Welcome to the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project

Events and News

Breast Forms and Wigs page added to HCBHP services  New!

September Newsletter Published

Amazon Writers Page Added

Recruiting for Board Members for 2009

Give a Legacy Gift  New!

Intraductal Therapy of DCIS: Dr. Love and Dr. Mahoney Humboldt County Study

About the HCBHP

The Humboldt Community Breast Health Project (HCBHP) is a community resource of support and education for those facing a breast health concern or a diagnosis of breast or gynecologic cancer.

We are a client-centered, grass-roots organization with services provided by cancer survivors and their support persons. We promote healthy survivorship through education, healing support and hope, enabling each person to become their own best medical advocate.

We support and challenge our community to address breast health concerns responsibly and holistically. As survivors we heal through service and by bearing witness to others.

Our services include a patient navigation program, support groups, information specialists, warmline volunteers, an extensive resource library, and more. Please call us Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at (707) 825-8345 or toll free (877) 422-4776 for a consultation.

September 2008 Newsletter

The September 2008 HCBHP Newsletter has been mailed out. It is also available on our web site in PDF format.

Amazon Writers Page Added

A new web page for the Amazon Writers support group has been added to the web site. A direct link is provided in the main menu.

Recruiting for Board Members for 2009

Are you passionate about women's health and/or want to be an advocate for women and their families facing breast or gynecologic cancers?

Do you have experience or want to serve on a non-profit board of directors?

We are a hands-on board. We meet monthly and also serve on committees to advise on policy, do fundraising events and activities, and other activities to support the excellent work of this grassroots organization.

Deadline for applications is November 7, 2008.

For more information about being a volunteer board member, contact the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project at 825-8345.

Give a Legacy Gift  New!

The HCBHP web site now provides information on giving a Legacy Gift to HCBHP. With a Legacy Gift to the Breast Health Project, you can help insure that other women and their families receive the help they need while facing breast or gynecologic cancer. Read more...

Dr. Love and Dr. Mahoney Humboldt County Breast Cancer Study

We are looking for 30 women newly diagnosed with DCIS, a very early form of breast cancer, to participate in a research study.

Humboldt County is the site of a three-year study administered through the Dr. Susan Love Educational Foundation. The California Breast Cancer Research Program has provided an $850,000 grant that will study the effectiveness of administering a minuscule amount of chemotherapy into the breast via the milk ducts.

Please ask your surgeon or doctor for details or call (707) 476-0690.

Read more...

Face to Face - September

Thursday, September 4, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. at HCBHP

Hosted by Michael Harmon, MD, Radiation Oncologist, St. Joseph Hospital

LBBC Teleconference - September  New!

Wednesday, September 17, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. at HCBHP

Diet and Nutrition: The Latest Research with speaker Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD

Sales for Survivors

Shop for a cause! HCBHP has again teamed up with local restaurants and businesses for our annual Sales for Survivors in September and October, which are national gynecologic and breast cancer awareness months.

Participating restaurants and businesses donate 10 percent of one day's sales to HCBHP.

View the calendar and list of participating restaurants and businesses.

Free Mammogram Drawings

Drawings for free mammograms from Garberville to Crescent City will once again be coordinated by the HCBHP and the American Cancer Society (ACS). All women who are at least 40 years of age are eligible. Call the ACS at 442-1436 ext 3. Spanish speakers may call HCBHP at 825-8345, ext 135. Entries will be accepted from October 1 until noon October 30. For more information see page 3 of the September newsletter (PDF ).

October Concert and Elegant Reception

Saturday, October 18, 7:00 p.m. at The Arkley Center for the Performing Arts

This Shining Night
Heart-warming music presented by
Luther Cobb, piano
Brad Curtis, baritone
Elizabeth Harrington, soprano
Annette Gurnee Hull, accompanist

Tickets $25, available at
The Arkley Center (442-1956), HCBHP office (825-8345),
and Dr. Cobb's office in Eureka (476-0691)

For more information call 825-8345

Face to Face - November

Thursday, November 6, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. at HCBHP

Hosted by Ellen Mahoney, MD, breast medicine specialist

Questions and Comments

Questions and comments can be e-mailed to the HCBHP or call (707) 825-8345 or toll-free (877) 422-4776 or use our contact form.

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