Christ Gospel Church Supports Breast Cancer Awareness and Receives $500 Award

COURT HOUSE – Bishop Edgar Robinson and Icy Wilson, RN, Parish Nurse, of Christ Gospel Church in Whitesboro, NJ, were recently presented with a $500 check in recognition of the Church’s support of breast cancer awareness. In the past year, Christ Gospel Church has successfully encouraged 16 women to obtain mammograms. For many years, Christ Gospel Church has continued to support the Parish Nursing Program through health fairs, chronic disease self-management classes, the Susan G. Komen Grant and other health education events. The award is part of an incentive program through a Central and South Jersey Affiliate Susan G. Komen Reach-Out for Life Grant administered by Cape Regional Medical Center. A stipend of $500 is awarded to each church that sponsors and signs up ten or more women for mammograms.
Since April 2010, The Parish Nurse Program and Center for Lifestyle Management Center at Cape Regional Medical Center has been participating in the Reach-Out for Life Grant. The Grant focuses on women 65 years of age or older; however, women between the ages of 40 and 64 are also included.
“The grant is a Breast Health and Cancer Education/Screening Program which identifies women in churches, faith communities and other organizations who are in need of breast screenings,” stated Bonnie Kratzer, RN, Coordinator for the Parish Nurse Program and Center for Lifestyle Management. “The women are educated about breast health awareness and the importance of screenings, and we assist them in obtaining a mammogram.”
For more information regarding this life-saving program, please contact Bonnie Kratzer, R.N., Parish Nurse and Center for Lifestyle Management Coordinator at 609-463-4043, or Gloria Schultz, Reach-Out for Life Program Navigator at 609-463-2599.