About Friends of the Cancer Center

Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation (CFVHF) is the fundraising entity for Cape Fear Valley Health System (CFVHS), a health care network serving a six-county area in the central southern area of North Carolina. The network is comprised of hospitals, primary care facilities, emergency services, behavioral health care services, a rehabilitation center, hospice services, and a fitness facility. CFVHS provides nearly $115 million in uncompensated care for indigent care.

The mission of Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation, a 501 C 3 organization, is to advance healthcare excellence in our region by supporting services in a compassionate environment for all people.

Six Friends groups are part of the Foundation. These groups and the volunteers that direct them help develop programs to assist patients with needs that contribute to the healing process, but that go beyond the scope of Cape Fear Valley’s mission to provide medical care and treatment.

Friends of the Cancer Center helps provide hundreds of cancer patients and their families with emotional support, information resources, food supplements, free wigs and turbans and emergency needs funding. In addition, each year, Friends of the Cancer Center sponsors Camp Rockfish, a camp to celebrate life for cancer patients and their families.

Friends of Children makes sure that a child's perspective is never lost in the unfamiliar world of grown-ups and medical equipment. Services include asthma and diabetes education, burial assistance and meal vouchers for families in extreme need, toys for children in the pediatric playroom, and other items to make a hospital visit or stay less stressful for the parents and the child.

Friends of the Heart Center provides continuing support and fellowship to help heart patients and their families maintain a heart-healthy lifestyle. Members of the group visit heart patients in the hospital to share firsthand knowledge of heart surgery and other treatments and programs. Friends of the Heart Center also leads a program to encourage local restaurants to offer heart-healthy menu choices.

Friends of Nursing supports education and career development for those in the nursing profession to further enhance patient care in our community. Friends of Nursing provides resources and support for health-related programs that are created and maintained by nurses.

Friends of Rehabilitation helps enhance independence for hundreds of people right here at home, who have disabilities. Among the services offered are temporary ramps to enable newly disabled patients to re-enter their homes, as well as instruction for high school students on the dangers of automobile and diving accidents.

Friends of Stanton Hospitality House supports Cape Fear Valley's home away from home by offering rooms and comfort to families whose loved ones are hospitalized in Fayetteville.