Each year, thousands of central Pennsylvanians are faced with the extraordinary emotional and financial difficulties associated with a cancer diagnosis.
The Bob Perks Fund was established to provide financial support for basic necessities to individuals and families dealing with cancer.
A year ago, Shaunna Barnhart was preparing for a return trip to Nepal to continue her dissertation research on biogas. A little more than a month before she was scheduled to leave, the Penn State graduate student went to donate plasma. While there, nurses found a lump on her neck…
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Johnstown native Nancy Thomas had been cancer free for 10 years when, in July 2008, she was diagnosed with an ovarian cancer recurrence. This time, the 59-year old Thomas relied on her three sons as caretakers. What made the situation even tougher was that her sons lived out of state…
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Leiomyosarcoma is a rare cancer of the soft tissue that affects about four in one million people. Dottie Butts of Bellefonte discovered that she is one of those rare people when she was diagnosed with the disease in July 2008. “It started with a cough that wouldn't go away,” she recalls…
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Nora Seth first became involved with the Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund as she was helping a friend with cancer. She didn’t know that the fund would one day assist her. In February, Seth found a lump in her breast. She was diagnosed with cancer…
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This video features the Clarkson family—one of the many families helped by the generous supporters of the Bob Perks Cancer Assitance Fund.
To contribute today, please call us. (814) 231-2692
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