PENNIES FOR PATIENTS™ DAY" fundraiser

The Berrien County Cancer Service, Inc., is reminding all residents of Berrien County to save their pennies for the 26th annual "PENNIES FOR PATIENTS™ DAY CELEBRATION" to be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at BCCS headquarters - 7301 Red Arrow Hwy., Stevensville from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with early morning live remote broadcast from WSJM - THE NEWS STATION.

The Niles Masonic Temple will be opening their lobby area for BCCS to host a collection reception.  On Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. Pennies for Patients™ donations may be brought to the lobby area of the Masonic Temple building – 227 ½ E. Main Street, Niles. Please enter the Masonic Temple at the 3rd street entrance.

BCCS is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that provides skilled Oncology nursing care at no cost for people of Berrien County who have a cancer diagnosis.  BCCS also has a large medical and comfort/nutritional support closet as well as high quality wigs, prostheses and other items for our patients with cancer at no cost.  This is only possible through our generous community. 

BCCS is funded by United Way of Southwest Michigan, donations, memorials and our own signature fundraisers such as Pennies for Patients™.  Last year, $18,388.63 was collected and in our 25 years of collection, we have raised over $422,866.04!  We hope that this year as our 26th year of collecting pennies we can hit the $26,000.00 mark!

Refreshments at the Stevensville office will be supplied by our staff and volunteers as well as our special sponsor Sweet Dreams Baked Goods, LLC.   Agency tours will be available throughout the day.  Refreshments will also be served at our Niles location and we want to especially thank Martin’s Supermarkets in Berrien County for helping us this year collect pennies for patients!

Thank you for supporting our 26th annual fund-raiser and for being so generous in helping us take care of local cancer patients.  All funds raised locally, stay locally for our beloved patients.