for the Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County

presented by the Mendocino Stories & Music Series

Saturday, March 28th 2015, 7PM at the Hill House Inn

Come out to celebrate the Cancer Resource Centers’ 20th Anniversary for their first event of 2015 with Mendocino Stories & Events.  This exciting evening will bring a great lineup of bluegrass music and is scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at the Hill House Inn. Music starts at 7PM.

Returning to the stage at Hill House as headliners, Sweetwater String Band, brings its string sound that is, well, sweet. Straight from the desert and big mountains of the eastern Sierras, they blend rock ‘n’ roll, improvised jams, and straight up bluegrass into a sound that has become all their own. You can listen to some music on their website and on Youtube by clicking here and here.

Opening the evening at 7:00 pm are Gwyneth Moreland and Morgan Daniel. Both of these local favorites are accomplished singer/songwriters. As a duo, they are rich in the brother/sister harmonies, always pleasing their audiences with the depth of their lyrics and soulful vocals.

Following Gwyneth and Morgan, local bluegrass band, Lafe Crick, will step up. They are a seasoned group of musicians doing contemporary and traditional bluegrass. Members of the band are: Ryan Kroll on mandolin, guitar, and lead vocals; Peter Temple on bass; Lee Rider on Dobro and guitar. Filling in for Joey Goforth on banjo will be Gene Parsons. What a treat for us!

Doors open at 6PM for casual dining with full bar. General admission for the show is $20. Limited table seating is available: tables can be reserved through the Cancer Resource Centers by calling 937-3833 or ordering online by clicking here.

About the Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County

Founded in 1995, the Cancer Resource Centers (CRC) is a nationally recognized grassroots organization that holds steadfast to their vision that no one will face cancer alone in Mendocino County. The first freestanding cancer resource center from Marin County to the CA-Oregon border, CRC provides services free of charge from the over 300 Mendocino County residents a year who visit the non-profit organization’s two offices, located in Mendocino and Ukiah. 2015 marks CRC’s 20^th Anniversary and this bluegrass benefit concert is the first of many planned community celebrations to be held throughout the year.

• What We Do
• Home Grown History
• Volunteer Opportunities

A book in our lending library.

We sponsor a variety of support groups located in Mendocino, Fort Bragg, and Ukiah.Our offices house up-to-date lending libraries on subjects such as diagnosis specific information, stress management, relaxation, nutrition, and personal stories from people facing cancer. We provide referrals to community resources. We offer our clients hats, wigs, breast prosthesis, and bras. Our medical consultation support services include:

• Assistance in preparing questions for medical appointments
• Accompaniment to medical appointments
• Audio recording services and written summarization of the appointment

Around a table in a house in the woods, the first ideas sprang forth to provide our communities with access to cancer-related services. We were women living with cancer who had sought information and resources and found there was no one place to go to locally. With this very real need in mind, we worked hard, formed a board and opened our doors in the summer of 1995 in an alley way in a room off a garage. We became the first non facility- based cancer resource center from Marin County to the California-Oregon border. Today, over eighteen remarkable years later, CRCMC has become a central, depended-upon, absolutely essential part of our rural community, not only for people who have cancer but for the community as a whole. The Centers has grown beyond our wildest imaginings. So too has the spread of cancer; some are healing , some have died. More and more of us are touched. Our hope is that someday our work will not be needed, that prevention will be foremost on the minds of research funders, governments and citizens of the world, and that the Precautionary Principle will be in place globally. Until then we will continue serving. Thank you friends, for allowing us to do just that.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

One of our Ukiah volunteers sorts
bras for clients, 2008

Volunteers are Vital to our Organization! If you are in any town around the county it may be a good thing to hear that business is booming, but in our business it implies that there is someone is our community who needs help. We always need more volunteers to staff the office. We provide training, you provide time and compassion. Below is a list of jobs for which we need more volunteers to provide a variety of services. For more information, call CRCMC or fill out the Volunteer Form and Confidentiality Form, located here, and mail them in. Remember, many hands make light work. All of these jobs can be done by more than one person. Even if you cannot volunteer on a regular basis, let us know your schedule and we’ll work with you. If you are interested in volunteering for driving, please print out the Drivers Volunteer Enrollment Form and Drivers Confidentiality Form, located here, and mail them to CRCMC, Volunteer Application, P.O. Box 50, Mendocino, CA, 95460.

Being a woman is the greatest risk factor leading to a breast cancer diagnosis.

The Avon Foundation for Women has released its new Check Yourself campaign to increase awareness of breast cancer.

Other general risk factors include increasing age and certain ethnic heritages. In addition, every woman has unique risk factors.

Breast cancer incidence and mortality rates generally increase with age; in the United States 79% of new cases and 88% of breast cancer deaths occur in women ages 50 years and older.

Breast cancer incidence rates are higher in non-Hispanic white women than African American women for most age groups. However:

Coastal Office: 707.937.3833  |  Inland Office:  707.467.3828 | info@crcmendocino.org | P.O. Box 50, Mendocino, CA 95460