Hospital raising money, teaching physicians and community
EDINBURG — Doctors Hospital at Renaissance sold close to $19,000 last week at its first Masquerade Fundraising jewelry sale, but only about $4,000 will benefit the hospital’s cancer foundation.
The hospital partnered up with Masquerade Fundraising, the nation’s largest jewelry company dedicated to raising funds for hospitals, for the two-day event. As part of the agreement, the company provides the $5 jewelry pieces and legwork and gives the hosting hospital 20 percent of the proceeds.
More than 1,300 people visited the hospital’s main lobby June 28-29. Of the $18,965 sold, $3,793 will benefit the Renaissance Cancer Foundation while the rest goes back to the company.
“We are ecstatic that DHR’s first annual Masquerade jewelry sale was such a success,” said the hospital’s chief operations officer, Marissa Castañeda. “The work of the Renaissance Cancer Foundation will provide comfort and relief for cancer patients in the Rio Grande Valley — financially, emotionally and physically.”
The foundation provides prostheses, wigs and bandanas for cancer patients and provides cancer survivor assistance classes and support groups that help survivors while in remission. Financial management classes and scholarships for cancer survivors are also provided through the foundation, whose goal is to inform the general public about the importance of cancer screenings, nutrition, preventive care and other cancer-related issues.
The hospital was also recently awarded accreditation for four years as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians by the Texas Medical Association. The Breast Cancer Symposium in March is just one of the ways physicians at the hospital continue to learn about the fast-paced and often changing medical field.
But the hospital is not only dedicated to teaching its physicians.
A free seminar titled “Common Pains as You Age” is set to take place July 14 as part of its Community Health Education Series, a free educational program for patients, families and caregivers who want more information on health awareness topics. The seminar will include discussion on the use of a chiropractic approach to pain management at the Rehab Center at Renaissance, located behind the main hospital, at 5403 Doctors Drive, Edinburg.
“Our ongoing education series is free to the public and highlights a one-to-one question-and-answer session by the physician,” Castañeda said. “The mission of the series is to inform and empower the community by providing indispensable health care information and support from our local physicians.”
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Naxiely Lopez covers PSJA and general assignments for The Monitor. She can be reached at 683-4434.
