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As more than 2,000 women and men walked 60 miles in support of breast cancer patients and survivors, BWH’s Maisha Douyon Cover was charged with inspiring them after the first day of their three-day journey.
Douyon Cover, Women’s Health program coordinator for the Center for Community Health and Health Equity, spoke to walkers about BWH’s CHAT Program, which receives funding from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the organization that the Breast Cancer 3-Day benefits. The funds CHAT receives help breast cancer patients with insufficient income and insurance coverage for necessary services.
“I speak for all the clients I work with when I thank you for bearing through sore muscles and blistered feet to help provide much needed resources for breast cancer survivors,” Douyon Cover told the walkers and their families, who gathered on the evening of Aug. 15 at Stoughton High School, their camp for the night. “Working with women has taught me that a little goes a long way, and that the little things we can do to help them take on a huge significance.”
CHAT provides items like wigs and compression sleeves, which help patients regain the mobility of their arms. CHAT recently provided one woman with cab vouchers to and from her hospital appointments because she suffers from severe anxiety disorder and has issues with germs that prevent her from taking public transportation.
Douyon Cover also represented CHAT at last week’s Komen Race for the Cure at UMass Boston, which BWH and Partners sponsored.