The Atlantic County Healthy Living Coalition was established in the fall of 2004 and is funded by theNew JerseyDepartment of Health (NJDHSS) and Senior Services, Office of Cancer Control and Prevention.  Each year we report the work of the coalition through progress reports to NJDHSS.  In order to get the new website up and running quickly we are going to use the fourth quarter progress reports to showcase the work we have completed over the grant years for the past five years.  Please see below for details of the 2007-2008 grant year.

Celebrating Women’s Femininity: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fashion Show

 Goal:  Complete 1 Cancer Related Public Event.

Celebrating Women’s Femininity:  A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fashion Show

• Location: Wash’s Inn
• Date:  May 3, 2008
• Time:  11:00am – 3:00pm
• Target Audience:  African American Women
• Meal Provided:  Lunch
• Cost of Event:  Free
• Activities:  theatre production or “Where’s Shirley?”, lunch, fashions, prizes, give aways
• Attendance:  250 people with 95% being African American

Goal:  Complete 1 Cancer Related Professional Event.

The Continuum of Cancer Care

The Continuum of Cancer Care:  Strengthening the Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Cancer Care 

• Location:  The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (partnership)
• Date:  Friday, November 2, 2007
• Time:  9:00am – 4:00pm
• Target Audience:  Professionals – Nurses, Doctors, and Social Workers. (75)
• Meal Provided:  Brunch and Lunch
• Cost of Event:  $65 (Six Professional Credits)
• Speaker:  Multiple Speakers – Dr. Generosa Grana, Dr. Stephen Goldfine, Peg Knight, Lisa Aiello-Laws, Kristen Fessle, Cathy Sutman, Stephanie Hand-Kowchak, Janice Boehler, Petie Subin, Marge Scanny, Russ Carlson, Joan Morey and Nancy McKinney
• Activities:  Welcome, Monologue, Moderator/Panel/Audience Discussion Period, Local Resource Tables, and three Breakout Groups (1:  Cancer Survivorship, 2:  New Cancer Treatments, Clinical Trials, Genetics, 3:  Palliative Care, Hospice, Bereavement)
• Attendance:  54 people

 Goal:  Komen Friend to Friend Breast Health Project.

The Komen Friend to Friend Breast Health Project is an additional grant to educate women in low income housing areas inAtlantic City, Pleasantville,EggHarborCityand Buena.  These intimate parties are designed to teach women about the importance of a mammogram and to encourage and help them get a mammogram.  The goal is to have 27 parties which will educate 500 women and generate 150 mammograms. 

 The grant was extended and the project will be continued into next year.  There are seven parties currently scheduled for the July, August and September.

Komen Friend to Friend Events (93 women)

• September 18^th – Pleasantville Housing Authority – 10 women
• October 9^th –New York Avenue – 29 women
• October 11^th –BalticPlaza – 16 women
• November 7^th – Harbor City Apartments – 1 woman
• November 19^th –LouiseBasileCommunity Center – 9 women
• January 16^th – Brigantine Apartments – 2 women
• January 18^th – Atlantic City Townhouse – 20 women
• January 23^rd – Harbor City Apartments – 3 women
• February 4^th – 3 women

 Goal:  Barbershop Initiative.

The Barbershop Program is a project in which local barbers are recruited to help encourage African American men to get screened for Prostate Cancer.  Additional monies were applied for and received to extend theAtlanticCountyplan to include all ofSouthern New Jersey.  Anita Linton was contracted with to work on the project.  She has worked with several CEED agencies and has begun to build relationships to recruit barbers.  Anita has had multiple Barber Trainings in which 26 barbers were trained including 17 inAtlanticCounty.  The goal was to get 5 barbers in Southern New Jersey including 2 inAtlanticCountyto participate before the end of the grant year.  Anita far out performed the goal and will be continuing with the project throughout the next grant year.

 Goal:  State of New Jersey Cancer Awareness Youth Educator Badge.

The youth educator badge project has been given to the Southern Girl Scouts Region.  Stephanie Fowle introduced the badge to the troop leaders in January.  The program was introduced to the Medical Explorers atShoreMemorialHospitalto generate interest as a project for the group on February 6, 2008.  It was also offered to 4H, but not much has come from that contact.  The goal was to get 3 organizations to offer the badge.  Next year we are going to take a different approach by offering a badge completion program at health fairs.  The first will be on August 9, 2008.

 Goal:  3,000 People Educated in various Projects/Events (4,137 Total People)

Completed Events for the Fourth Quarter (2,579 people)

April 2008

• April 2^nd – Buena Vista Senior Health Fair – 50 people
• April 2^nd – Pleasantville Cancer Initiative Kickoff – 69 people
• April 10^th – Jordan Road School Health Fair, Somers Point – 29 people
• April 16^th – Breast Cancer & You Library Event, Hammonton – 4 attendees
• April 16^th – Senior Health Fair, Mays Landing – 50 people
• April 23^rd – Women’s Conference, Somers Point – 67 people
• April 24^th – Borgata Employee Health Fair – 160 people
• April 26^th – Bayfest, Somers Point – 139 people
• April 26^th – Men’s Health Summit – 33 men
• April 30^th – Kut-Away Barber Shop Training,Trenton – 12 men

