All funds raised for this event will stay in the Dartmouth Cancer Center Manchester and Nashua locations, supporting meaningful patient and family support services. It’s a wonderful way to support and celebrate the patients in our community.
Christi A. Hayes, MD, medical director of Dartmouth Cancer Center in Manchester and Nashua.The Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center are bringing the spirit and impact of the Prouty, northern New England’s largest family-friendly fundraising initiative, to southern New Hampshire with the second annual Prouty Community Day and Walk on Saturday, May 16.
The event, hosted at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester at 100 Hitchcock Way, offers a meaningful and accessible way for community members to come together in support of local cancer patients and families receiving care in southern New Hampshire. Funds raised through the walk will directly benefit patients and families receiving care at Dartmouth Cancer Center locations in Manchester and Nashua. These dollars stay local, supporting essential services such as food and gas cards for patients in need, comfort carts, and other critical resources that ease the burden of cancer care.
“We strongly believe in the importance of receiving quality cancer care close to home,” said Christi A. Hayes, MD, medical director of Dartmouth Cancer Center in Manchester and Nashua. “All funds raised for this event will stay in the Dartmouth Cancer Center Manchester and Nashua locations, supporting meaningful patient and family support services. It’s a wonderful way to support and celebrate the patients in our community.”
The day will begin at 1:00 pm with an opening ceremony led by Dartmouth Cancer Center leaders, followed by an inspiring 1-mile community walk highlighting individuals whose cancer journeys motivate and unite participants. Attendees can also visit a survivor tent honoring past and current cancer survivors, and enjoy family-friendly activities including kids’ programming, food, music and more.
The event is part of the 45th annual Prouty, which aims to raise $12 million this year to advance life-saving cancer research and patient support services at Dartmouth Cancer Center. All funds raised are eligible for a dollar-for-dollar match from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, doubling their impact.
Community members of all ages and abilities are encouraged to participate and help make a difference close to home. Register for the Manchester event at this link.
For additional details about the Prouty, visit theprouty.org.
About Dartmouth Cancer Center
Since 1972, Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) has combined groundbreaking and advanced cancer research at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine with award-winning, personalized, compassionate, patient-centered cancer care and clinical trials. At its flagship location at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, with 14 locations across New Hampshire and Vermont, DCC is one of fewer than 60 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationally. Each year, DCC manages 74,000 appointments, treats more than 4,500 newly diagnosed patients, and currently offers more than 240 active clinical trials. DCC remains committed to excellence, outreach and education. DCC strives to create new knowledge and impact, accelerate integrated and collaborative research to prevent and cure cancer, enhance survivorship and promote cancer-related health equity. Learn more at cancer.dartmouth.edu.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.