BAKERSFIELD, CA - The AIS Cancer Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital is partnering with the Tehachapi Cancer Foundation, to make sure patients in the mountain community get the treatment they need.
The Tehachapi Cancer Foundation was founded by Jim Wallace and his wife Tammy who passed away last September from colon cancer. The foundation holds community fundraisers to help cancer patients defray the costs associated with treatment.
But, now they're getting a big boost from the AIS Cancer Center and San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation, which has pledged to help Tehachapi patients get to Bakersfield for treatment, by providing gas cards. "We don't want them to have to worry about their transportation, that's the least of their worries. We want them to get better. We want them to have that support service and that's through their family and friends and here at the AIS Cancer Center. But what this fund is going to do is help eliminate some of that stress knowing that they're going to get here to and from and it's not going to cost them a dime," said Kevin Burton, president San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation.
"When we first started with radiation she was going five days a week for five weeks and that's when gas was almost $4.00 a gallon so it adds up. I don't care what kind of gas mileage you get, it does add up," said Jim Wallace, president Tehachapi Cancer Foundation.
The transportation fund at San Joaquin is funded by individuals and companies in our community.
The Tehachapi Cancer Foundation was founded by Jim Wallace and his wife Tammy who passed away last September from colon cancer. The foundation holds community fundraisers to help cancer patients defray the costs associated with treatment.
But, now they're getting a big boost from the AIS Cancer Center and San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation, which has pledged to help Tehachapi patients get to Bakersfield for treatment, by providing gas cards. "We don't want them to have to worry about their transportation, that's the least of their worries. We want them to get better. We want them to have that support service and that's through their family and friends and here at the AIS Cancer Center. But what this fund is going to do is help eliminate some of that stress knowing that they're going to get here to and from and it's not going to cost them a dime," said Kevin Burton, president San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation.
"When we first started with radiation she was going five days a week for five weeks and that's when gas was almost $4.00 a gallon so it adds up. I don't care what kind of gas mileage you get, it does add up," said Jim Wallace, president Tehachapi Cancer Foundation.
The transportation fund at San Joaquin is funded by individuals and companies in our community.