LPD Teaming Up With Heartland Cancer Foundation For Pink Patch Project in October
LINCOLN–(KFOR Sept. 30)–Throughout the month of October, Lincoln Police are participating in the “Pink Patch Project” to raise money and awareness for breast cancer treatment, through a partnership with the Lincoln First Responders Foundation and Heartland Cancer Foundation.
Pink-outlined LPD shoulder patches will be sold for $10 each and the money will go to the Heartland Cancer Foundation to help treat local cancer patients. You can buy those patches beginning Oct. 1 and there are only 2,000 patches available, according to LPD Captain Max Hubka.
“The response we’ve gotten has been incredible already. Internally, we’ve had a lot of interest and a lot of people that are very supportive of the project,” Captain Hubka added.
HCF helps out 350 cancer patients a year; their grant money helping patients with the rent or mortgage, car payments, utilities, and travel expenses to and from treatment. Right now, HCF’s grant size is at $750 a patient, and next year they plan to increase to $1,000 a patient.
Cancer survivor Christy Arfman is also a grant recipient from HCF.
“If you’ve never been in crisis needing basic needs, it takes a lot of time out of your day calling, applying and searching for a way to meet those needs,” Arfman said. “I have a four-year-old son who has Autism, developmentally ADHD, and his needs during my treatment were high to care for him above my medical expenses.”
For more information about the Heartland Cancer Foundation, click the link below.
