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YOUTEllUS What Successful, Ongoing Partnership Does Your Chapter Have With the Community? Chapter Reaches Out to Community Nursing Students or the past three years, our chapter has sponsored a pizza dinner for senior nursing students from two local colleges. We have representatives from all aspects of oncology nursing talk about their career paths in oncology nursing, what they do in their jobs, and what they love about oncology nursing. Nurses speak from inpatient oncology nursing, outpatient, chemotherapy infusion, hospice nursing, and clinical research, and a nurse practitioner talks about advanced practice. The event is always well attended, and the students have lots of enthusiasm and interest. We promote it not as a job fair but rather to interest students in choosing oncology as their clinical specialty. Several students have chosen oncology as their senior elective rotation as a result of our presentation. F their professional skills, chapter members share their avocation skills—one of our members teaches quilting in the evenings at Gilda’s Club. Finally, our chapter hosted our annual health education fair at Gilda’s Club. Linda F. Kennelly, PhD, RN New York Capital District Chapter Cambridge, NY lung Cancer walk helps Chapter make a Difference he Every Breath Counts Walk for Lung Cancer Awareness began as a chapter grassroots effort in January 2006. A committee was formed; 10 months later, with more than 100 walkers and numerous sponsors and volunteers, we were able to raise more than $16,000. Funds were donated to the LUNGevity Foundation and South Jersey Cancer Fund, an organization that supports people with cancer in southern New Jersey. The event is a testament to the power that oncology nurses have to join togeth- er to make a positive difference in their community. Louise M. Baca, RN, MSN, CCRP Southern Jersey Shore Chapter Galloway, NJ Chapter Event Recognizes Survivors and Their families he Houston Chapter of ONS is participating in Survivorship Houston 2008, a community-wide event to celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day on June 1. Our chapter sits on the steering committee and will co-chair the program committee. The event will recognize and celebrate the the lives of Houston-area survivors whose length of life or quality of life has been enhanced by progresses in cancer treatment and research. Caregivers’ and family members’ contributions also will be recognized. T T Amy Brassard, RN, MS, OCN® Cape Fear Chapter Wilmington, NC members Are Active in local Gilda’s Club he ONS New York Capital District Chapter connects with the community in many ways. Besides members’ individual commitment in civic activities as school and church volunteers, our members offer their time representing our chapter in many professional functions. Several members facilitate the colon cancer, lung cancer, and young cancer survivors’ groups at Gilda’s Club in Latham, NY. Besides volunteering Jody Folloder, RN, OCN®, CCRC Houston Chapter Outreach Committee Houston, TX T You Tell Us, Readers! “You Tell Us” is a forum for ONS Connect readers to share comments with their professional colleagues. If you have knowledge to share on the following topic, please tell us! We’d love to hear from you. April: What support does your institution offer to promote work-life balance? (Submit by February 1.) Submissions should be approximately 125 words and may be edited for clarity and space. Send responses by the deadline listed in parentheses to Staff Editor Elisa Becze via e-mail (pubONSConnect@ons.org), fax (412-859-6163), or online (www.ons.org/Publications/journals/Connect). 16 ONS CONNECT JANUARY 2008 http://www.ons.org/Publications/journals/Connect

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