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What: For a minimum donation of $70, the Holiday Shopping Card entitles shoppers to receive a 20% discount on regularly priced merchandise at participating merchants. When: Thursday, October 22, 2009 through Sunday, November 1, 2009 Where: Spanning the Greater Houston Area Who: VICTORY, a special 130 volunteer member branch of the American Cancer Society, has donated an average of $2 million annually from The Holiday Shopping Card and the Cattle Baron’s Ball.
Can $70 really make a difference? YES! Here are your dollars at work in the Houston area.
- $30 provides a cancer patient with transportation to and from the medical facility where one receives life-saving cancer treatment.
- $50 provides a wig for a cancer patient that has lost one’s hair due to treatments
- $50 funds a support group session to help cancer patients and their family members understand and cope with cancer
- $60 provides approximately 20 hours of toll-free access for the American Cancer Society’s National Cancer Information Center. This center receives 1.2 million calls every year.
- $100 provides overnight accommodations at a free or reduced rate for cancer patients who must travel to receive treatment
- $250 provides a mastectomy patient with a fitting and permanent breast prosthesis.
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