With a heart for serving cancer survivors as they battle through treatment, the Freestone Cancer Support Group (FCSG) was established in 2012 to assist with transportation costs, including food and lodging, for county residents.
To date, FCSG has given out $128,950 to 127 people, several of them multiple times as cancer treatments are spread over months.
“We are able to do this because of caring communities like Fairfield and Teague,” says member Bettye Trask. “The group has been able to give care gifts to almost every town and community in the county.”
FCSG was incorporated in August 2012 and officially became a 501(c)3 in August of 2014.
All the committee members are volunteers. “Our committee is such a close-knit, hard working group of people who have cancer patients in their heart,” continues Trask. “Most of the people on the committee are either cancer survivors and have been touched by cancer through their family.”
Current officers are President Spain Trask, Vice President Diana Lewis, Secretary Janet Bulger, Treasurer Jane Morrison and Board Member John Fry.
To apply for assistance, complete an application for assistance that may be found on their website at fcsginc.org, or contact a board member.
Donations are greatly appreciated and can be made in memory or in honor of a loved one. Donations may be sent to Freestone Cancer Support Group, Inc., P.O. Box 1522, Fairfield, Texas 75840. For more information, or if interested in volunteering, please call 903-389-3917. You may also send an email to spaintrask@aol.com Friday night, October 21 will be “Pink-Out” night at the football game in Fairfield. “This is just one example of a community reaching out,” says Trask. Michelle Welch has headed up this fund raiser for several years, with proceeds going toward FCSG to assist those battling breast cancer.