May 2008

• May 2^nd – Ocean City Health Awareness Day – 30 people
• May 3^rd – Celebrating Women’s Femininity:  A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fashion Show – 250 women
• May 9^th – Governor’s Task Force Summit (Marge Scanny Presented), Manalapan – 150 attendees
• May 10^th – Prostate 101, Mount Calvert Health Expo, Hightstown – 200 people
• May 14^th – Palliative Care and Advanced Directives Library Event, Mays Landing – 1 person
• May 14^th – Legislative Forum at Gilda’s, Somers Point – 45 people
• May 21^st – Quit Center Presentation at John Brooks Recovery Center, Atlantic City – 65 people
• May 29^th – SCOSA (successful aging festival) at Stockton, Pomona – 200 people
• May 31^st – Survivor’s Day at SMH, Somers Point – 25 people

June 2008

• June 4^th – Pleasantville Employee Health Fair – 50 people
• June 11^th – Hilton Casino Health Fair,Atlantic City – 200 people
• June 12^th – Resorts Casino Health Fair,Atlantic City – 200 people
• June 13^th – Elk’s Club Convention, EHT – 227 men
• June 12^th & 18^th – Individual Barber Shop Training, AC and Pleasantville – 17 barbers
• June 17^th – Skin Cancer Awareness,Atlantic City – 200 people
• June 21^st – Relay for Life Table, EHT – 50 people
• June 22^nd – RNS Run Table,Atlantic City – 20 people
• June 24^th – Connecticut Cancer Plan Summit – 20 professionals
• June 29^th – Cut Out Cancer,BurlingtonCounty – 16 men

Completed Events for the Third Quarter (431 people)

January 2008

• January 10^th – Kiwanis Club Presentation – 50 people
• January 11^th – Shore Memorial Hospital Health Fair – 100 people
• January 26^th – American Cancer Society Ambassadors – 50 people

February 2008

• February 6^th – Medical Explorers – 30 people

March 2008

• March 3^rd – Shore Mall Walkers – 18 people
• March 5^th – Governor’s Women’s Conference (table event) – 145 people stopped at the table
• March 25^th – Senate Budget Hearing – 10 state senators
• March 31^st – Cancer Prevention 101 at ARC – 28 people

Completed Events for the Second Quarter (627 people):

October 2007

• October 1^st – Margate Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 25 people
• October 11^th – Borgata Casino – Breast Health Information – 97 people
• October 14^th –UnionBaptistTemple – Church Health Table – Breast, Cervical, Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Information – 55 people
• October 15^th – Atlantic City Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 50 people
• October 22^nd – Pleasantville Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 45 people
• October 24^th –OceanCityHigh School (Table) – Ocean City Community Night – Variety of Cancer Information – 80 people
• October 29^th – Somers Point Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 50 people

November 2007

• November 3^rd – Every Breath Counts Lung Walk – Table at the walk – Lung Cancer and Smoking Cessation – 200 people
• November 8^th –Richland Post Office (Table) – Breast Health Post Office Event – Breast Cancer Information – 25 people

Completed Events for the First Quarter (500 people):

August 2007

• August 3^rd – Surf Game Table – Prostate Awareness Night – Prostate and Melanoma Information – 250 people

September 2007

• September 5^th – Atlantic City Minority Health Event – Table at the Atlantic City Health Fair in the Library (generally underserved population) – 80 people
• September 8^th – Dunamis Ministries – General Cancer Information – 40 people
• September 12^th – Prostate Lunch and Learn at Borgata Casino – 55 people
• September 15^th – Lecture at LINKS Inc – Screening Guidelines – 35 people
• September 18^th – Komen Friend to Friend Party at the Pleasantville Housing Authority – Breast Health Information – 25 people
• September 29^th – Fall Tea atShoreMemorialHospital – Mammography – 15 people

Other Projects on the Agenda

• 2007/2008 Melanoma School Project – The curriculum was developed by Dee McNealy Greene from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.  Joanne Kinsey agreed to help the finished curriculum into the school districts.
• AtlanticCountyLibrary Project – This new project was completed between March – June 2008.  It featured 11 outreach events throughout the county library system to educate the public on a variety of cancer topics in the New Jersey Comprehensive Control Plan.  We had a dismal turn out.  A formal report will be drafted on the project.
• Palliative Care Outreach Plan – This plan has been developed and will include outreach events to the 55+ communities and local workplaces, participate in the Atlantic County Library Project and a professional event for physician (partnership withCape MayRegionalMedicalCenter’s Palliative Care Committee).
• Pleasantville Urban Initiative (ACS) – The kickoff was April 2, 2008.  Projects are beginning to be developed and progress in starting to move forward.

Goal:  Increase Coalition Membership to include 5 Active Community Partners

This is an ongoing project to increase and improve the membership of the coalition.  The coalition is looking for active members; meaning people who are highly involved rather than simply a member.  All of the new members below are on a committee.

New Members: 

• Kim Archie – American Cancer Society
• Joanne Kinsey – AtlanticCountyRutgersExtension
• Dr. Adonis Alejandro – Living Well
• Barbara Doell – ARC
• Stephanie Bordonaro –ShoreMemorialHospitalQuit Center
• Cassandra Shellhorn – AtlantiCare