[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 376 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 376

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
                      the Bloch Cancer Foundation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2003

Mr. Moore (for himself, Mr. Frost, and Ms. Carson of Indiana) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
                              and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
                      the Bloch Cancer Foundation.

Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch are founders of the Bloch Cancer Foundation, 
        established in 1980;
Whereas Richard and Annette have gifted to the University of Missouri-Kansas 
        City the Bloch Support Center, a center which reaches out to cancer-
        stricken patients, their supporters, and caregivers, through education, 
        counseling, and research designed to achieve the highest quality of life 
        while living with cancer, and, in addition, offers professional 
        education opportunities for students to receive training and research 
        skills that deal with the psychological aspects of cancer;
Whereas Richard Bloch, along with the National Cancer Institute, implemented a 
        computer program called PDQ (`Physicians Data Query') that gathers 
        information from every cancer center in the United States and 22 foreign 
        countries and gives the state of the art treatment for every type and 
        stage of cancer in addition to all available experimental therapies;
Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch authored three books: `Cancer. . .There's 
        Hope' about Richard's battle with his `terminal' lung cancer; `Fighting 
        Cancer', a step-by-step guide showing cancer patients how to fight the 
        disease; and `Guide for Cancer Supporters', geared exclusively to 
        supporters of cancer patients;
Whereas Cancer Survivor Parks have been established to help cancer survivors, to 
        be a tribute to these survivors, and to be a celebration of life in 
        Kansas City, Missouri; Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; 
        Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Rancho Mirage, California; New 
        Orleans, Louisiana; Santa Rosa, California; Jacksonville, Florida; 
        Bakersfield, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, 
        Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska;
Whereas Dick and Annette's foundation has gathered a wide variety of volunteers 
        including doctors sharing their time, computer specialists creating 
        informative and helpful web sites, home volunteers making calls to offer 
        guidance and hope to new patients, and in-house volunteers answering 
        phone calls, e-mails, and being there when called upon;
Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch in 1980 founded the Bloch Cancer Hot Line, an 
        organization composed of more than 500 cancer survivors that has fielded 
        over 125,000 calls in the last 20 years, which on June 4, 2003, 
        celebrated its 23rd anniversary of giving hope, support, and information 
        to those who call;
Whereas June 4, 2003, also marked the 18th anniversary of the first Cancer 
        Survivor Day Rally, held originally in Kansas City, Missouri, and now 
        held in over 700 communities throughout the United States; and
Whereas the Cancer Survivor Day Rally glorifies the attitude that cancer and 
        death are not synonymous and that a cancer diagnosis does not represent 
        a decrease in the quality of life: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives commends Richard and 
Annette Bloch and the Bloch Cancer Foundation and their network of 
invaluable volunteers on behalf of 8,400,000 Americans living with 
cancer.
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