The Mary L. Pierce HOPE Cancer Resource Room
The Mary L. Pierce HOPE Cancer Resource Room provides cancer patients, families and caregivers in our community with free services to lessen their burden as they journey through the cancer maze of emotion, diagnosis, treatments and finances.
A navigator is here to meet with you one-on-one and help answer any questions or concerns you may have. These topics may include, but are not limited to: questions regarding treatments, diagnosis, coping and barriers to healthcare. The navigator will also provide medical facility location information and reference-free resources that you may be eligible for.
Available Resources
- Take-home brochures and pamphlets in English and Spanish with information regarding prevention, diagnosis, treatment and coping methods
- Community resource guides
- Informational books
- Wigs, bras and prostheses (by appointment only)
- Lists of helpful websites and programs
- Tip sheets and information on quitting tobacco use
- A cancer navigator to meet with you or a volunteer to assist you
- A cancer support group: Thrive Uvalde 830.278.6200
Cancer Navigator
The cancer navigator can offer:
- One-on-one meetings to help answer your questions
- Information about diagnostic and treatment centers
- Help navigating American Cancer Society resources
- Individualized research assistance
- Appropriate and helpful information brochures
- Vouchers for mammograms
Benefits
Who can benefit from the above services?
- Cancer patients at any stage in their fight against cancer
- Survivors in remission
- Caregivers
- Families and friends of people diagnosed with cancer
- Those interested in cancer prevention
- Those interested in quitting tobacco use
All funds donated to the HOPE Cancer Resource Room stay right here in our community. If you would like to donate, fill out a donation card and either drop it off in person or mail to:
VVRMC
The Mary L. Pierce HOPE Cancer Resource Room
801 Bedell Ave.
Del Rio, TX 78840
Click here to access a HOPE Cancer Resource Room Donation Card. Thank you!
Are you interested in donating hair to help make wigs for those facing hair loss due to cancer? You can find out how at: