Inside Track

As PanCAN volunteers, we know the importance of THE DOTS.  The importance of collecting them and then connecting them.  In many ways, November Awareness shines a (purple) light on that very important act.  This month gives us the opportunity to shed light on our efforts in unique ways.  The month gives opportunity to engage local community and ...

What made you want to volunteer? I lost my grandfather, Jerry, to pancreatic cancer in April of 2017 at the age of 75 after a 16 month battle with the disease. Jerry was not only an incredible grandfather, but an excellent role model, and my best friend. After he passed I wanted to do all I could to do my part in carrying on his fight! Do you remember your first ...

On Thursday, November 29, 2007, my husband Danny became jaundiced.  He made an appointment the next day with our primary doctor, and a CT scan showed a mass on the head of his pancreas.  The following Monday, an endoscope confirmed he had pancreatic cancer and the race was on to find the best surgeon to perform the Whipple procedure to give him a fighting ...

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.   Let’s celebrate our successes! What does November mean to your Affiliate?  In Boston, November has meant PurpleStride.  Although we are not gathering for PurpleStride this month, Boston will be  looking into the future for our own Affiliate community, trusting  the bold decisions of PanCAN, and ...

What one thing is your affiliate working on that is exciting you or that you would like to share with your fellow volunteer leaders in other affiliates? When our affiliate was founded in 2003, we could only dream of a day like our first PurpleStride. In 2010 under Carolina blue skies, 800 purple shirts ran and walked through the streets of Raleigh. This ...