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LSACCA was founded in April 2002 after the death of our mother, Lori Shelton, to colon cancer. We are all too aware that our grief is not only due to the loss of our mom and best friend, but to the fact that she died needlessly. Had she and her physician been aware of colon cancer's symptoms, and had colonoscopy been recommended to her at age 50, we feel certain she would be alive today.
LSACCA's education campaign has begun with the assistance of gastroenterologist Dr. David Walden of St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. We have worked together to develop brochures which we, with the help of volunteers, distribute to doctors' offices and hospitals in St. Louis as well as in other locations throughout the country. We participate in health education seminars associated with local hospitals, the annual Creve Coeur Citizens Care about Cancer Health Fair (of which we are committee members), other corporate and hospital health fairs, as well as in events such as the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.
We work to get this issue in front of people through our public relations efforts. The LSACCA story has appeared on the front page of two St. Louis newspapers - the Suburban Journal's West County Journal on December 4, 2002 and the December 11, 2002 issue of the St. Louis Jewish Light. Our involvement with the City of Creve Coeur, Missouri has been highlighted several times in the city's newsletter. We appeared in an interview for a cover story by veteran medical reporter Al Wiman of NewsChannel 5, a St. Louis NBC affiliate. The founders' alma mater, Maryville University - St. Louis, ran an informative story in the school's Summer 2003 magazine. In addition, our story was published in the United Ostomy Association's April 2003 newsletter and in the Fall 2003 STOP Colon/Rectal Cancer Foundation's national newsletter.
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