NEWS FROM PROVISION Making miracles Scott Hamilton ice show to celebrate life By Shannon Carey The fight against cancer is personal for Scott Hamilton. The Olympic legend lost his mother to cancer, has seen many friends struggle with the disease, and is a cancer survivor himself. After his mother passed away in 1977, he supported cancer research. “I always thought that was as far as I could take it,” he said. But with the wisdom and insight he gained as a cancer survivor, Hamilton took his efforts a step further and created the Scott Hamilton CARES Initiative through Cleveland Clinic where he was successfully treated. The program supports clinical research, the 4th Angel Mentoring Program, and Chemocare.com, which puts chemotherapy information in simple English and Spanish. These efforts are funded through a wildly successful Cleveland, Ohio, figure skating Scott Hamilton and Terry Douglass tour the Provision Center for Pro- show. ton Therapy. They are standing in one of the treatment rooms in Now, through his front of a 360-degree gantry that will administer proton therapy to acquaintance with Provision cancer patients. Photo by Gretchen Crawley founder Terry Douglass, Olympic gold medalist Hamilton is expanding his Scott Hamilton. Photo by philanthropic mission to Don Gerda/Cleveland Clinic Key initiatives of Scott Knoxville through the Scott Hamilton CARES include: CARES Foundation. The “They’re not gone,” Olympic & World 4th Angel Mentoring Program celebration kick-off will become said Hamilton. “They Champion Skaters The 4th Angel Mentoring Program an annual ice skating and live in me. They are Performing on December 6 is designed to offer one-on-one musical event. part of who I am. Mom mentoring services to patients and is with me every single “Scott Hamilton and Katia Gordeeva caregivers who have been touched Friends on Ice” will feature day. It means a lot to me by cancer. Our mentors are cancer a live concert by six-time that I’m doing what she survivors or caregivers who are Grammy© winner Amy Grant, wants me to do.” specially trained to provide hope, coupled with live figure skating Funds raised by the inspiration, and encouragement Jozef Sabovcik performances by Olympic greats ice show will support Grammy© winner Amy Grant is the via phone or email. Matches are based on age, gender, and diag- like Katia Gordeeva, Nicole the new Provision musical guest for Scott Hamilton and Michael Weiss Bobek, Paul Wylie and many Healthcare Foundation nosis. This is a free service offered Friends on Ice. Nicole Bobek to anyone who has been touched more. The event is scheduled and Scott CARES by cancer regardless of where they Foundation in their Caryn Kadavy for 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the live or are treated. Knoxville Civic Coliseum. mission to fund cancer research, humanity. He just loves people. Alissa Czisny ChemoCare.com This unique program will promote cancer awareness, “I am totally engaged in Ryan Bradley ChemoCare.com is a unique never be performed again, and provide assistance to patients proton therapy. I’m excited about what they’re doing website designed to help patients the combination of great, live and families in need and the Lindsay Davis & better understand the chemo- here (at Provision). This is music with professional skating new RadCare.org web site that Rockne Brubaker therapy experience. As the first an incredible opportunity for is not to be missed. provides easy-to-understand website of its kind in the United people in Knoxville and the Kim Navarro & “It’s spectacular,” said information on radiation States, Chemocare.com is written region to have access to this Brent Bommentre Hamilton. “The live music therapy. in easy-to-understand language level of technology in health To purchase tickets, go to brings the performance to a Hamilton is excited to be and outlines everything patients care. www.KnoxvilleColiseum.com whole other level. Everybody part of Provision, where the and their families need to know about chemotherapy, side effects brings their best self, and emerging science of proton “We’ll be here until cancer is and their management. the performances are full therapy is ready to help cancer cured.” of authenticity. Everyone is patients receive effective Radcare.org sharing their love and joy of treatment while protecting Radcare.org is another unique website to help patients better skating, and their love and joy of healthy tissue as much as The Provision Healthcare Foundation mission is: understand the radiation therapy music. There is nothing like it.” possible. ■■ To provide educational forums and innovative wellness programs that experience. Radcare.org is also “This is a blessing and But, more than anything promote healing, healthy lifestyles, disease prevention and awareness, written in easy-to-understand else, the show is a celebration an honor,” said Hamilton. language and outlines everything ■■ To grow clinical and biomedical research that continues the advance- of life, the lives of survivors and “Terry Douglass is more than patients and their families need to ment of clinical care and innovative healthcare solutions, the lives of those who are no a brilliant man and incredible know about radiation therapy, side ■ longer with us. entrepreneur. Part of his ■ To provide assistance for patients and family members to help alleviate effects and their management. the financial burden of medical expenses for those in need. identity is how he touches Research Funding people all over the world with Please visit www.ProvisionCares.org Critical to its mission, CARES has his service, faith and love of An alliance with Provision Healthcare Foundation was developed to bring funded nearly $1.2 million in cancer the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation to Knoxville and East Tennessee. research in the past six years. Share in the Gift of Caring

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