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| Thursday, December 15, 2011
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Contact: Debra Thompson
Director, RMH Corporate Communications
540-564-5886
Jeremiah Bishop (left) and Robert Hess (center), founder of
the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project, present a $1,500 gift
to Janet Macarthur, RMH director of Oncology, on Wednesday. |
The Prostate Cancer Awareness Project and Jeremiah Bishop’s Alpine Loop Gran Fondo presented a $1,500 gift to the RMH Foundation on Wednesday to benefit the RMH Hahn Cancer Center. The funds are to support prostate cancer screening and prevention.
“We are grateful for this gift to help us continue offering free prostate cancer screenings to our community,” said Merv Webb, vice president of the RMH Foundation.
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in American men older than age 75, but is found in men as young as 40. One in six men will be diagnosed during his lifetime.
Jeremiah Bishop’s Alpine Loop Gran Fondo, was held in September and is a mix of long-distance bicycle racing, riding and festival. The course for the Gran Fondo began and ended in Harrisonburg and covered 95 miles, featuring 11,000 feet of climbing..
Bishop has been a member of the USA National team 12 times and was the national champion in short track cross country and marathon mountain biking in 2008. For more information about the Gran Fondo, visit AlpineLoopGranFondo.com. Bishop is a member of the 2012 Olympic long team.
”The Prostate Cancer Awareness Project and its leadership have shown they are committed to reinvesting a great portion of the funds raised by the Gran Fondo right here in the Shenandoah Valley as exemplified by their gift to the RMH Hahn Cancer Center,” Bishop said.
The Prostate Cancer Awareness Project aims to promote awareness and early detection by supporting free prostate cancer screenings. For more information about the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project, visit 29000men.org.
“We chose RMH because of its reputation of providing free prostate cancer screenings to the community,” said Robert Hess, president and founder of the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project.
RMH offers free prostate cancer screenings during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September. To find out more about prostate cancer screenings, call HealthSource at 540-564-7200 or visit RMHonline.com.
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