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GAIL CALLOWAY
THE TA TA SISTERHOOD OF THE CAPE FEAR
Gail Calloway spends time with Chisel Segura and her children, 12-year-old
Remy and 3-year-old Kemy, in Hugh MacRae Park.
“I know it’s appreciated and
I know it makes a difference
in many people’s lives...That’s
what’s important.”
—
Gail Calloway
for thousands of women and men.
Now, Pink Ribbon supplies mam-mography
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vouchers to one of five
fixed screening locations. Established
in 2009, the voucher program
replaced the single mammography
van. Baker, who coordinated the van’s
service since 2004, couldn’t be hap-pier
about the change.
“Yes, our voucher program was a
little slow to get started — we had
to distribute the vouchers and get
the word out — but from October
11, 2011 to July 31, 2012, we have
already screened 697 patients. Our
maximum number on the van was
277 in a fiscal year.”
In the unfortunate circumstance
that cancer is diagnosed, patients are
not left wondering what to do next.
They are able to proceed with treat-ments
without hesitation.
Baker refers women to several other
programs, including Pretty in Pink
that funds surgeries and other costs,
and the Ta Ta Sisterhood that takes
care of many nonmedical expenses,
depending on each patient’s needs.
“We work on this together to pro-vide
help to women through the con-tinuum
of care,” Baker says.
Oftentimes, it is the Pretty in Pink
Foundation that is the first responder
to the backside of cancer — the
treatment that begins after diagnostics
are complete.
“Seven women are going to get a
great reading, and they are going to
breathe easy,” says Joy Wade. “We
partner with Pink Ribbon for that
eighth person that gets the not-so-good
reading. Whether they need
financial assistance or not, they can
call and tell us, ‘I have just been diag-nosed
with breast cancer, what do I
need to do now? How do I start?’ We
try to be there as a first responder.”
Wade says she has always been a
doer and a caregiver.
“When I grew up it was just what
you did — you took care of people.”
After retiring from a career as an
elementary school teacher, several
family members and friends were
touched by breast cancer. Wade
realized there was more that could
be done to help them. She began
her own organization called
Cancer Connect.
After driving a champion to her
surgery appointment, she learned
about Pretty in Pink’s efforts. “As
we were walking in she said, ‘Thank
you so much for staying with me and
bringing me home. I actually got a call
this morning from the Pretty in Pink
Foundation wishing me best.’ It was
seven in the morning,” Wade says.