Community briefs for July 27, 2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 | 8:36 a.m.

Missionary will speak in Laughlin

The Rev. Gus Guppenberger of Glenmary Home Missioners will speak Saturday and Sunday during Masses at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Laughlin about missionary work in Appalachia, the South and Southwest.

In his 40 years as a home missioner, Guppenberger has served in Glenmary missions in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas.

Founded in 1939, Glenmary is a Catholic society of priests and brothers who, along with co-workers, minister exclusively in the United States, serving counties where less than 3 percent of the population is Catholic and the poverty level is almost twice the national average.

For more information, call (513) 874-8900.

Program helps cancer patients

Cancer Matters, a localized program to improve the quality of life for everyone touched by cancer, is now available to patients and families in Southern Nevada.

The pocket-size resource guide is a collection of medical and ancillary businesses, services and programs throughout Southern Nevada designed to inform and support the varied needs, such as financial, cosmetic and medical, of cancer patients, their families and caregivers.

Cancer Matters includes a list of cancer specialists, medical services, support groups, foundations and organizations, hospice care, counseling services, breast prosthetics, apparel and accessories, financial services, legal assistance, transportation services, national organizations, useful Web sites and recommended reading.

The free guide is available in English and Spanish at the American Cancer Society, Sav-On Drugs, hospitals, cancer support groups and all Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada locations.

Call Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada at 952-3400 or visit Cancer Matters online at www.cancermatters.com.

The Center for Compassionate Care,

a part of the Nathan Adelson Group, received a $10,000 grant from the Nevada Power Foundation to support local counseling services for those without health insurance or other financial resources.