Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, has announced a $2 million gift from 24 Foundation in support of cancer survivorship and wellness programs.

The gift will help expand the supportive oncology programs at Atrium Health’s Levine Cancer Institute and Levine Children’s in Charlotte, which provide personalized resources to patients and their caregivers throughout their cancer journey. In addition, the gift will support the cancer resource center, psycho-oncology and exercise physiology programs, virtual programming, and a new full-time dietitian to work individually with oncology patients to develop personal nutrition plans; and help launch a prehabilitation program to strengthen patients, physically and mentally, prior to treatment, as well as teambuilding opportunities for pediatric and young adult cancer survivors. 

“We are deeply committed to our partnership with Atrium Health and ensuring that patients in our community have equal access to the highest quality cancer services available,” said 24 Foundation executive director Katherine Murphy. “I know our founder, Spencer Lueders, would agree that from the moment we first learned about the vision for Levine Cancer Institute, we knew 24 Foundation was stepping into something truly extraordinary.”

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