YAU'S MARKETING

During 2000 and 2001, a group of volunteers at Tufts-NEMC and Amy Law, MD of the hematolgy/oncology clinic started a cancer awareness and prevention campaign. Several educational workshops were organized at the Medical Center and were well attended. Build on from the success, Dr. Amy Law applied a grant at Boston Foundation to better plan activities and to develop the volunteer efforts into an organization... In 2002, the Boston Foundation awarded the group an one-year program to continue the efforts. The grant was awarded to The Cancer Center which oversees the development of the program. A project administartor was hired... During the 1st year with funding support from Boston Foundation, the group was able to develop a training curriculum, the Cancer 123 Program. This three-part training was offered to the community service providers in the neighborhood. Over 30 community service providers, primarily bilingual in Chinese/English participated. Among all attendees, twelve completed..

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