SCRANTON, PA — The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute (NRCI) recently received a $50,000 grant from the Hawk Family Foundation, in memory of their daughter, Carolyn Hawk Horter. Carolyn passed away in 2023 from colon cancer at the age of 46.
The funds will support the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute Community Based Cancer Screening Navigation Program and specifically colon cancer screenings.
The program is a cancer-screening initiative focused on education, barrier reduction and the facilitation of screenings for breast, cervical, colon and lung cancer. It targets low-income un/underinsured individuals while connecting or reconnecting all participants to a medical home to ensure ongoing preventative care.
This funding was awarded as part of the open applications for The Hawk Family Foundation.
Established in 1991, the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is a community-based nonprofit organization working to Ease the Burden of Cancer in northeast Pennsylvania. It focuses on cancer surveillance, community and patient services, and hospital and practice support services.The Hawk Family Foundation’s broad mission is to improve the quality of people’s lives, particularly the lives of children, the elderly, the vulnerable and returning citizens in our community.