This video was produced in an effort to portray the effects and impact that cancer can have on our lives.

In CAN's mission to help, you will see how many lives CAN be affected and how volunteers and staff at CAN can make a difference.

Our thanks to Dave Elliot at VoxNOW Studios for his time and generosity in making this video possible.

One of CAN's most important functions is to provide for the needs of individuals in our community dealing with cancer. In almost every case, these issues would remain unattended be it not for CAN's assistance.


-- A 21 year-old young man in need of surgical intervention that could only be rendered in another state, CAN provided a rental car and gas cards for the family to take him to Boston. He could not fly due to his lungs could not handle the pressure changes on an airplane.


-- For a widowed mother with advanced colon cancer, CAN provided her family with a gift CAN with several personal items and cards to Publix and Mobil gas to enable her to continue getting herself to her chemo treatments.


-- A 63 year-old lung and brain cancer patient was thrilled to receive his rent for 2 months and even more thrilled to see a Kmart gift card in his gift CAN. He remarked that he could now get "some good coffee and a new set of sheets for his bed". His caregiver called after his recent death and commented on how he felt the "people of CAN were so wonderful".


These are but a few examples of how CAN helps individuals affected by cancer every day. This one-on-one, individual support is giving new hope to people in our community.