RICHMOND —
A Richmond resident has turned the tragic experience of losing a loved one to cancer into a foundation that can help serve cancer patients in the future.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will be hosting its first “Celebration of Life” banquet being conducted Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at The Arlington Club, 1510 Lexington Road.
“This is an introduction to this foundation and what it’s about,” said Jill Williams, spokesperson for the Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center. “We’ve all been touched by cancer.”
The foundation was created by Lee Anne Browder of Richmond.
“Brighter Days Ahead has come together with one mission: To offer hope and comfort to every person who enters Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center for cancer treatment,” Browder said. “This mission has inspired my family and me because my mother, Anne Richardson, was diagnosed with lung cancer.”
Browders’ mother died on Oct. 14, 2009.
She had the idea of hosting the event before her mother passed away last fall, Williams said.
“(Browder) was very appreciative that her mother was able to receive cancer treatment in Richmond and did not have to make that drive to Lexington every day,” she said. “She also realized that there’s a lot of things we could do for those families. This is focused 100 percent on local cancer patients. There’s a lot of great organizations out there that give money to cancer research, but this money is going to be used to serve cancer patients in Madison County and the ones who get their services here.”
Throughout her battle with cancer, Richardson utilized the services at Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center and Richmond Oncology Center for chemotherapy and radiation.
“The family is extremely grateful to have had these facilities right here in our hometown,” Browder said. “However, we need better facilities and more services for cancer patients.”
Browder did not want to focus solely on lung cancer, “but all cancer types to be able to do things for all cancer patients,” Williams said.
Anyone interested in becoming involved with the Brighter Days Ahead Foundation or looking for ways to donate can call Williams at 625-3675.
Ronica Shannon can be reached at rshannon@richmondregister.com or 624-6608.
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