We are honored and excited to be co-chairs for this vitally important campaign, Champion the Cure.  As a surgeon and registered nurse, respectively, we see this campaign as a natural extension of our professional lives in caring for others. 

Bill’s battle with prostate cancer has led him to receive treatment at CancerCare of Maine.  As a result, we know what patients and their families are feeling.  Often worried and overwhelmed by the unexpected and unwelcome crises, they are looking for hope and competent care in the hands of compassionate medical providers.  Just as importantly, they need a place where the raw elements of their illness are softened by peaceful and uplifting surroundings. 

We support Champion the Cure because it is a visionary response to a growing need for space for cancer treatment and research.  The new home of CancerCare of Maine and the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health will benefit an ever- increasing number of cancer patients here in northeastern Maine.  We hope you will join us by contributing to this historic effort.