What's New

	Facebook The Kentucky Cancer Program has their own Facebook page!  Check out our page on Facebook and while you are there "Like" us and you can start receiving updates from us about all we have to offer; community programs, special initiatives, and special events. To view our Facebook page and become our friend visit this link: tinyurl.com/kcpwest
	March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month Save Lives, Promote Colon Cancer Screening and Dress in Blue on March 2, 2012 Coach Rick Pitino supports Dress in Blue Day, View video Join the Kentucky Cancer Program, District Cancer Councils, businesses, schools, churches and organizations across the state in the fourth annual nationwide campaign to promote colon cancer awareness and screening. Use the on-line Resource Kit with promotional materials and educational resources.  Retrieve Resource Kit. For more information contact your regional KCP office.
	The Incredible Educational Colon Tour 2012 This large inflatable walk-through model offers a chance for people to learn about the importance of colon cancer screening in a unique and fun way.  KCP is working with partners  in Louisville and western Kentucky to bring the colon to several cities.  To see if there is a stop in your community, view the schedule.
	Screenings at the Kentucky State Fair! The Kentucky Cancer Program had another great year at the Kentucky State Fair, offering free screenings for skin, prostate and oral cancer.  Thanks to our staff, volunteers, and doctors who help make these free screenings a great success for the community. The number of people screened at our booths during the fair are as follows: Skin Cancer Screenings:      1,510 Prostate Cancer Screening:  725 Oral Cancer Screenings:       221
	First Lady's Trail Ride for Horses and Hope The Trail Ride for Horses & Hope hosted by First Lady Jane Beshear on September 18, 2011 at the Kentucky Horse Park was a great success.  To view pictures of the Trail Ride visit the site http://bit.ly/noxSSk (photos by Linda Doane and John Engelhardt) Proceeds benefit Horses and Hope, a partnership of KCP and the First Lady Jane Beshear.
	Hospitals get help with tobacco cessation efforts   Kentucky's hospitals are smoke free, presenting patients with a great opportunity to quit smoking while they are in the hospital. The Kentucky Cancer Program (KCP) at U of L recently developed an innovative program, "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence in Kentucky Hospitals".  It is free to Kentucky hospitals and is currently being distributed across the state. "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence in Kentucky Hospitals" is a project of KCP's Providers Practice Prevention and the KDPH Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program with the Kentucky Hospital Association.  The program features: A web-based video training for clinicians and staff on tobacco treatment.  It demonstrates how to effectively and quickly address tobacco use with ALL patients, regardless of condition, as well as provide appropriate treatment for those willing and not willing to quit.  The training provides free CE credit to nurses, physicians, respiratory care practitioners, and pharmacists. Information about and fax referral sheets for the free Kentucky Quitline, 1-800-QUIT-NOW, where patients interested in quitting will receive proactive calls from coaches who will assist them in a personalized plan. A toolkit providing information and resources to assist hospital administrators in systems approaches for staff, patients and visitors, especially for facilities with tobacco-free policies. For more information, hospital staff should call Celeste Worth, KCP's Professional Education and Training Manager, at (502) 852-6318.
	New Partnership with Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear Horses and Hope is a project of First Lady Jane Beshear and the Kentucky Cancer Program with the support of the Pink Stable committee.  The mission is to increase breast cancer awareness, education, screening and treatment referral among Kentucky's horse industry workers and their families.
	2010 Cancer Survivor Celebration Faces of Cancer Another successful Cancer Survivor Celebration took place on April 29, 2010!  The James Graham Brown Cancer Center and Kentucky Cancer Program invited cancer survivors to attend the 11th annual Cancer Survivor Celebration in a new location this year.  The celebration took place inside the Clinical and Translational Research Building.  There was music, food, informational booths, guest speakers, and the Pegasus Parade!  Faces of Cancer was our theme this year for the celebration.  Several cancer survivors had their photos taken to help create our invitation for the party and a video.  View video of these cancer survivors.
	UL Baseball Coach Dan McDonnell KCP and Play It Safe In The Sun teamed up with the University of Louisville's head Baseball Coach Dan McDonnell, to create a PSA on sun safety to help spread the word about the use of sunscreen.  Coach McDonnell is an avid sunscreen user and encourages everyone, even his athletes, to "choose their cover and wear an SPF of 15 or higher" when going outdoors. Fore more information on the use of sunscreen or about our Play It Safe In The Sun campaign, please contact Jaime Caudill at 502-852-6318.   Coach McDonnel supports sun safety, View video
	Pink Out at Kentucky Oaks 2010 Pink Out at Kentucky Oaks was another great success!  Racing fans cheered not only for the horses but Breast cancer survivors dressed in pink walking around the track to help kick off the 136th Kentucky Oaks as well as raise breast cancer awareness.  Breast cancer survivors enjoyed races all day and also had the opportunity to meet First Lady of Kentucky, Jane Beshear.   Pink Out at Kentucky Oaks was a great way to showcase one of our special projects, Horses & Hope.  This project's mission is to increase breast cancer awareness, education, screening, and treatment referral among Kentucky's horse industry workers and their families.
	New Funding for Hispanic Outreach Programs KCP has been awarded funds from the Louisville and Evansville Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Kentucky Department for Public Health to hire bilingual community outreach workers to provide education and to promote breast and cervical cancer screening.
	New Resource Kit for African Americans with Cancer African Americans who have been diagnosed with cancer can now receive a beautiful resource bag filled with wonderful information and gifts to help them through their journey with cancer.  The program is funded by the Harriett B. Porter Education and Research Endowment.
	KCP Reaches Out to Boat People SOS KCP has expanded their breast cancer outreach programs to a new group at-risk for cancer.  Funds from Susan G. Komen for the Cure will support education and mammography promotion among Louisville’s Boat People SOS.
	New Workshop and Toolkit for Kentucky Businesses In response to the growing list of communities enacting laws to protect citizens from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, KCP is presenting workshops and distributing toolkits across the state to provide guidance on developing and implementing a smoke free policy in the workplace.
	Harriett B. Porter Culinary Institute African American churches in Metro Louisville are invited to participate in this new program sponsored by the Harriett B. Porter Cancer Research and Education Endowment.  KCP is partnering with Sullivan University for a culinary experience to help kitchen ministries by encouraging them to prepare healthier food for their congregations.