Choose Your Cover

ParamCARE Foundation conducted the annual Choose your Cover, skin cancer awareness and screening event on 22nd June 2013 at the Clark community pool in Clark Township in partnership with Middlesex County office of Health Services – Chronic disease coalition division. The event was also co-sponsored by Union county chronic disease coalition, Cancer Institute of New Jersey and JFK Medical Center. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness in the community on skin cancer, UV protection measures and also for providing free skin cancer screening for interested participants who visited the pool on the event day. People who attended the event were provided free educational materials & DVDs, sunscreen lotions and bottled water. Apart from the younger population a large number of seniors turned up for the event and showed a lot of interest in getting screened and also on getting educated on skin cancer and UV protection measures. Our registered nurses from ParamCARE Foundation provided the skin cancer screening services for the visitors along with education on sun protection measures.

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5th Anuual Pancreatic Cancer Walk

ParamCARE foundation, as part of its mission of raising awareness on cancer and promoting healthy living strategies, co-sponsored the  annual pancreatic cancer walk on 8th June, 2013 at the Roosevelt Park in Edison, New Jersey. The event is organized every year to increase awareness on the cancer and also raise funds to support pancreatic cancer research at Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Present at the event were the Mayor and Free Holder of Middlesex County, ParamCARE team members, volunteers and members of the community. More than $30,000 was raised as part of this event and the funds will be utilized for pancreatic cancer research at Cancer Institute of New Jersey. ParamCARE Foundation apart from participating in the event also provided the walkers with healthy refreshments and water. We at ParamCARE have been a part of this wonderful event every year since 2011 and will continue our efforts to reach out to more and more people of the community and spread awareness on health promotion and disease prevention.

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