Program this week to help cancer patients

St. Francis Medical Center is holding a "Look Good ... Feel Better" program from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Healing Arts Conference Room at the Healing Arts Center.

During this program, Look Good ... Feel Better volunteer cosmetologists will teach female cancer patients how to cope with skin changes and hair loss with the help of cosmetics and skin care products donated by the cosmetic industry. Free cosmetic kits will be provided to women in active cancer treatment.

The kits are available in light, medium, dark and extra dark shades to enhance all complexion types. Women will also learn how to disguise hair loss with wigs, scarves and other accessories.

Look Good ... Feel Better group programs are offered nationwide at comprehensive cancer centers, hospitals, American Cancer Society offices and in other community settings.

The program is a free nonmedical, product-neutral program offered in partnership with the American Cancer Society, the National Cosmetology Association, and The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association Foundation, a charitable organization supported by the cosmetic industry.

Open house next week

Next Monday, cosmetologists from across Southeast Missouri are invited to attend a free Look Good ... Feel Better open house from 2 to 4 p.m. at Buckner Brewing Co., 133 N. Water St. in Cape Girardeau.

This open house is for any cosmetologist interested in becoming a volunteer facilitator.

This open house is being hosted by the American Cancer Society and the area coordinator for the Look Good ... Feel Better program. Appetizers will be provided. Reservations are required by Friday.

For more information about either of these two activities, call Amy Evans at the American Cancer Society at 334-9197. For more information about the St. Francis program, call 331-5357. For general information about the Look Good ... Feel Better program, call (800) 395-LOOK or visit www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org.