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Richard
and
Annette
Bloch
Cancer
Survivors
Parks:
My
husband
and
I
literally
stumbled
into
the
Chicago
Cancer
Survivors
Park,
ironically
on
a
trip
back
to
Chicago
where
we
had
lived
for
ten
years.
The
second
part
to
this
discovery
and
probably
the
more
poignant
emotion
is
that
he
had
just
completed
surgery
for
a
rare
and
aggressive
form
of
prostate
cancer.
The
Cancer
Survivors
Parks
are
a
daily
reminder
to
all
who
pass
by
that
the
park
and
message
are
meant
to
support
your
subconscious
mind
that
death
and
cancer
are
not
synonymous.
The
message
and
the
space
are
meant
to
give
hope
and
courage.
To
those
in
the
process
of
fighting
the
disease,
it
is
meant
to
give
directions
and
determination.
To
those
who
have
not
had
cancer,
it
is
meant
to
reduce
fear.
At
last
count
there
are
now
twenty-four
Cancer
Survivors
Parks
throughout
the
USA
and
Canada.
The
R.
A.
Bloch
Cancer
Foundation
(Richard
Bloch,
co-founder
and
honorary
chairman
of
the
board
of
H
&
R
Block,
Inc.)
provided
money
for
the
construction
of
the
Parks
including
funding
perpetual
maintenance.
Each
Park
is
individually
designed
to
complement
the
surrounding
area.
The
Chicago
garden
could
use
a
little
TLC.
Each
park
has
three
elements
...
the
first
element
is
to
promote
a
positive
mental
attitude,
the
second
is
to
show
the
cancer
journey
with
a
successful
outcome,
and
the
third
"Road
to
Recovery"
consists
of
seven
plaques
explaining
what
cancer
is
and
basic
actions
to
successfully
overcome
the
disease.
Richard
and
Annette
Bloch
Cancer
Survivors
Parks
have
been
completed
in
Bakersfield,
CA;
Baltimore,
MD;
Chicago,
IL;
Cleveland,
OH;
Columbia,
SC;
Columbus,
OH;
Dallas,
TX;
Houston,
TX;
Indianapolis,
IN;
Jacksonville,
FL;
Kansas
City,
MO;
Memphis,
TN;
Minneapolis,
MN;
Mississauga,
Ontario,
Canada;
New
Orleans,
LA;
Omaha,
NE;
Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada;
Phoenix,
AZ;
Rancho
Mirage,
CA;
Sacramento,
CA;
San
Diego,
CA,
Santa
Rosa,
CA;
Tucson,
AZ,
and
Tampa,
FL.
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