Cruise Against Cancer

Celebrate Life Cancer Support Group was founded March 22, 1999 by Michele Sexton, a breast cancer survivor. The group hosts many informative speakers; including oncologists, social workers, dieticians, counselors, an acupuncturist and many others. They also host a "Pampering Night" and a summer picnic. Celebrate Life assists patients in Cocke, Jefferson, & Sevier Counties. Grant money and donations are used for transportation assistance, medicine, supplies, utility bills and any other special needs a cancer patient may face during treatment. The group also designates funds to help with supplies for monthly meetings. In addition, an outreach program called "Manna from Heaven" supplies snacks to chemotherapy and radiation waiting rooms at Cancer Centers in Morristown and Sevierville, TN. The Manna program is funded primarily by group members and the parishioners of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Newport, TN. For more information, please contact Michele Sexton at 865-654-0468; Gail Sutton at 423-623-3730; or Sharon Taylor-Manning at 865-654-2007.