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the Mokena Messenger | January 25, 2018 | 3
Cancer Support Center expands with new home
T.J. Kremer III, Editor
The Cancer Support Center,
in Mokena, unveiled
to the public its new facility
Jan. 17 during a multi-
Chamber ribbon cutting
event; however, those familiar
with the old location
won’t have to travel far to
find the new place: It’s right
next door.
The new facility offers
more space and upgraded
amenities. There’s a workout
room and a children’s play
room, as well as new offices
for staff and a new kitchen
for nutritional training.
The Center serves over
1,400 people, but when you
include families and friends
of the clients, the number
grows to about 4,500, according
to Ben Cipra, a grant
writer for the Center.
The Center works with
Silver Cross, Joliet Oncology-Hematology
Associates,
and Advocate South Suburban
to offer some of its
services at those locations,
Cipra said.
The relocation became
necessary to keep pace with
the growth the Center has
seen over the past several
years.
“The growth factor, in
general the last two years,
has grown 40 percent. So
what does that tell you?
The need is here. And all of
these services are free,” said
Board Member Leslie Susralski,
whose husband, Ed,
has terminal prostate cancer.
“The important thing is,
how do we get the word out
to the community that we
Mokena Chamber of Commerce President Skye Bergeson
(right) presents The Cancer Support Center’s Development
Coordinator Kathy Kahlhammer Jan. 17 with a certificate
recognizing the Center’s work in Mokena.
T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media
exist and, more importantly,
that it’s free. That’s very important.
If you think [someone]
needs help, but the insurance
doesn’t cover it or
they don’t have insurance,
the important thing to know
that everything’s free, every
last thing — the counseling,
the yoga, the nutrition
classes, everything we do,”
Susralski said.
Mokena Chamber of
Commerce President Skye
Bergeson thanked the Center
for its work in the community
over the last decade.
“I’ve had multiple clients
who have gone through
the struggle of cancer.
And to have something local
— where you’re going
and talking to a person, it’s
not a phone call where you
call an 800 number — it’s
that personal relationship
with the community is what
we’re trying to strive for
through the Mokena Chamber,”
Bergeson said. “And,
so, to have a partner like The
Cancer Support Center that
really helps those in need,
means the world to us.”
Mokena’s Mayor Frank
Fleischer was also in attendance
to show his support
for the Center and spoke
about the benefits of having
the Center as a resource in
the village.
“All of us know people
who are afflicted [with cancer]
in one way or another
— if not ourselves, then
somebody in the family —
and they don’t know where
to go,” Fleischer said.
“And that’s what’s nice
about having this in our
town, in our area, where
people have a place to go
and talk to somebody and
find out that they’re not
alone. Once you hear the
doctor tell you that you have
this, that you have cancer,
your whole life will never be
the same. And now there’s
people here they can talk to
and work with and tell them
it’s not the end of the world.”
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