Lakes Prostate Cancer Fund

A nonprofit organization

1 donor

Gary Harris is the founder and director of the Lakes Prostate Cancer Fund. He has turned his own 14 plus year journey with metastatic prostate cancer into a passion for helping others who are going through the experience.  

After battling the disease four separate times he wrote the book Man-Opause My Continuing Battle With Metastatic Prostate Cancer, that chronicled his personal journey. While the book was helpful for others, Harris felt that he could offer even more information and support to those that were going through the same things.  

He created a support group where patients, survivors and family members could find an informal and comfortable place to express their concerns, share medical resources and information that would hold each other up as they searched through their own ways to deal with the disease.  

Prostate cancer is the second highest cause of death in men over 50 and Early detection can increase the chance of successful treatment.  Sometimes the disease can lead to other serious complications such as urinary, erectile and bowel dysfunction.

A cancer diagnosis can leave you feeling confused, angry and hopeless. It can take physical and emotional toll on an individual, but interacting with other people that are going through the process can be instrumental in managing and beating it. Costs can add up with treatment and travel and the LPCF hopes to take some of that stress away from those who are diagnosed. 

The mission for the fund aspires to increase public awareness of the disease to promote early detection that can aid in successful treatment, and to provide non-medical funds to men currently in treatment within the Essentia region in Minnesota. All gifts to the LPCFund are tax-deductible with a 501 (c)(3) designation being a Designated Fund of the Essentia Health – St. Joseph’s Foundation.

For more information on the Lakes Prostate Cancer fund log on to www.lpcfund.org or www.lakesprostatecancerfund.org. 

Organization Data

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Organization name

Lakes Prostate Cancer Fund

other names

Lpcfund

Categories

Education Health Faith

Address

24153 White Pine Dr 24153 White Pine Dr
Nisswa, MN 56468

Phone

17633603571