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While many of the hospital’s employees were involved in national fundraising efforts, the group wanted to do something for the local residents who were battling the disease and struggling to pay for prescriptions, treatments, travel and other expenses.</p> <p> The result of their efforts became the Hometown Walk of Hope, a 501(c) 3 organization that currently serves as the only fundraiser for the Obion County Cancer Agency. All money raised through the walk stays in Obion county and assists residents diagnosed with cancer.</p> <p> Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City has emerged as the champion of the Hometown Walk of Hope. The hospital provides meeting space and complimentary lunches to the cancer agency for its monthly board meetings. It also sponsors the Hope Chest, a room that provides a quiet space for cancer patients to talk, pray and research their diagnosis, and borrow walkers, wheelchairs, canes, wigs and lift chairs.</p> <p> The inaugural Hometown Walk of Hope raised $60,000 in 2001. In 2013, the walk raised $194,000. Since its inception, the program has raised a total of $1.8 million for Obion county cancer patients, which today serves 65 residents per month.</p> <p> For more information on the Hometown Walk of Hope, contact Lorraine Beachum, director of wellness, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140901190307/mailto:Lorraine.gossett@bmhcc.org">Lorraine.gossett@bmhcc.org</a>, 731-884-0110. </p> </div> <br/> </div> </div> <div id="footer-2"> <p>© 2010 - Tennessee Hospital Association • 5201 Virginia Way • Brentwood, TN 37027 • Phone: 615-256-8240 • Fax: 615-242-4803 • <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140901190307/mailto:webmaster@tha.com">webmaster@tha.com</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20140901190307/http://www.tha.com/Default.aspx?pid=50">Directions to THA</a></p>  <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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