2025 will be our 26th year in existence and we have exciting news! Petersburg Mental Health Services will provide matching funds for the first $10,000 of donations! Your donation dollars will accomplish even more!
Petersburg's Beat the Odds supports local cancer related programs such as cancer treatment travel, equipment training and other support for patients and their families. In 2024, we recently allocated locally & regionally the following amounts: $17,000 for travel ($6,000 to First City Council on Cancer, $2,000 to Cancer Connection, $8,000 to Wrangell Medical Center Cancer Care, and $1,000 to Angel Flight West), $13,600 to Petersburg Medical Center ($6,000 chemotherapy training for nurses: $3,000 end of life nursing/provider education, $4,500 for additional treatment chair, and 100 Five Wishes Booklets: $100), $2,000 to home health seed money for chore services, $1,800 to True North Counseling and Consultation LLC to facilitate cancer support group, $1,500 reimbursement to Lee’s Clothing for actual amount of invoice for the Circle of Life event t-shirts, $1,000 for radio public service announcements on KFSK regarding cancer resources in the community, $750 for cancer resource brochure, $750 for miscellaneous expenses and supplies (box rent, mailing, office, printing), and $400 for public library books.
Over the life of the event, more than $500,000 has supported local Petersburg and other southeast Alaskan cancer patients.