Lisa Bottomley, a local community manager for the American Cancer Society in North Carolina said that the new resource center in Mount Airy will serve as more than a wig closet and location for cancer information. The building can be used to provide several additional services. They will try to have Internet access so that patients could read the ACS Web site and find information about the disease. There can also be a section with self help books. In Addition supplements and other items would be available to patients. Unfortunately, most people cannot afford the supplements that are needed.
She emphasized that the services would be free for cancer patients. The center will serve all cancer patients, women, men and children.