St Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness

Programs: Survivors teaching students: saving women's lives. This is part of a national program started by the ovarian cancer national alliance. We have survivors who make presentations to 2nd and 3rd year medical students at washington university and st louis university; to nurses at university of missouri st louis; to resident physicians at st mary's health center. Health fairs: patients, survivors, nurses and doctors staff booths at area health fairs. We staff health fairs such as cancer wellness fair, pearls of wisdom health fair, siteman cancer center health fair, bjc st peters women's health fair. Through these fairs we reach thousands of individuals. We also staffed the working woman's survival show and were able to reach 20,000 people. Public events: we advertise on outdoor signs in the st. Louis metro region during the month of september promoting early detection of the signs of ovarian cancer. We also sponsor an ovarian cancer awareness day at busch stadium. We reached in excess of 500,000 people through these activities. Provide 200 sister gift boxes on an annual basis to be placed in gynecologic oncologist offices throughout the st. Louis metropolitan area in hopes of reaching all women who will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Sister gift boxes are packed with gifts we believe will be helpful to women with ovarian cancer as they undergo treatment and follow-up care (chemo and ball caps, relaxation cd, inspirational book, note cards, water bottle and other sloca/ovarian cancer items) and through an introductory letter, link women and their caregivers to referral and support services available through sloca.