Beneficiaries of 2010 proceeds
In 2010, Treads & Threads proceeds will fund a patient navigator-type position. This individual will meet with new cancer patients to provide orientation and counseling about the wide range of patient support services we offer throughout their treatment and beyond.
Proceeds will also help purchase additional state-of-the-art cancer-fighting technology at the Richard and Annette Bloch Radiation Oncology Pavilion and continue upgrades to the facility to create a more soothing, healing environment for our patients.
Treads & Threads: A party with a purpose
Treads & Threads is an extraordinary party with an even more extraordinary purpose. It helps provide more options – which means more hope – to patients fighting the battle of their lives against cancer.
Behind the party glitz, excitement and fun are countless cancer patients throughout the region whose lives have been touched by this annual event. In fact, in just eight years, Treads & Threads sponsors and guests have contributed nearly $4 million to enhance and expand cancer care at The University of Kansas Cancer Center.
Proceeds have funded:
- Missys’ Boutique, an appearance center to open this summer at the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Care Pavilion
- State-of-the-art technology for breast cancer and prostate cancer patients
- Two Resource Centers for ongoing educational support for patients, their loved ones and the community
- Two palliative care suites designed to provide the utmost comfort during a patient’s final days of life
- Renovation and upgrades of patient waiting areas in the Richard and Annette Bloch Radiation Oncology Pavilion
- Expansion of the apheresis unit to serve more blood and marrow transplant patients
- Other improvements to enhance and expand care for cancer patients
