FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mercy Cancer Center Offers Art Therapy Classes
The Benefits of Art Therapy – A Program for Cancer Patients

Canton, Ohio: Mercy Cancer Center’s Complementary Medicine program is offering cancer patients and their family and friends a class to experience the benefits of art therapy from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Wednesdays June 25, July 9 and July 23 at Mercy Medical Center. Instructor Karen Elvin, art therapist and professional counselor, will help individuals improve physically, emotionally and spiritually as a result of their art experiences.

For both accomplished artists and people who consider themselves non-artists, the classes will allow participants to:
    • Experience how drawing to music rhythms may increase endorphins
    • Learn how “healing fiber hangings” can assist them as they move through recovery
    • Explore how to choose an assortment of media that may help express a variety of
      emotions when facing challenges such as cancer

For more information or to register, call Mercy Cancer Center at 330-430-2788 or 1-888-293-4673.

Mercy Cancer Center believes strongly in holistic, comprehensive cancer care that cares for the person while treating the cancer. That’s why the Center created the Complementary Medicine Program to nurture the mind, body and spirit of individuals touched by cancer, along with the family and friends who support them. For more information about Mercy Cancer Center’s Complementary Medicine Program or additional classes, call 330-430-2788.

Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation of the Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals Health System, operates a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio. It has 550 physicians on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people. Mercy operates outpatient health centers in Carrollton, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville and North Canton. A Catholic hospital, Mercy Medical Center upholds the mission and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and continues to be responsive to the needs of the community, including the provision of care to all, regardless of their ability to pay. For more information, see www.cantonmercy.com.