Description
The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to support, awareness, and education of ovarian cancer. NOCC's goal is to make more people aware of the early symptoms of ovarian cancer.
Program areas at NOCC
Education and awareness: take early action and live (education and awareness) - nocc education and awareness programs urging people to teal: take early action and live. Signature programs are health fairs, speaker's bureau, september awareness, third-party community fundraising events, and chapter activities. Take early action and live (teal)-191 health fairs-92 speaker's bureau presentations-40 other community events-65,273 pieces of literature and awareness items distributed around the country
Survivorship: faces of hope (survivorship and quality of life) - our survivorship program provides up-to-date information, hope, and support to women with Ovarian Cancer, their families, friends and loved ones. Signature programs:teal totes/packetschapters receive a list of acos and nci accredited facilities within a 25-50 mile radius of their location based on each facility's annual Ovarian Cancer caseload. Each chapter works closely with the faces of hope coordinator to build and/or strengthen the relationship with local facilities and arrange for them to distribute the teal tote/packet to their newly diagnosed Ovarian Cancer patients. The faces of hope coordinator works directly with facilities where there is not a current chapter, ensuring that women diagnosed with this disease know that they are not alone. This program has 140 volunteer events/chapter meetings, 110 other community events, 600 teal totes distributed to acos/nci accredited facilities to women newly diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer and 448 teal packets were provided to women newly diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer.
Run/walk to break the silence on Ovarian cancer:our signature event raises awareness of Ovarian Cancer, honors survivors, and pays tribute to those lost to the disease. Our run/walks encompass all parts of our mission and support our nationwide and local activities.-15 run/walks raised awareness-838 survivors honored-785 volunteers supported the cause-1,300 teams fought for the cause-12,600 participants to "break" the silence on Ovarian Cancer