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Mar 15, 2021 10:32 AM
(Monroe, La.) – Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, in partnership with [bcbslafoundation.org]Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation and Healthy Blue, is providing free, convenient access to breast cancer screenings and colorectal cancer screening kits on Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Ferriday High School parking lot, 801 EE Wallace Blvd., Ferriday, LA 71334.
Discovering cancers in their earliest stage through screenings can help lead to better outcomes, making it extremely important for individuals to get screened for appropriate cancers.
Screening mammograms will be available for women 40 and older who have not received a mammogram in the last 12 months. In addition, free breast exams will be performed by a clinician for women 18 and older. Colorectal screening kits will be available to those who have not been screened in the past 12 months. Kits returned within two weeks of pick-up will be entered to win a
Starting next month, 50 families in public housing in Baton Rouge with preschool-age children are receiving tablet computers, books and educational toys, followed by regular virtual and in-person home visits from education coaches who will help to get their children ready for kindergarten.
It s a modest start to a program that its backers hope will eventually go statewide. It s meant to narrow both the achievement gap and digital divide between low-income students and their more affluent peers. As a former elementary school principal, I ve seen firsthand how far too many of our children start school behind, said Chloe Wiley, initiatives manager with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation and the founder of a charter school in Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge Prepares Pre-Schoolers for Reading with Tablets
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation is donating tablet computers, books and educational toys to 50 families in public housing in hopes of better preparing low-income students for grade school. by Charles Lussier, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. / February 16, 2021 (AP/Matt Rourke)
(TNS) Starting next month, 50 families in public housing in Baton Rouge with preschool-age children are receiving tablet computers, books and educational toys, followed by regular virtual and in-person home visits from education coaches who will help to get their children ready for kindergarten.
It s a modest start to a program that its backers hope will eventually go statewide. It s meant to narrow both the achievement gap and digital divide between low-income students and their more affluent peers.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation and Louisiana Cancer Foundation, is providing free, convenient access to breast and colorectal cancer screenings during the month of February. Discovering cancers in their earliest stage through screenings can help lead to better outcomes, making it extremely important for the community to get screened for appropriate cancers.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s Prevention on the Go program will be providing breast cancer screenings on February 18 and 19 at the Northeast LA Cancer Institute at 411 Calypso St., Monroe, LA 71201. Screenings will be held Thursday, Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and from 1-4 p.m. and on Friday, Feb. 19 from 7-11:30 a.m. Colorectal cancer testing kits will also be distributed to anyone 45-years-old or older.