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A cancer survivor and now recovering Corona Virus victim* is using the knowledge developed while helping people with cancer to help others with the virus.<\/p>\n
Dr Shara Cohen, founder of Cancer Care Parcel, has pulled together a team of people who are working pro bono to promote and deliver the special Corona Virus Care Parcels.<\/a><\/p>\n The idea of the parcels came about by accident when, while self-isolating, Shara tried using some of the items in her cancer care parcels to alleviate her Corona Virus symptoms such as neck cushions and a thermometer. It occurred to her that she had stock of these items, as well as hand sanitizers and tissues, which other people who are self-isolating like her may need.<\/p>\n Shara, an author and former research scientist with a Phd in Immunology, decided to use the knowledge and the contacts she has developed while setting up her business Cancer Care Parcel to launch the not-for-profit Corona Virus Care Parcel. The cost of the package and contents varies depending on the products, some of which are being donated, and postage and packaging.<\/p>\n Shara explains. “I was lying in bed feeling poorly and decided I wanted to help. Many of my current clients are vulnerable because of their cancer treatment so I wanted to see if I could help them and others. My Cancer Care Parcels receive very positive feedback and I thought using the same concept and offering people something really useful to help the Corona Virus symptoms would be my way of contributing and helping. I thought people might want the parcels for themselves, or to send to friends or family. <\/p>\n “It’s such a difficult time and I know from personal experience that that it’s really tricky to know what to do if you hear a friend or family member has the virus. Gifts like flowers and chocolates are nice to receive but do not last long and aren’t useful. Being able to send a useful gift is also helpful when you can’t visit the sick person because of the lockdown situation.”<\/p>\n Shara added: “I ran the idea for the Corona Virus Care Parcel past a number of people and a few said it would look like I am profiteering from the pandemic, but I can reassure people that I am not. We just want to support the community and play our part in helping people.”<\/p>\n Dr Cohen followed a classical scientific career until she left mainstream science in 2000 (which coincided with the birth of her first daughter) to establish a Life Science Communications company (which she sold in 2016).<\/p>\n In 2013 she was diagnosed with Cancer and set up Cancer Care Parcel<\/a> and in 2020, after getting the Corona Virus, Shara set up the non-profit project Corona Care Parcel project<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information and interview requests and images, please contact Suzi Christie: suzi@blueberry-pr.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Media Contact<\/span> A cancer survivor and now recovering Corona Virus victim* is using the knowledge developed while helping people with cancer to help others with the virus. Dr Shara Cohen, founder of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyork-chronicle.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Company Name:<\/strong> Cancer Care Parcel
Contact Person:<\/strong> Media Relations
Email:<\/strong> Send Email<\/a>
Phone:<\/strong> (+44) 020 872 07418
Country:<\/strong> United Kingdom
Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/coronacareparcel.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"