VILLE PLATTE ROTARY CLUB

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

   The Ville Platte Rotary Club today (Tuesday) heard from guest speaker : Allison Bourne-Vanneck, the community liaison for Miles Perret Cancer Services. She was an award winning reporter for KATC TV 3 before moving to her current profession.

    Miles Perret Cancer Services has been serving the citizens of the 10 parish Acadiana area since 2002 assisting cancer patients and their families. The non profit agency does not charge patients and there are no qualifications to use their services.

    Their services include: use of a cancer research library, mastectomy products, cancer journals, pre-paid gas cards, wigs, hats and scarves and support groups.

    The agency has a mobile van unit that visits cancer patients in Ville Platte, Eunice, Opelousas, Crowley and other outlying areas.

     Their major fund raiser is the annual Games of Acadiana at the Cajun dome where some 10,000 people attend the events each year.

     Since 2002, the Miles Perret center has assisted some 13,000 families in Acadiana.