As a nurse practitioner in the cancer unit of a local hospital, Bainbridge resident Kimberly Dodson saw firsthand how the disease affected families beyond their health.
“As I took care of patients, they would say things like, ‘I can’t afford my chemo. I have to decide, do I take my chemo or do I pay for food for my kids?’ They had to made decisions that they should not have to make,” Dodson recalled.
Inspired to help, Dodson formed the Teal Blanket Fund, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that raises money to help women with gynecological cancer.
The nonprofit formed in March of 2020 after Dodson and other volunteers organized a bingo in 2019 to raise money for patients. The event was so well-received that the group decided to create a formal organization and host regular fundraisers.
The nonprofit’s name comes from the color associated with fighting ovarian cancer, teal, and the goal of the organization.
“One of our patients said, ‘When we have to get chemo, a lot of us bring blankets or we are provided with nice, warm blankets,’” Dodson said. “A blanket wraps around the patient to make them feel comfortable, safe and secure. That’s
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what we’re trying to do with this organization.”
The Teal Blanket Fund hosts a bingo event each fall and a golf tournament each spring. The organization’s fourth annual golf tournament raised more than $10,000 in June.
Bingo will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22, at Londonderry Fire Com-
pany, 2655 Foxianna Road, Middletown. Doors will open at noon, and bingo will begin at 2 p.m.
Patients interested in receiving Teal Blanket support fill out a brief application. The organization will provide a portion of the payment toward bills as well as Weis grocery gift cards.
Dodson noted that the Teal Blanket Fund has grown from a small organization helping patients
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Gynecological cancers affect women of all ages. According to the American Cancer Society, 66,200 new cases of uterine cancer were diagnosed in 2023, with an estimated 13,030 deaths from the disease. The National Cancer Institute estimates 20,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed in the United States annually, with close to 14,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed each year.
Now working at the Lebanon VA Medical Center, Dodson continues to advocate for women affected by gynecological cancer.
“Women are having to make decisions like, ‘Can I pay for the gas I need to drive to radiation sessions, or do I feed my family?’ and no one should be in that position,” she said. “These women need our love and support.”
The Teal Blanket Fund is always seeking donations as well as volunteers to assist at events and sponsors for the golf tournament. For more information, email Dodson at jldkad119@aol.com or search for “The Teal Blanket Fund” on Facebook.
Holocaust survivor to speak
The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable will meet on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, 433 E. Main St., Hummelstown. The event will also be livestreamed on the “Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable” YouTube channel.
Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann will share his story of being a young child in the transit camp Mogilev-Podolsky. The approximately 15,000 Jews in the camp, which operated from 1941 to 1944, received harsh treatment, and Steigmann was a subject of medical experimentation, the effects of which he still experiences. He was near starvation when a German woman delivering baked goods to the camp guards spotted
Pennsylvania German church service set
A Pennsylvania German church service will take place on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 2:30 p.m. at the Wenger Meetinghouse, 16 Supervisors Drive, Jonestown. The speaker will be the Rev. Al Zentner. For information, call 717-304-8732.
him and decided to smuggle milk to him, likely saving his life while risking hers.
The meeting is open to the public, and no registration is required. For additional information, visit www.centralpa ww2roundtable.org.
The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable is a nonprofit organization that provides a forum for World War II veterans, along with authors, historians, and others, to share their knowledge and experiences related to the war.
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Church to host Serb Fest
The St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, 601 S. Harrisburg St., Oberlin, will host its annual Serb Fest on Saturday, Sept. 14, in the church social hall beginning at 11 a.m. Attendees may purchase ethnic foods and homemade pastries
and enjoy music and dancing. Live music will be presented from 6 to 10 p.m. Parking is free. There will be a nominal admission fee for attendees age 16 and older. For additional information, call the church office at 717-939-3872.
Program to highlight gardens
The Hershey Horticulture Society will meet on Monday, Sept. 9, at 1 p.m. at Brownstone Lodge, 215 W. Governor Road, Hershey. Guest speaker Andrew Bunting, vice president of the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society, will present “Great Gardens of the World.”
The program is free and open to the public, and preregistration is not required. For more details, visit www.hersheyhorticulture.com.
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Women’s group to meet
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