The 43rd annual Prouty is closing in on its $8 million goal to support life-saving cancer research and family support services for Dartmouth Cancer Center. Registration is still open for New England’s largest family-friendly fundraising event, where participants can participate in cycling, walking or rowing on July 13 or the Prouty Ultimate (two days of cycling throughout New Hampshire and Vermont) on July 12-13.
The event also features a new 18-mile mountain bike route and the return of the 5K wooded walk option. Virtual participation is also available and donations will have double the impact, thanks to a dollar-for-dollar match from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation.
“The Prouty has a profound impact on patients at our Cancer Center, their families and the community,” said Steven D. Leach, MD, director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center. “The support from Prouty participants helps strengthen our work providing personalized, compassionate patient care, fuels cutting-edge cancer research, and fosters clinical trials to develop new treatments that lead to improved outcomes and save lives. This fundraising event also enables important and meaningful services that assist patients and their families beyond medicine as they navigate their cancer journey.”
The Prouty began in 1982 when four Dartmouth Cancer Center nurses, inspired by the courage of their patient, Audrey Prouty, committed to cycling 100 miles through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Since then, thousands of passionate individuals have come together to bike, walk, row, golf, and more to help end cancer each year. Since its inception, the Prouty has raised more than $67 million to support cancer research and patient support services.
For additional details and to register, 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.