Gunnison Tough In the News
Nurse navigator on board at GVH
Free oncology service to benefit cancer patients People living with cancer, cancer survivors and their families in the Gunnison Valley are set to benefit from a free oncology service now offered by Gunnison Valley Health (GVH). Betsy Welsh, GVH’s oncology nurse...
GVH Oncology Nurse Navigator
Appointments, treatments, medications, insurance issues, nutritional questions...a cancer diagnosis can be complicated. That is why GVH supported with Gunnison Tough provides a free oncology nurse navigator (ONN) to make the treatment journey as easy to travel as...
Breast cancer can ride off into the sunset
Tough Enough to Wear Pink helps advance breast care services at Gunnison Valley Health By Tyler Hansen The Gunnison Valley was built on the backs of tough people. From miners working on the side of mountains to ranchers clearing fields, there is an ethic borne of...
Rink to don pink once again
Fundraiser aids women diagnosed with breast cancer Chris Rourke Times Staff Writer When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, the last things on her mind are day-to-day needs such as paying bills or finding reliable transportation to get to doctor's appointments....
GVH enters breast cancer detection big league
TETWP donation funds new 3D tomosynthesis machine by Alan Wartes It makes sense that a community like the Gunnison Valley — which sets Tough Enough to Wear Pink (TETWP) fundraising records every year at Cattlemen’s Days — should have state of the art breast cancer...
TETWP Seeks Drivers for “Tuffy” to Transport Breast Cancer Patients
September 25, 2017 Gunnison County is isolated. And that's likely more obvious for someone who needs transportation to breast cancer clinics or hospitals. The local chapter of Tough Enough To Wear Pink recently purchased "Tuffy" a Dodge Ram that can be checked out and...
Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink Week Proclamation
WHEREAS, Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink exists to provide funding for breast cancer awareness, prevention, education, support, screenings, and equipment in the Gunnison Valley; and WHEREAS, According to a 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment, cancer care...
TETWP Week Proclaimed
Representatives from Tough Enough to Wear Pink (TETWP) and Gunnison Valley Health attended the meeting of the Gunnison County Commissioners on Tuesday. Commissioners passed a proclamation declaring Oct. 1-7 as Cattlemen’s Tough Enough to Wear Pink Week in recognition...
Tough Enough to give
Mike Dawson (in the cowboy hat) and Kathy Barnhart (right of Dawson) of Tough Enough to Wear Pink recently presented a check for $370,685 to Gunnison Valley Health for the purchase of 3D Tomosynthesis Mammography equipment. The new technology enhances the ability to...
TETWP donation thank you
Letter to the Editor Gunnison Country Times, August 3, 2017 Editor: On behalf of the Gunnison Valley Health Board of Trustees, our special thank you to Tough Enough to Wear Pink for their purchase of the 3-D tomosythesis equipment for the hospital’s breast care...
Overwhelmed with Gratitude
OVERWHELMED WITH GRATITUDE Final numbers are rolling in, but it looks like this year’s Tough Enough To Wear Pink fundraising efforts raised a staggering $350,000! This brings our total amount raised over the life of this effort to more than $2 million for LOCAL breast...
TETWP raises $300K at Songwriter Concert
Brings campaign total to more than $2 million The grassroots effort that is Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink (TETWP) campaign continues to flourish in the Gunnison Valley. This year’s Songwriter Concert and Auction, which took place Tuesday, July 11, raised...