Coast to Coast: A Run for Survivorship Arrives in Connecticut

[December 2006, New Haven, Connecticut] Five months after Christian McEvoy left San Francisco to run 3,500 miles across the country and raise awareness and funding for cancer survivorship at Yale Cancer Center, Christian is scheduled to arrive in New Haven on December 12th. 

Beginning with a ceremonial 1.5 mile run through New Haven at noon, Yale Cancer Center will host Christian and his team for a day of celebration and festivities to honor his tremendous commitment to cancer survivors throughout the country and to thank him for his continued support.

“Christian’s and his team’s perseverance and dedication have inspired all of us at Yale Cancer Center.  We are honored that he has chosen to support the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic and look forward to welcoming him home to Connecticut during the last segment of his run,” Yale Cancer Center Director, Dr. Richard Edelson, said.

A Fairfield University graduate and a teacher at Fairfield Preparatory, Christian began his inspiring run on July 1st and has completed 3,136 of the 3,500 mile trek from the beach in San Francisco to the shores of Narragansett, Rhode Island.  He will finish the run with a marathon scheduled on December 16th in Newport.  The Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic is the primary beneficiary from Christian’s run.

For more information on the events at Yale Cancer Center on December 12th, please call Kathleen Derringer at (203) 436-8531 or kathleen.derringer@yale.edu.  To learn more about Coast to Coast: A Run for Survivorship, please visit www.coasttocoastrun.org

The Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center provides care and consultation to people who have been diagnosed and treated for cancer and focuses on the long-term effects of cancer, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.  The multidisciplinary team consists of a physician, specialized advanced practice nurse, social workers, a nutritionist, and other medical specialists who focus on the special problems of patients and their families both during and after cancer treatment.  For more information visit www.yalecancercenter.org or call (203) 785-CARE.

Yale Cancer Center is one of a select network of 39 comprehensive cancer centers in the country designated by the National Cancer Institute and the only one in Southern New England. Bringing together the resources of Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale University School of Medicine, its mission encompasses patient care, research, cancer prevention and control, community outreach, and education.