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Ribfest 2010 is increasing from 37,000 max. capacity to 60,000. Will this ruin Ribfest?
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| The sites shown below are non-profit organizations whose membership work together to help the children, families, and animals in your community. Click on the sites to find volunteer opportunities or make a contribution. |
| The Exchange Club of Naperville |
 http://www.exchangeclub.org |
The Exchange Club of Naperville is about people helping people in the belief that HOPE FOR TOMORROW HAPPENS TODAY! We are about giving back a little of ourselves to our community. We are about growing within ourselves through our efforts to help others. We are about developing close personal relationships with newly found friends.
Email:naperexchange@aol.com |
| Ribfest - Exchange Club |
 http://www.ribfest.net |
Ribfest brings together the Exchange Club of Naperville, the Naperville Park District, and the City of Naperville to provide its citizens a nationally recognized Fourth of July celebration. We come together in order to promote Americanism, enrich community life through leisure activities, provide fun for the family, promote a strong family unit and support prevention of child abuse and domestic violence in all forms.
Email:naperexchange@aol.com |
| Edward Hospital |
 http://www.edward.org |
Edward Hospital & Health Services is a full-service, regional healthcare provider offering access to complex medical specialties and innovative programming for residents of Naperville and surrounding communities.
Founded in 1907, the Edward Sanitarium was one of the first treatment centers for tuberculosis in the Great Lakes region. In October 1955, Edward Sanitarium officially became Edward Hospital, an acute care facility. As the community continued to grow, Edward Hospital supported its growth by expanding departments, adding patient care units, and providing patients with more advanced medical technology.
Email:HTrueblood@edward.org |
| Avon Breast Cancer Crusade |
| http://www.avonfoundation.org |
Mission and Background
Avon Products, Inc. is committed to being the company for women, and in support of this mission, the Avon Foundation is responding to the needs of women and their families by funding the fight against the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women: breast cancer. This is accomplished through a unique initiative called the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, which from 1993 through 2002 reached its 10-year goal of $250,000,000 net in total funds raised worldwide to fund access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer. In addition to the US, Avon now supports programs for breast cancer and other vital women's health issues in 50 countries around the world.
The goal of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade is to benefit all women through research, clinical care, support services, education and early detection, but there is special emphasis on reaching medically underserved women, including low-income, elderly and minority women, and women without adequate health insurance. Reversing historical disparities in breast cancer care is a priority of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade.
Addressing the Full Spectrum of Needs
Breast Cancer Education and Screening for Medically Underserved Women
Through the Avon Breast Care Fund, an arm of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, the Avon Crusade supports community-based organizations that are particularly effective in reaching women who face barriers to obtaining any form of health care. Grants from the Avon Fund enable these organizations to conduct community outreach to identify women who need help; education on the importance of early detection; and assistance with the process of obtaining screening and needed follow up care. These programs target the uninsured, low-income, elderly and disabled women, minorities and those for whom English is not the primary language, and women who have competing survival priorities as a result of living in poverty.
Understanding the enormous challenge of reversing historic health disparities for the underserved, the Avon Crusade goes far beyond simple "check writing" philanthropy. Avon provides an expert Coordinating Center to provide technical assistance for the personnel at the community-based programs, and sponsors educational and training conferences. As a result, the program personnel learn effective education and case management techniques, data collection and program evaluation, and up-to-date breast cancer medical facts, as well as processes to obtain additional funding from other sources to sustain their programs. A website is also maintained for these programs so they can communicate with each other and the Coordinating Center.
More than 600 non-profit, community-based breast health programs in every state and the District of Columbia have been awarded grants since the Avon Crusade began in 1993; in 2002 there are 114 currently funded programs.
Gaps in Support to Complete Diagnostic and Treatment Regimens
Despite the availability of low or no-cost mammograms, few resources exist for medically underserved women with a breast abnormality that requires further clinical care. To assist women facing this problem, the Avon Crusade funds a financial assistance and support service program with Cancer Care, Inc., called "The AVONCares Program for Medically Underserved Women". This program provides funds directly to a woman or her health care provider for diagnostic care (e.g. biopsies), and provides funds to the woman for services such as transportation, child or elder care during treatment. Information on managing treatment, the provision of wigs and prosthesis, and psycho-social support is also provided by qualified social workers.
Scientific Research and Clinical Care
The Avon Crusade provides funding for a broad spectrum of breast cancer research at 10 leading academic medical centers nationwide as well as the National Cancer Institute, a part of the federal National Institutes of Health. In an unprecedented public-private partnership, the Avon-NCI Progress for Patients program was created with a $20,000,000 gift in October 2001, which will be awarded over several years to scientists who successful compete for the funds. This funding to cancer centers encourages a "team" or institution-wide approach among the faculty at every center and between the centers, and is targeted to areas not adequately funded through federal funding mechanisms or other sources. The funding priorities include:
Support for young investigators, to encourage them to explore new ideas and obtain critical pilot data.
Salary support for physician-scientists (M.D., Ph.D.), who face challenges pursuing research with the demands of providing clinical care in the current environment.
Career development for women physicians and scientists who are conducting breast cancer research.
Identification of novel targets and agents for breast cancer prevention and therapy.
New imaging and molecular methods to detect breast cancer early.
Support for stellar cancer researchers whose primary research in cancer pertains to other organ sites, to encourage them to spend a portion of their time and talent on breast cancer as well.
Studies to examine the differences in breast cancer mortality between various groups of women, including African-American, Hispanic and Caucasian women. Studies will examine biological, behavioral, cultural, economic and health service system variables.
Infrastructure, training and personnel to bring emerging new technologies, including functional genomics, to low-income women who would otherwise not receive the benefits of the progress in molecular biology.
State-of-the-art care to medically underserved women in the geographic region of each medical center.
All centers must work together on the challenges associated with reversing health disparities via conferences and meetings sponsored by the Avon Foundation.
In partnership with the National Cancer Institute, the unique co-funded Avon-NCI "Progress for Patients" awards program provides grants to accelerate and expand translational research. Funding goes directly to U.S. scientists who compete successfully for these awards. Avon Foundation funding will support early phase breast cancer clinical trials and other studies in prevention, diagnosis and treatment; short term clinical studies in human subjects; and, recruitment and retention of minority and other medically underserved patients.
The Avon Foundation gifts support approximately 200 investigators, physicians and scientists dedicated to breast cancer, and 55% are women physicians and scientists.
Professional Education: Special Needs
In 2001, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade needs-based approach extended to training radiologists in the sub-specialty of breast imaging. A crisis is emerging as fewer radiologists enter this vital field due to factors such as low reimbursement rates and high rates for liability insurance, which have created a disincentive for physicians to become experts in breast imaging. Until these public policy challenges are resolved, it is important that fellowship support, such as the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade funding, be provided to continue training in the sub-specialty.
The Avon philanthropy also includes fellowships and salary support for minority investigators to attract them to the field of breast cancer and obtain training at leading cancer centers.
Email:naperville@avon.net |
| The Summer Place, Inc. |
 http://www.SummerPlaceTheatre.com |
The Summer Place Theatre is a not-for-profit community theatre in Naperville founded in the sixties by Dr. Donald Shanower of North Central College. It has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council and has been working independently and with the Naperville Park District to provide a vehicle for culture and the arts.
Email:info@SummerPlaceTheatre.com |
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