagnosis, while also walking to raise critical funds to help Cancer LifeNet.
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