May 13th, Dr. Caroline Hamm (Medical Oncologist, Cancer Program, Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH)) presented to our group.
From your Steering Committee, we hope everyone had a great April and didn’t gorge too much on chocolate bunnies. We continued our winter program with a great presentation in April by Dr. Colvin Springer, a Windsor based Radiological Oncologist. We look forward to an upcoming presentation by Dr. Caroline Hamm in May and our spaghetti dinner get-together at Legion Branch 594 in June.
TUESDAY 13 MAY 2025 MEETING
We are planning to have Dr. Caroline Hamm (Medical Oncologist, Cancer Program, Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH)) present to our group. Dr. Hamm is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology at Western University. She is the Chair of the Windsor Division Oncology at Schulich School of Medicine and the Chair of WRH Academic and Research Committee, fostering academic excellence in the Windsor Essex region. She founded and leads the Clinical Trials Navigator program since inception, working with national partners to improve patient access to clinical trials including Prostate Cancer patients. Dr. Hamm will discuss the Clinical Trials Navigator, and how we work, our successes to date; and review the prostate clinical trials available in Ontario, Canada and National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda Maryland.
The meeting is planned for 7pm on Tuesday 13 May at the Windsor Hospice Auditorium (6038 Empress St.) You can also attend remotely via ZOOM; please use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6953623178
Play For A Cure (Friday 9 May 2025) –
This year’s Play For A Cure Tournament will be held on Friday, May 9th at Vollmer Recreation Centre, LaSalle. Thanks to all who participated in last year’s event. It was another tremendous success, raising over $400,000 for local cancer research. It was also a great opportunity for us to promote awareness of our group, and get our message of “Get Checked” across to a key demographic for us. Event organizers are always very appreciative of our involvement.
Thanks to those who have already offered to help this year.
This year, Play for a Cure – Pro-Am Hockey Tournament, will also host a Cancer Research Symposium prior to the beginning of the event.
This Play for a Cure sponsored Symposium will focus on the state of Cancer Research and will provide an opportunity to hear directly from experts who are leading the fight against cancer – locally, nationally and around the world. This 1.5 hour Cancer Research Symposium will be held at Caesars Windsor in the Augustus Room on Thursday May 8th at 2:30pm.
It will feature the following:
Jennifer Jones, Past President of Rotary International, and currently serving as a Trustee on Rotary International’s Rotary Foundation.
Dr. Andre Veillette, Executive Director of Marathon of Hope Cancer Centre Network, will discuss the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centre Network arrival in Windsor.
A panel discussion focusing on cancer research projects and care in Windsor.
For more information and/or to register, Ctrl +Click on this link:
Symposium Event Registrationplayforacure.ca
Please feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested in attending.
YOUR FEEDBACK ON OUR MONTHLY COMMUNIQUE FORMAT
As you are aware, we send out monthly communiques to update everyone on upcoming meetings and events. We also forward a link and summary of the monthly National Group Newsletters. We don’t always get the National Group Newsletters in time for our communiques and we also know that many of you already signed up to receive them. We would like hear your comments on the format and content of our monthly communiques including whether you like the summary of the National Group’s Newsletters.
EVENTS REQUIRING VOLUNTEERS
Thank-you to all of you have volunteered for the Hospice Dove Pin Fundraising Campaign (24 to 27 April), upcoming Play for a Cure event (Friday 9 May), and the Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) Golf Tournament (Wednesday 21 May).
Motorcycle Ride for Dad (Sunday 25 May)
We will need as many folks as possible for the Motorcycle Ride for Dad on Sunday 25 May 2025. The primary effort is in the morning to help register hundreds of participants and direct motorcycle traffic. After the main “launch” of motorcycles, most volunteers can go home. There will be a need for a handful of volunteers at the “finish line.”
The “launch” is from 7am to 10am at Thunder Road Harley Davidson (2100 Ambassador Dr). If you’re volunteering, please try be there at 6:30 am and park at the Williams Food.
The “finish line” will be at the Bourbon Tap and Grill in Belle River (405 Notre Dame St). We ask volunteers to head over for around 11:30 before the riders arrive. If you are volunteering, please bring a folding chair.
FUTURE MONTHLY MEETINGS
Tuesday 10 June 2025 Spaghetti Get-Together – The Tuesday 10 June 2025 meeting will NOT be held at the Hospice, but we will instead have a Spring Get-Together at Legion 594 (Howard Ave.) starting at 5:00 pm. As with our Xmas get-together, this will coincide with that Legion’s bi-weekly $10 all you-can-eat spaghetti dinner; in the past, this has proven to be a very successful and affordable.
OUTREACH EVENTS
Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada Father’s Day Walk/Run (June 15th, 2025) – This annual PCFC fundraising campaign is very important to us since the National Group provides immeasurable support to us. Simply put, we could not operate without their help and support. In addition, we get up to 50% equivalent return on money our members raise or donate.
Please join our PCS Windsor/Essex Team and/or donate to show your support at this link:
Register | Father’s Day WalkRun
OTHER NEWS
NATIONAL GROUP – PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION CANADA (PCFC)
National Group Website (www.prostatecanada.ca)
Monthly Newsletter – Please remember that PCFC (www.prostatecanada.ca), does an amazing job and provides significant valuable support to our group and support groups across the country. We encourage you to visit their web-site; it is a mint of information that directly helps individuals. The following is a link to their latest monthly newsletter:
