The Coleman Foundation Matches Online Donations Made to The Cancer Support Center on Giving Tuesday

December 1, 2015 – The Cancer Support Center is encouraging community members to join the #GivingTuesday movement. The Coleman Foundation will match online donations made to The Cancer Support Center on Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Help those living with cancer by making an online donation to The Cancer Support Center on December 1, at www.cancersupportcenter.org.

Again this year, The Coleman Foundation has chosen The Cancer Support Center as a Giving Tuesday charity to match online donations made to The Center on the national day of giving, December 1, 2015.

“This year, The Cancer Support Center has seen a 25 percent increase in service hours compared to 2014, making your donation critical to fulfilling the demand of our participants’ needs,” said Sue Armato, Executive Director of The Cancer Support Center. “Your contributions allow The Cancer Support Center to provide services at no cost to participants throughout more than 70 communities in Chicago’s Southland.”

In 2014, The Center provided more than 10,600 hours of service in programming to nearly 4,600 people in 70 communities in the Chicago Southland. The Center has locations in Homewood and Mokena as well as provides services off-site at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Care at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox and Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights.

The Cancer Support Center is here to give strength, guidance and support to anyone living with a cancer diagnosis, as well as to their loved ones. The Center does this as a community-based, volunteer-driven, donor-supported organization. Programs, resources and services are always delivered by professional therapists, counselors, nutritionists, and experts; and are provided in a warm, welcoming and nurturing setting.

For more information about Giving Tuesday or The Cancer Support Center, please visit www.cancer supportcenter.org or call 708-798-9171.

About #GivingTuesday
#GivingTuesday is a movement to celebrate and provide incentives to give—the 2015 iteration will be held on December 1, 2015. This effort harnesses the collective power of a unique blend of partners—nonprofits, businesses and corporations as well as families and individuals—to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. #GivingTuesday inspires people to take collaborative action to improve their local communities, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they celebrate and help create a better world. #GivingTuesday harnesses the power of social media to create a global moment dedicated to giving around the world.