Community Outreach Program

An important part of M. D. Anderson's mission to eradicate cancer is increasing education and awareness about symptoms and risk factors of the disease.

The Community Relations office in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology coordinates and supports a variety of events that create awareness and raise funds for gynecologic cancer research.

If you or your organization would like to receive information, or if you are in the Houston area and would like to arrange for a speaker on the topic of gynecologic cancer, please e-mail the program director of Community Relations, Pamela Weems, at GynOncCommunityRelations@mdanderson.org or call 713-792-2765.

Quilt Project Sew-in photo - Members of seven participating quilt shops gathered for a "sew-in" and created beautiful quilts from donated quilt blocks. The finished quilts were later included in the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Quilt Project's online auction.

YTAC Golf Tournament - Young Texans Against Cancer hosted their first annual golf tournament at Wildcat Golf Club with proceeds benefiting the Uterine Cancer Research Program.

From Left: Kelly Hunsicker, Irene Hunsicker and Kristy Armstrong

Decorating plates at the Mad Potter (photo) - Ovarian cancer survivors along with family and friends gathered at The Mad Potter- Paint Your Own Pottery Studios to design awards that were given at Sprint for Life.