January is the National Cervical Cancer Screening month. To mark this, ACCI provided free pap smears to low-income, minority women on January 30, 2010 at 6011 Telephone Road, Houston, TX 77087. This community event was made possible by the support of local doctors, physician assistants and nurses who volunteered their services to benefit the people in the South East Houston area. Since this was the first time we ever hosted such an event, we were surprised by the huge turnout from visitors and volunteers alike. The patients were very appreciative for such an opportunity to be screened for cervical cancer. ACCI plans to make this an annual event over a three-weekend period every January, beginning in 2011.
ACCI thanks all volunteers who gave their valuable time to assist with this screening event. Our special thanks to Drs Ubesie and Asumugha, the two gynecologists on site for the event; the entire ACCI staff; and our director of programs, Janet Stephens, for her tireless efforts in organizing the event.
ACCI also thanks LabCorp for their support towards the event. Our special thanks to Fox 26 TV station for the generous opportunity to spread word about the event. We also extend our special thanks to the Director of South Texas Adult Day Activity Center for providing a venue to host the event.
