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Unlocking Stress Relief: Your Path to Effective Management and Balance as a Caregiver
Navigating the labyrinth of life as a caregiver comes with its unique set of challenges and stressors. Understanding and managing these stressors is crucial for maintaining not only the well-being of those we care for but also our own. This guide shared below by The...
Leveraging Your Diagnosis to Kick Bad Habits and Embrace Wellness
Each of life’s twists and turns offers an opportunity for transformation. Major life transitions, like receiving a diagnosis of gynecological cancer, have a way of shaking up the status quo and encouraging us to reevaluate what matters. This is your chance to break...
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‘There’s somebody out there rooting for them’: Survivors’ salon supports women with gynecological cancers
Sue Sigmon-Nosach works inside The Pretty Place Friday, March 24, 2023, at North Georgia Physicians Group Gynecologic Oncology. With the help of the NGHS Foundation and a local organization called The Partnership for Gynecological Cancer Support, NGPG Gynecologic Oncology has created The Pretty Place, a spa-themed room in its facility designed for women who are either uninsured, underinsured or their coverage simply doesn’t allow for extraneous cancer support items. The new service provides a free wig and/or head wrap to women undergoing treatment and, with the support of a local cosmetology school, offers free eyebrow draw-ons. – photo by Scott Rogers
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER GROUP TO HOLD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR NE GEORGIA WOMEN
The Partnership for Gynecological Cancer Support (PGCS) will resume its annual fundraising efforts on September 25, 2022. The event – BAGS, BLING AND BINGO—will be held on the rooftop of the Carroll Daniel Building at 330 Main Street in downtown Gainesville on Sunday...
7 Ways for Non-Scientists to Help in the Fight Against Cancer
Cancer is not a single disease: The term describes many diseases in which cells begin to multiply and grow out of control. If you’ve watched a loved one battle cancer — or perhaps you’ve dealt with it yourself — the lack of control you feel at diagnosis can be...
Don’t put your diamond earrings on over the bathroom sink and other thoughts
Ok, we all KNOW better, but we get in a hurry and first thing you know, your day blows up in your face! We can see that very expensive earring as it flies down the side of the bowl. We grab for it and watch as it slides past the stopper and into the yucky abyss below....
Improved Overall Wellness For Busy Women
For many busy women, their daily grind can make it seem impossible to maintain a healthy, balanced life. Between career and family obligations, personal care often takes a back seat in many women’s lives. Improved overall wellness can make all aspects of...
Before the Ball Drops on 2017….
...please consider a donation to PGCS. Remember a mother, sister, wife, or aunt with a memorial gift or honor a survivor who continues to fight this terrible disease or the nurses and specialists who are fighting for them. Your donation is 100% tax...
See the Power of A Card
If you were unable to attend the fifth annual fundraiser and missed the opportunity to see the debut of "Power of a Card", please take a look now at this moving tribute to survivors by survivors. https://youtu.be/RyGQ6QemdKc
Let’s Do It Together!
Monday, March 13th was the 4th anniversary of PGCS. On that date, the necessary papers were filed with the State of GA and the IRS for non-profit status. Boy.....has time ever flown! There have been "low" lows and "soaring" highs because of our dedicated...
Heels to Heal-A Fundraiser Honoring the Memory of Debbie Torbett
For those of you who had the pleasure of knowing her, you know that "shoes" were one of Debbie's few "vices". SHE JUST LOVED SHOES! Black ones, gold ones, flat ones, stilettos-she loved them all. In that spirit and to commemorate the 3rd...
2016 In Review
As another year draws to its end, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of those that have – and continue to support PGCS. To say that we “couldn’t have done it without you” is a greater understatement that one can imagine. So many people, so many...
