Other Projects/activities
1. Collaboration with donors/sponsors - for fund-raising and/or awareness campaigns, ICanServe may be chosen as a beneficiary of socially responsible institutions or individuals for anniversaries or occasional special projects
2. Cancer Chat/Forum - two-hour educational lecture on self breast examination and breast cancer risks, normally sponsored by organizations, corporations, or local government units that donate funds in support of ICanServe's high-impact information campaigns
3. Patient Services - accepts donations of medicines, headwear (wigs, hats, bandannas), prostheses, and cash for distribution (free or with subsidy) to breast cancer patients in target communities
4. Message Boards - online forum for breast cancer survivors and caregivers accessed via www.icanserve.net/forum/
5. ICanServe e-group - online support group for women cancer survivors (a patient service); it facilitates doctor referrals and is a venue for comparing treatment notes and sharing experiences; over 200 email addresses have enrolled (as of December 31, 2008) with members based in the Philippines (Manila, Quezon City, Muntinlupa, Rizal, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, Bacolod, Baguio), USA, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, South Korea, Saipan, Malaysia, and Singapore
6. Get-togethers - occasional potluck gatherings of e-group and/or message board members
7. Volunteer opportunities - survivor volunteers serve in ICanServe projects (for fund-raising or awareness) in gratitude for help received while they were in treatment; or as in the case of non-survivors, in honor the struggle of their loved ones who battled or continue to battle cancer
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