OUR VISION
To eliminate the personal, family and community burden of cancer.
Myles’ Miracle Mission-CANcer ASSIST is a volunteer community based organization with a commitment to helping cancer patients and their families through their cancer journey.
At the heart of everything we do are the needs of the people living with cancer in our community. People who have been affected by cancer- as patients or caregivers – become experts by experience, they know how cancer care should be. We strive to be responsive to changing needs and expectations of people affected by cancer in our community. We want to ensure that cancer care here in Chatham-Kent is given the same priority as research and cures. By working closely with people living with cancer, their families and communities, we aim to develop services which reflect people’s real needs and wishes.
Allowing individuals to direct his or her own journey in a compassionate and safe environment;
Free programs and services that meet the expressed needs of the individual;
Volunteer-delivered programs and services;
Equality and inclusivity to ensure that all people have access to the services of Myles’ Miracle Mission-CANcer Assist without discrimination of any kind;
Quality and integrity of programs through mechanisms to include client feedback, formal evaluation, current research, best practices and needs assessment;
Collaboration, cooperation and partnership with other community resources;
Recognizing and appreciating the contribution of the people who volunteer at Myles’ Miracle Mission-CANcer Assist;
Up holding the wisdom, experiences and stories of those who have been on the journey.
Lastly we aim to support the growing needs of the school community regarding cancer issues. From providing informative teaching resources to local speakers for school presentations, we want to raise awareness of cancer, environmental issues, how we help, how young people can reduce their chances of getting cancer and how school can get involved.
We receive no government funding and rely on community donations, third party fundraisers etc to help ensure support for our community cancer patients.