GMC-Augusta Community College students adopt bladder cancer awareness and advocacy as their community service project. The student committee has fundraising goals of $5000 dollars by November and has put out over 2500 information brochures in their community since February. To reach their fundraising goals they are selling pins, books and other items and also are having bake sales and yard sales. They hope to participate in area health fairs and are organizing other events to add to the fundraising efforts. A joint effort between GMC-Augusta Student Advocates and Indie Music For Life non-profit is in its organizing stages to hold a benefit concert in late summer.
The Bladder Cancer Sisterhood founded by poet and bladder cancer survivor Sylvia Ramsey is selling their merchandise on the BC Sisterhood online store. Sylvia Ramsey was diagnosed with stage III invasive bladder cancer and had her bladder removed and also had a radical hysterectomy. She considers herself very lucky to be alive almost 10 years later.
