Support
Support Through Support...
To educate and empower ovarian cancer survivors and caregivers to make informed choices about their treatment and care.
To create a sisterhood of experienced and knowledgeable women who respect and support the diversity of each person's fight to survive.
To care for each other while offering hope, encouragement and acceptance to women dealing with the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from ovarian cancer.
We are here for you with one-on-one immediate support. Ovacome Hotline (813-223-9108)
We offer a monthly meeting for peer to peer support and networking: (3rd Tuesday of each month)
guest speakers
Light meals
Information and updates
Support Group
Advocacy updates
Advocacy
Through advocacy...
- To create an awareness of early warning signs that will help women diagnosis ovarian cancer at earlier, and more treatable stages.
- To unite and educate individuals, organizations and the medical community to the need for research advances and funding in the fight against Ovarian Cancer.
- To encourage legislation and health coverage issues which provide research advances and improved care for patients with ovarian cancer.
- We participate in community events to raise awareness as well as sponsoring our own annual event to raise awareness and funds for research on ovarian cancer.
To share our support, knowledge, and experiences so that others can be aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer and to help survivors, caregivers, friends, family and loved ones.
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read stories that might be helpful to you by Stanley Popovich. (Article)
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listen to our stories through survivors teaching students or speaking engagements.
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join our support group so we can hear your stories and share with you our support.
How You Can Help Us - Volunteer:
Peer to peer support network
Advocacy Awareness effort and fundraising events
Sponsorshop of events including acknowledgement of those businesses who help to sponsor such events. Click here to see our EVENTS page
By making a donation
Many positions are open to your help.
See a listing and description of those positions by clicking here
To volunteer please contact:
Ovacome - Ovarian Cancer Advocacy & Support
813-223-9108
P.O. Box 152893, Tampa, FL 33684-2893
Contact by email:
please send the link to our PowerPoint Slide Show to your
email friends and family. http://www.ovacome.org/ovacomeppt.pps
PowerPoint viewers are available as free downloads from Microsoft: Viewer
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We are not responsible for content or links of external websites.
